Step 1 - Choose Your Term

You can apply for any of our academic terms.

• Fall Semester begins at the end of August of each year. 
• Winter Semester begins in January of each year. 
• Spring term is a condensed 8-week term that begins at the beginning of May each year. 
• Summer term is a condensed 8-week term that begins in late June each year. 

Step 2 - Submit Your Application

The application deadlines for the next available semesters:

• Winter 2022 (Classes begin January 5, 2022): Deadline is October 1, 2021
• Spring 2022 (Classes begin May 3, 2022): Deadline is February 1, 2022
• Summer 2022 (Classes begin June 24, 2022): Deadline is February 1, 2022
• Fall 2022 (Classes begin end of August 2022): Deadline is February 1, 2022

The application is currently open for all the terms listed above.

Submit all of the following before the deadline.

Your Application
A completed Common Application or Coalition Application with the University of Michigan supplemental essays.  (Please note that both application options include specific University of Michigan questions, and there is not an advantage to submitting one over the other.)

Application Fee
$75 application fee or fee waiver request

High School Transcripts or GED Results
Final official secondary school record (translation: high school transcript), including 9-12th grades, and graduation date or GED results, if applicable. If you earned a GED, submit your high school transcript for whatever time you attended high school. For more information on how to submit your transcripts go here.

Request your high school transcripts early. You can have your high school send your transcript even before you have submitted your application. If the transcript arrives before your application, it will be held and matched with your application when you submit that.   Note: If you request your transcript through the Parchment Service please follow up with your high school to make sure that they upload your transcript to Parchment.  A receipt from Parchment does not guarantee that your high school followed through. 

College Transcripts
Submit Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions (such as colleges and universities), including college transcripts for any dual-enrolled courses class that you took when you were in high school. We require an explanation for any Ws, Is, or gaps in education. Please provide this explanation in the "Additional Information" section of the Common Application, or in the "Education Interruption" section in the member questions area on the Coalition Application.

List of all current and future courses
This can either be listed on the transcript you submit with your application or you can list them on the application in the Additional Information section.

For applicants whose first language is not English
If English is not your first language, you must take the MELAB, TOEFL, IELTS, ECPE, CPE, or CAE. Please see the exams and visas page for required score ranges. 

Optional for Transfer Students

• ACT or SAT scores are optional for transfer students. Only submit scores if you took the tests when you were in high school. If you did not take them in high school, you do not need to take them. If you are submitting ACT and SAT scores you can self report them on your application. 
• Letters of Recommendation from a professor are not required, but if you have a professor who will write you a strong recommendation it will add to your application.
  

Note: Mid Term Report and College Report are not required unless the Office of Undergraduate Admissions ask you to submit them.

Step 3 - Check to Make Sure Your Application is Complete

Check your application status on your Enrollment Connect Portal. Do not assume that all of your transcripts have been sent until they are confirmed on Enrollment Connect.

Step 4 - Apply for Financial Aid

• Complete the FAFSA and CSS Profile.  For details on applying for financial aid go to the Office of Financial Aid.

Step 5 - Wait For Your Decision

Now comes what might be the hardest part of the process—waiting. Here are some things you can do to occupy your time. 

• Check out all of the programming and resources LSA offers transfer students.
• Contact a Transfer Student Ambassador to learn more about the LSA transfer student experience.