<p>For anyone interested, I have learned something in the past two weeks that I thought I would pass on.</p>
<p>My Junior Son accelerated out of Freshman English the summer before his Freshman year. He has always been one year ahead, with the idea of taking an extra Science his Senior year. Every college I talked to said that four CREDITS of English was all that was required, not four YEARS. </p>
<p>Until I called Univ of Michigan. Even though Son is taking AP English as a Junior, which means there are no more English classes at our high school left for him to take, we have been told that they may not even look at his application without that fourth YEAR of English. And this is to get into Engineering. They want him to duel enroll at a local community college.</p>
<p>Another parent from our in-state high school told me that her Son had the same problem. While he did finally get into U of M, it was after many phone calls, most of which revolved around "why isn't he taking English this year" and "why isn't he duel enrolling". For some reason, they really want that fourth YEAR of English.</p>
<p>First off, 4 credits is 4 credits. If the student has the required for years of English to graduate from H.S. on their transcript, then it should be enough for any college.</p>
<p>peggy, I had a very similar "problem". I doubled up on English my freshman year, took AP Language my soph year, and AP Lit my junior year, leaving no English my senior year. I didn't even mention to UM that I had done this, and I don't think they even noticed it (given the lack of attention they seem to give to apps). I turns out I got in. I think if you keep quiet about it, there will be no problem.</p>
<p>The Michigan application only asked for "the total number of (English) courses taken", not the number of years. If you son has taken four English courses in grades 9-12, put down "4 courses" under English. That should do it for the requirement.</p>
<p>There is also an entry "Is there anything in your academic record you should explain?" where you can put down any clarification you feel is necessary.</p>