Admission Requirements

Dual Enrollment Students - Students who have been certified eligible by high school counselors to participate in the Early Start Program shall submit the following documents to be considered for admission into the institution.

Application. Each applicant is required to complete an online application for admission for the desired semester. The application can be found at the institution’s website (www.susla.edu).
Consent form. Each participating student must complete consent form and have participant, parent, and school designee sign.
High School Transcript. Student must submit high school transcript.
Test Scores. Student must submit Test Score card sheet.

All of the following scores are accepted for placement into Dual Enrollment:

Pre ACT
ACT
Pre SAT
SAT
Aspire
EOC
MAP
Accuplacer

Application Fee

A non-refundable application processing fee of $20.00 is required of all applicants. The application fee is required regardless if applicant ultimately enrolls or not. It can be paid online when submitting the application or it can be mailed in the form of a money order or cashier’s check to: SUSLA Admissions Office, 3050 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Shreveport, LA 71107. Applicants can also call the university Cashier to make a credit card payment over the phone.

The Chancellor or his designee must approve in writing any application fee waiver. The approval must be noted in the student’s admission file for auditing purposes.

Test Scores (Required before registration) new first-time freshmen seeking admission to associate degree and certain other special programs are required to have test scores on file for placement purposes. Acceptable tests are ACT, SAT, Compass, Asset, and AccuPlacer.

Non-traditional students (age 25 or older) are not required to take the ACT unless they are planning to enter into a specific program that requires it. Non-traditional students with no test scores may be placed in developmental English and Math courses. Students may opt to take the AccuPlacer to place into college-level courses.

Students seeking admission into non-degree programs are not required to have test scores on file. Some non-degree programs may have test score requirements to which students must adhere.

Transcripts

High School - applicants who graduated from high school must provide an official high school transcript bearing the school seal or school official’s signature, and date of graduation. If the student has not yet graduated, the institution will accept a 6^th, 7^th, or 8^th semester transcript, pending receipt of the official final transcript. For Louisiana students who graduated after 2003, the institution will request your transcripts from the Louisiana Board of Regents and Louisiana Department of Education Student Transcript System, once your high school submits final data.

GED/HiSet - applicants who passed the General Education Test must submit the official General Education Diploma (GED) scores. To obtain official GED results (Louisiana students), contact:

Louisiana Department of Education
GED Post Office Box 94094
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
874-453-2721- (Phone)
225-219-4439 (Fax)

Home-School students who were home-schooled must submit an official transcript from the State Department of Education which shows the date of graduation. If the student has not yet graduated, the institution will accept a 6^th, 7^th, or 8^th semester transcript, pending receipt of the official final transcript.

New First-time Freshmen – traditional students seeking an associate degree A new first-time freshman seeking an associate degree must provide an official high school transcript, high school equivalency diploma (GED/HiSet) results or Ability-to-Benefit documentation into their admission file by midterm of the entry semester.

New First-time Freshmen non-traditional students seeking an associate degree A non-traditional new first-time freshman 25-yrs old or older seeking an associate degree, who has never attended a regionally-accredited institution as a regular student is required to submit a final high school transcript, high school equivalency diploma results or Ability-to-Benefit documentation into their admission file by mid-term of the entry semester.

New First-time Freshmen (non-degree seeking) A new first-time freshman of any age who is not seeking an associate degree is not required to have earned a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma.