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Louisiana State University offers ��ɫ��Ƶ AmeriCorps members, alums and staff

100% scholarships

A 100% tuition scholarship will be awarded to up to two ��ɫ��Ƶ applicants per year who enroll full time in a degree-granting graduate-level program at Louisiana State’s flagship Baton Rouge campus. Awards do not extend to the Law Center, Health Sciences Center or Louisiana State University Online.

Scholarships include a graduate internship with the , up to 10 hours per week for two semesters of the graduate program. Scholars will likely work on programming related to K-12 education, with opportunities to serve some hours at ��ɫ��Ƶ Baton Rouge. The internship will not prevent scholars from pursuing employment external to campus.

Requirements

1. First-year, first-semester graduate student
2. Admitted to a graduate program with regular admission status
3. Program must be in-person and on-campus at the Baton Rouge LSU location
4. GPA of 3.0 or higher
5. ��ɫ��Ƶ AmeriCorps members or alums who have completed at least one term of service or ��ɫ��Ƶ staff member employed for at least two years

Please note:

1. Not available to returning students, even if starting new/different program
2. Students with academic or disciplinary probation will not be considered
3. Additional fees are not covered (i.e., academic excellence fee, registration fee, etc.)
4. Students cannot hold graduate assistantship and tuition waiver awards simultaneously
5. *Some program application deadlines do not necessarily align with the ��ɫ��Ƶ/LSU Scholarship deadline. One might be awarded a scholarship prior to hearing back from their graduate program. If, ultimately, a graduate program does not accept an applicant who was rewarded a scholarship, the scholarship will be revoked.

Additional benefits

• Application fee waiver
  • While the scholarships are only open to Graduate Programs, all applicants to LSU are eligible for an application fee waiver, regardless of program (for both and graduate programs)
• Enrollment deferral: Louisiana State’s Graduate School cannot guarantee that requests to defer enrollment will be granted. Once admitted, students must send a request for deferment in writing to the . Within the request, indicate your reason for the deferment (��ɫ��Ƶ service) and the future semester to which you wish to defer. Once the request is received and reviewed, a decision will be mailed to you. Deferments are NOT offered for undergraduate degree programs.

Why ��ɫ��Ƶ loves Louisiana State University

Enriched by Louisiana’s natural and cultural distinctiveness, the community of learning at readies students to meet the environmental, social, economic, scientific, creative and educational challenges that confront us locally and globally in the 21st century. Learning together, the students and the faculty who translate discovery into purpose make Louisiana State University a beacon of excellence.

It represents the largest institution of higher education in the state and is the only public university in the state to be designated a Carnegie Research University with Very High Research Activity. Among a handful of distinguished universities to enjoy Land, Sea and Space Grant status, Louisiana State University offers vital research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students as it transforms new technology into enterprise and lends expertise to solve endemic problems.

To apply

Scholarship Timeline

The 2025-2026 Scholarship Application is slated to be open from February 1^st through mid-March, 2025.

Undergraduate programs: Begin your . Submit your official high school transcript and official ACT/SAT test scores to complete the application process.

Graduate programs: Begin your . Submit your official transcript and GRE or GMAT scores (as applicable) to complete the application process.

To identify your ��ɫ��Ƶ affiliation

Please self-identify your ��ɫ��Ƶ affiliation on your résumé and/or application.

To access the application fee waiver and apply for the scholarship

Undergraduate programs (application fee waiver only)

1. Save your online application prior to submission.
2. Contact alumni@cityyear.org to request a verification letter. This letter will be emailed by ��ɫ��Ƶ directly to admissions@lsu.edu (you will be CC’d). Once your ��ɫ��Ƶ affiliation has been confirmed, the application fees will be paid from the Academic Support Fund.
3. Submit your official high school transcript and official ACT/SAT test scores to complete the application process.

Graduate programs (application fee waiver)

1. Save your online application prior to submission.
2. Before submitting the application (when you reach the point where payment is necessary), contact alumni@cityyear.org to request a service verification letter. Once this letter is emailed back to you, complete this and upload your service verification letter to the form. Once your ��ɫ��Ƶ affiliation has been confirmed, the application fees will be paid from the Academic Support Fund.

Graduate programs (tuition scholarship consideration)

1. 1. Complete the .
   2. Upload your service verification letter
   3. Upload a résumé. Résumés cannot exceed three pages and should include your comprehensive educational background and cumulative grade point averages of any previously granted undergraduate or graduate degrees. Résumés should also include your contact information (phone number, email address).
   4. Upload a personal statement that is no longer than 500 words, regarding your service through ��ɫ��Ƶ and its impact on your educational goals
   5. Submit two letters of recommendation from persons who can speak to your time with ��ɫ��Ƶ (i.e. an impact manager, impact director, school administrator, teacher, etc.).

Once you complete the Louisiana State University ��ɫ��Ƶ Partnership Award application, your ��ɫ��Ƶ affiliation and graduate admission status will be confirmed, and you will be considered for the ��ɫ��Ƶ Graduate Tuition Award.

To contact the admissions office

To contact the undergraduate admissions office, please call (225) 578-1175 or email admissions@lsu.edu.

To contact the graduate admissions office, please call (225) 578-2311 or email gradadmission@lsu.edu.

Please note that all admissions and scholarship decisions are made by the educational institution. AmeriCorps members, alums and staff interested in these scholarships must complete the full application process for the institution. Please pay close attention to deadlines and consider beginning work on your applications early in the year.