Dates and Deadlines

Applicants should familiarize themselves with application process dates and deadlines.

The VMCAS application opens 19 months before matriculation and is due 11 months before matriculation. It is recommended that applicants submit materials at least one month in advance to ensure verification by the submission deadline and to plan for any disruptions due to severe weather events (e.g., hurricanes). Early submission does not grant an earlier review as all applications will be reviewed at the same time.

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

Materials received after the deadline will not be accepted and will result in the applicant being removed from consideration. 

Application Dates and Deadlines

Mid-late January

VMCAS application opens. 

VMCAS Dates and Deadlines

VMCAS Application

Mid-May

Applicants can designate their application to LSU (LSU Supplemental Application opens in VMCAS).
VMSAR Resource

Mid-September - Deadline

VMCAS Application Closes. Check with VMCAS directly for specific date as it may be the first business day after Sept. 15th if it falls on a weekend. All required items, such as transcripts, Letters/Evaluations should be submitted by this date to ensure VMCAS verification. LSU SVM guarantees review applicants fully verified by VMCAS only. 
VMCAS Application Information

October 1 - Deadline

LSU Vet Med $100 Processing Fee due. Pay online using a credit or debit card using our payment portal. Do not mail payments.
Pay Processing Fee Here 

October-November

Application processing and review. No updates or decisions will released during this time.
 

Late December

Applicant decisions will be released. Decisions include offers, denials, alternate statuses, and invitations to interview if interviews are held. The LSU Vet Med Admissions Committee reserves the right to hold or not hold interviews each year. Applicants will be notified at this time if an interview will be required. 
 

Late January/Early February - Deadline

If held, interviews will be conducted between late January and early February. Candidates will be notified in late December if an interview will be required and if they will be virtual or in-person. Interviews were not held for the 2024 cycle. 
 

February 1 - Deadline

Final fall transcripts must be submitted by all offered candidates directly to LSU Vet Med. 

Do not send transcripts to LSU GRAD School or LSU A&M Main Campus if these are presented as options. 

Email to: SVMAdmissions@lsu.edu

or mail to:
Attn: Director of Veterinary Admissions
Office of Admissions & Student Success
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Skip Bertman Drive, Room 1213
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Late February

If interviews were held, interviewed applicants will be notified of offer, denial, or alternate statuses. 
 

April 15th - Deadline

All candidates who have received an offer must respond by the National Decision Deadline, which is April 15th or the first business day after if it falls on a weekend. Candidates' offers will be rescinded if the Office of Admissions has not received a response by this deadline. Alternate offers will be released at the end of the business day, if positions are available. 
VMCAS Dates and Deadlines

June 10 - Deadline

Final spring transcripts must be submitted by all accepted candidates directly to LSU Vet Med. 

Email to: SVMAdmissions@lsu.edu 

or mail to:
Attn: Director of Veterinary Admissions
Office of Admissions & Student Success
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Skip Bertman Drive, Room 1213
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

August 

Accepted candidates will matriculate into the DVM program 11 months after the cycle's application deadline. Matriculating students are required to attend a mandatory orientation the week prior to the first day of class. Failure to attend orientation may result in rescindment of the candidate's position in the class.  Although rare, alternate offers may be made through the first week of the fall semester.