Successful University of Michigan applicants?

<p>If you or your S/D have been a successful homeschool applicant for freshman admission to the University of Michigan could you post or PM me? </p>

<p>I'm gathering some information about college admissions for homeschoolers for a presentation and am looking for stories of personal experiences of going through the UMich admissions process. Specifically I'm interested to know:</p>

<p>1) Were you directed to a particular person in the admissions office who handles questions or concerns for homeschooled applicants?</p>

<p>2) Were you asked to take the GED? Once upon a time this apparently was standard for homeschoolers applying to UMich. Now the website says, "Home-schooled students must furnish our office with either a GED or proof that they have received a high school diploma or equivalent from their home school program." Further description is still rather vague about what might constitue proof of a high school diploma- and of course most freshman applicants will be seniors and will not yet have received a diploma. It also doesn't say how many SAT Subject tests are required for LS&A- although I have heard 5.</p>

<p>3) Did you present course descriptions with your application or just a standard looking transcript? If you have spoken directly with admissions personnel at any point in the application process what kind of feedback did you get about preparing your transcript and/or how it was viewed?</p>

<p>4) Did you use an school such as Clonlara to keep your academic records or did you create your own transcript?</p>

<p>If you are able to give some BTDT experience with University of Michigan freshman admissions as a homeschooler, I would be very grateful. I do intend to contact the admissions office directly but I do know that sometimes what an admissions counselor says verbally differs from what applicants have experienced. Thanks!</p>

<p>I would be really interested to know this as well. I wanted to appy to UMich because I am in-state, but I haven't because I've heard they have stiff requirements for home-schoolers. There is no way I was going to take FIVE subject tests (I can understand a couple, but five???) or even a GED. I worked my rear end off in high school - completed the hardest courses etc. It is very degrading to take a GED when you have already excelled college-level courses!</p>