Once you decide to enroll at U-M and pay your deposit, you will receive an email invitation to set up your uniqname. Your uniqname is your U-M user name. It is used for logging in to U-M websites, online services, systems, and more. 

Your U-M email address will be the uniqname you create followed by @umich.edu. Once you create your uniqname all official correspondence from the University will be sent to your umich.edu email. The Univerity will no longer email you at the email address you used during th admission process.  

You will also receive an email from University Housing explaining your on-campus housing and dining options. There are also numerous off-campus housing opportunities near campus and in the wider Ann Arbor vicinity.  See the Resources page for details on different on-campus housing options and for help finding off-campus housing.

For Your Major: Departments are responsible for determining how specific courses transfer and if transfer credit can be used for major and minor credit. If you have classes that transferred as Departmental credit that you plan to use for a major or a minor or as a prerequisite for higher level classes you can submit them to the department for evaluation. For more information and links to each departments' transfer page go here.

For General Degree Requirements

• First Year Writing - Submit classes to the Sweetland Center for Writing
  • If you have a class that transfers as ENGLISH 125 it fulfills the First Year Writing Requirement.  You do not need to submit it for further evaluation. 
  • If you completed writing classes that transfer as ENGCMPTC 101X Departmental or ENGLISH 101X Departmental, you can submit these classes to have them evaluated.
• Quantitative Reasoning (QR) - Students can petition for a class to count for QR.  We recommend that you wait to talk with your advisor at Orientation before submitting a petition.
• Race and Ethnicity (RE) - Students can petition for a class to count for RE.  We recommend that you wait to talk with your advisor at Orientation before submitting a petition.
• Area Distribution - You do not need to submit courses for evaluation to count for Area Distribution. Your general academic advisor will make these determinations.

Whether you are set on your major or still exploring, you can use this time to learn more about your options and make connections with advisors and faculty in the departments in which you are interested. The Majors and Minors page includes the details on requirements for every major and minor and links to the department's websites. 

If you have questions about specific majors, you can make an appointment to talk with an advisor in the department. Note: if you have not paid the enrollment deposit and created a uniqname you will not be able use the advising scheduling system.  To make an appointment contact the department through the email they provide on their advising page.

You will receive an email from the Office of New Student Programs inviting you to register for Orientation, required of all new students. You will register for classes during orientation. Learn more about Orientation on the Office of New Student Programs website.

Orientation will have three main components: pre-advising activities and online placement exams, Virtual Academic Advising, and a one-day On-campus Experience. You will register for your first semester classes during the Virtual Academic Advising appointment.

The credit for the classes you are taking in your final semester at your previous school can't be posted to your U-M transcript until U-M receives an official transcript that includes your grades for the classes.  Your transcript must sent directly from the insitituion and can be emailed to transcripts@umich.edu.

Alternatively, official transcripts can be mailed to:

University of Michigan
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1220 Student Activities Building
515 E. Jefferson Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1316

Transcripts sent from applicants are not accepted as official.

You will meet your advisor from the Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center, the Residential College, or the Comprehensive Studies Program at orientation, when you select courses for your first term. Together, you will review a preliminary degree audit checklist that shows how your transfer credit applies to LSA degree requirements. Your academic advisor will be an important partner as you develop and pursue your goals at LSA.

You might receive communications from an advisor prior to your orientation alerting you to courses that you may want to submit to an academic department for further evaluation in order to receive equivalent credit for classes that will count toward you planned majors.