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Here is the updated spreadsheet.<br>
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Best,<br>
Ramu<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/26/2023 1:40 PM, Sushma
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<div dir="auto">Here is ULM's list. I dont believe this has been
updated anytime recently. </div>
<div dir="auto">Regards,</div>
<div dir="auto">Sushma </div>
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Antigua </div>
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Australia </div>
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Bahamas </div>
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Barbados </div>
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Belize </div>
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Bermuda </div>
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Canada (excluding Quebec) </div>
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Christmas Island </div>
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Dominica </div>
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Fiji </div>
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Ghana </div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">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.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Jason: Some of our programs do an
interview regardless of the score provided.</p>
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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.</p>
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Rockland Community College (SUNY system) that is supposed
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you, Carol. Here is the spreadsheet with LSU added.
Also added American Samoa to the list of countries.</span></p>
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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></p>
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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></p>
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<h4><span style="color:black">Country of Origin</span></h4>
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style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">International
applicants from official English
language-qualifying countries are not required
to submit English language proficiency score.
The country of origin list is subject to change.
Contact Graduate Admissions with specific
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Language Requirement
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span
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for asking for this—it’s also been on my to do
list. Here’s the UNO graduate list (UG also
includes Ghana):</span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt; 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></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span
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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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<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] Language
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span
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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
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style="font-size:10.0pt; 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></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt; 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></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt; 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></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span
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Zambia, and Zimbabwe.</span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span
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you share your list along with the source or
logic for including/excluding specific
countries?</span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span
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