May 8th, 2025
Applicants can designate their application to LSU (LSU Supplemental Application opens
in VMCAS).
VMSAR Resource
September 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM CT - Deadline
VMCAS Application Closes. All required items, such as transcripts, Letters/Evaluations
should be submitted by this date to ensure VMCAS verification. LSU Vet Med guarantees
review to only those applicants who are fully verified by VMCAS.
VMCAS Application Information
October 1, 2025 11:59 PM CT - Deadline
LSU Vet Med $100 Processing Fee due. Pay online using a credit or debit card using
payment portal. Do not mail payments.
Pay Processing Fee Here
October-November
Application processing and review. No updates or decisions will be 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 Faculty Committee
on Admissions reserves the right to hold or not hold interviews each year. Applicants
will be notified at this time if an interview will be required.
January/ February
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 and 2025 cycles.
February 2nd 2026 - Deadline
Final fall/winter transcripts must be submitted by all offered candidates for the
Class of 2030 directly to LSU Vet Med.
Do not send transcripts to LSU GRAD School or LSU A&M Main Campus.
Email to: SVMAdmissions@lsu.edu
or mail to:
Attn:
Office of Admissions & Student Success
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
1213 Skip Bertman Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Late February
If interviews were held, interviewed applicants will be notified of offer, denial,
or alternate statuses.
April 15th, 2026 - Deadline
All candidates for the Class of 2030 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 Candidates' offers will be rescinded if the Office of Admissions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 8th, 2026 - Deadline
Final spring transcripts must be submitted by all accepted candidates for the Class
of 2030 directly to LSU Vet Med.
Email to: SVMAdmissions@lsu.edu
or mail to:
Attn:
Office of Admissions & Student Success
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
1213 Skip Bertman Drive
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.
