[La-cgs] Language Requirement Waiver Countries

Mon Sep 25 15:33:41 CDT 2023

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.
Jason: Some of our programs do an interview regardless of the score provided.

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.

Carol: I found the attached list from Rockland Community College (SUNY system) that is supposed to be based on the CIA World Fact Book.

Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.
Dean of Graduate Studies
Professor of Management
Director of India Studies
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Office: (318) 797-5247     Fax:     (318) 798-4120
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One University Place
Shreveport, Louisiana 71115
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Thank you, Carol. Here is the spreadsheet with LSU added. Also added American Samoa to the list of countries.

Best regards,
Ramu "I have a spreadsheet for that" Ramachandran

On 9/25/2023 3:09:44 PM, Carol M Wicks <cwicks at lsu.edu<mailto:cwicks at lsu.edu>> wrote:
Everyone,

This is a topic that I am trying to work through at LSU so I appreciate all the information you have provided.

Here is our list below.  we probably need to update our list to reflect the current CIA list.

Country of Origin
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 questions.

  *   American Samoa
  *   Anguilla
  *   Antigua and Barbuda
  *   Australia
  *   Bahamas
  *   Barbados
  *   Belize

  *   Bermuda
  *   British Virgin Islands
  *   Canada (except Quebec)
  *   Cayman Islands
  *   Dominica
  *   Federated States of Micronesia
  *   Gambia

  *   Ghana
  *   Gibraltar
  *   Grenada
  *   Guyana
  *   Ireland
  *   Jamaica
  *   Liberia

  *   New Zealand
  *   Nigeria
  *   Saint Kitts & Nevis
  *   Saint Lucia
  *   Trinidad & Tobago
  *   Turks & Caicos Islands
  *   United Kingdom

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Subject: Re: [La-cgs] Language Requirement Waiver Countries

Sanjay,

Thanks for asking for this-it's also been on my to do list.  Here's the UNO graduate list (UG also includes Ghana):

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.

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.

Nancy

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Hi all,

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:

Australia, Belize, Botswana, British West Indies (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bay Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada,

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,

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

Kingdom, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Could you share your list along with the source or logic for including/excluding specific countries?

Thanks!

Sanjay

Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.

Dean of Graduate Studies

Professor of Management

Director of India Studies

Louisiana State University Shreveport

Office: (318) 797-5247     Fax:     (318) 798-4120

www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaytmenon<http://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaytmenon>

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