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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Eddie,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does McNeese have list of countries from where students are exempted from submitting these scores?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sanjay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Eddie Lyons <elyons@mcneese.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 26, 2023 8:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Menon, Sanjay <Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu>; B. Ramu Ramachandran <ramu@coes.latech.edu>; Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [La-cgs] Language Requirement Waiver Countries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our catalog states:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:inherit">Submit English language proficiency documentation demonstrating one of the following: (Official TOEFL, IELTS, Pearson PTE Academic scores must be sent directly from the testing agency to McNeese.)<o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="i">
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:inherit">Minimum TOEFL score of 550 on the paper-based exam or 79 on the Internet-based exam;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C3035;margin-bottom:1.5pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:inherit">Minimum IELTS band score of 6.5;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C3035;margin-bottom:1.5pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:inherit">Minimum Pearson PTE score of 48;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C3035;margin-bottom:1.5pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:inherit">Minimum DUOLINGO English Test score of 100;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C3035;margin-bottom:1.5pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:inherit">Certification of completion for ELS Intensive English Level 112; or<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C3035;margin-bottom:1.5pt;line-height:200%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:inherit">Baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by an USDOE-approved institutional accreditor.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We also have slightly different policies for international undergrad.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eddie K. Lyons, PhD</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Director, Dore' School of Graduate Studies</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Harold and Pearl Dripps School of Agricultural Sciences</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">McNeese State University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lake Charles, LA 70609<br>
337-475-5692</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">La-cgs <<a href="mailto:la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu</a>> on behalf of Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu">Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, September 25, 2023 at 3:34 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>B. Ramu Ramachandran <<a href="mailto:ramu@coes.latech.edu">ramu@coes.latech.edu</a>>, Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] Re: [La-cgs] Language Requirement Waiver Countries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nancy: Thanks for sharing! We do waive for earned degrees from the US as well as for those with 4 years of high school in the US.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jason: Some of our programs do an interview regardless of the score provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ramu: Starting the spreadsheet is a great idea! If we can complete it, it would be a great resource for us going forward! The LSUS list grew out a list from Southern Arkansas University from where our first
Director for International Students came from. It is a bit different from the LSU list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Carol: I found the attached list from Rockland Community College (SUNY system) that is supposed to be based on the CIA World Fact Book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#7030A0">Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> La-cgs <<a href="mailto:la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>B. Ramu Ramachandran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 25, 2023 3:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Language Requirement Waiver Countries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you, Carol. Here is the spreadsheet with LSU added. Also added American Samoa to the list of countries.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ramu "I have a spreadsheet for that" Ramachandran</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This is a topic that I am trying to work through at LSU so I appreciate all the information you have provided.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Here is our list below. we probably need to update our list to reflect the current CIA list.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Carol M. Wicks</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> La-cgs <<a href="mailto:la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu</a>> on behalf of Nancy Biggio <<a href="mailto:nbiggio@uno.edu">nbiggio@uno.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 25, 2023 1:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:SMENON@lsus.edu">SMENON@lsus.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">
la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Language Requirement Waiver Countries</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sanjay,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks for asking for this—it’s also been on my to do list. Here’s the UNO graduate list (UG also includes Ghana):</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada (except Quebec), Cayman Islands, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana,
Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Montserrat, New Zealand, Nigeria, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.K. (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales), U.S.A.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As for logic, I inherited the list and was told it reflected the CIA list of countries with English as the official language but I haven’t found that to be the case. I would also
be curious if other schools waive English proficiency tests if the student completed an undergraduate degree completely in English.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nancy</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003056">Nancy C. Biggio, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003056">Associate Vice President, Graduate School</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003056">Associate Professor, Political Science</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Menon, Sanjay<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 25, 2023 1:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] Language Requirement Waiver Countries</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hi all,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are currently reviewing the list of countries from where students are eligible for exemption from the language proficiency test requirement. Currently, our list is as follows:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Australia, Belize, Botswana, British West Indies (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bay Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Croix, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, The Turks and Caicos Islands), Canada, England, The Gambia,
Ghana, Guyana,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ireland, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Swaziland, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Union of
South Africa, United</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kingdom, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Could you share your list along with the source or logic for including/excluding specific countries?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sanjay</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">Dean of Graduate Studies</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">Director of India Studies</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C">Office: (318) 797-5247 Fax: (318) 798-4120</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#461D7C"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaytmenon">www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaytmenon</a>
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