University of Michigan

Graduate School
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<p>I am applying to University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I will be using a school letter service to send recommendations. For page 3 (section 2: application form), there is a check box with the associated text: </p>

<p>" I will register my recommenders to have access to the Online Recommendation System."</p>

<p>I am not going to do that. I still listed my recommeders, but I won't check that box. However, when I check my application, it says this is a recommended part to be answered. How else can I answer "no" by not checking the box.</p>

<p>Also in section 5 ("Recommendation"), I am not even listing my recommenders, since I am not using the online system. Does seem right to you?</p>

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<p>i had the exact same problem. I contacted my department and they gave me an address to send the letters to from my career service center. For section 5, I filled out my recommender's information, just in case. hope this helps</p>

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<p>Just fill in the info. If it mentions that it will send an e-mail to your recommenders, make sure you shoot one out to them telling them you're using the school-letter service and they should just disregard the message.</p>

4

<p>Thanks for the reply. But can you guys clarify one more time?</p>

<p>I should still fill in setion 5, but what about the check box for section 2?</p>

<p>Sorry to bother you guys some more.</p>

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<p>for section 2, just don't check the box. That's what i did, and it seemed to work out. They simply put this check mark to keep track of who will be sending them via email. You know what I mean jellybean?</p>

6

<p>Hey, for the upload documents part, did you guys submit unofficial transcripts? How can we do this? </p>

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To expedite the processing of your online application, you are encouraged to include an electronic image of your transcript(s). A student copy provided by the Registrar’s Office is acceptable. Transcripts printed from a student portal (a screen print of a transcript) are not acceptable.</p>

<p>Transcripts uploaded into these pages will be considered unofficial. The graduate program admissions committee is able to make a decision based upon your submission of an electronic transcript.
To utilize the electronic transcript service, please obtain a copy of your transcript(s).</p>

<pre><code>* Convert them into an electronic format.
* Upload the files to the following 3 transcript pages.
* Upload the transcript from the institution you have earned a degree(s) or are in the process of earning a degree to transcript page 1. If you have additional transcript(s) use transcript page 2 and/or transcript page 3.
* Upload the front and back of the transcript(s).
* Keep in mind that the file size limit for each transcript page is 2MB.
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<p>So that means I can't just log on to the website of my college, look at my unofficial transcript, and use a cutepdf printout? So I can't upload that pdf? I would have to pay more for transcripts, despite the two I already sent to the graduate school and department?</p>

<p>They encourage us to do this, but did anyone actually do this? I already sent my official transcripts.</p>

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<p>Penn did a similar thing. I asked them about it and they said that it just makes the process go faster but not that much of a big deal. So if you don't want to do the legwork, then don't bother. They'll read your app anyway.</p>