Univ. of Michigan weird schedule classification?

[GoBlue2019]

Graduate of University of Michigan. Confused whether to classify UM as a trimester or semester system. I never thought of it as a trimester system in my four years because we had a Fall semester and a Winter semester, then Summer was broken up into two condensed smaller terms: Spring term and Summer term. Together the two summer terms are the same length of time as a normal semester.

But on the back of the official transcript, it says "The University of Michigan operates under the trimester calendar. A unit of credit is a semester hour."

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[ZukosRedemption]

If you're talking about adding classes for Spring Summer semester, each credit is like how it would be in winter fall. Genetics is 3 credits in Winter and in Spring so just enter how it appears. I don't think in the transcript entry you have to enter if your schools on semester or trimester based but I might be wrong on that. We were semester based cause like you said spring and summer were separate. Hope that helps. Pm me if you had more qs

 

[GoBlue2019]

Under "Academic Term" in the course work section, you have to designate whether your school ran on a Semester System, Quarter System, Trimester System, 4-1-4 system, or other. I am confused whether Michigan is a Semester System or Trimester System.

The different terms under Semester System are:
Summer Semester (Summer)
1st Semester (Fall)
2nd Semester (Spring)
Mini Semester (Winter/Spring)

The different terms under the Trimester System are:
Summer Trimester (Summer)
1st Trimester (Fall)
2nd Trimester (Winter)
3rd Trimester (Spring)

I am confused because the University says it runs off a "trimester calendar" but we go to school for two semesters, Fall and Winter.

 

[Lifeblood_20]

Hm, pretty sure we are under the Semester System. My guess is that our Office of the Registrar is using the word "trimester" with a slightly different connotation than what AMCAS defines as such.

 

[GoBlue2019]

After doing a bunch of research, Michigan is in fact under the trimester system, and I've entered my coursework as such.

Michigan as a trimester system is even under the Wikipedia page for academic terms lol

Academic term - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Lifeblood_20]

After doing a bunch of research, Michigan is in fact under the trimester system, and I've entered my coursework as such.

Michigan as a trimester system is even under the Wikipedia page for academic terms lol

Academic term - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Huh yeah I was totally wrong. Good to know.

 

[Gilakend]

My gf applied last cycle and a UMich grad and entered all hers under semesters. Weird.

Go Blue

 

[Lifeblood_20]

My gf applied last cycle and a UMich grad and entered all hers under semesters. Weird.

Go Blue

Yeah I feel like if someone didn't take any spring/summer classes, it really isn't different from a semester system with Fall/Winter.

Go Blue & good luck to you both

 

[Captain.Obvious]

Thanks for posting this... guess I’ll go back and delete my coursework and try again. I thought it was weird that the UM Winter semester is what every other school called a Spring semester.