<p>I've heard that statistic thrown around multiple times now, but the numbers don't quite add up. There are about 6200-6500 freshman each year. According to the housing website, 97% of freshman live on-campus. So around 6000 freshman live in the dorms/apartments. For freshman, the options on North Campus are Bursley, Baits, and Northwood III. According to the website, Bursley houses 1270 students, Baits 570, and Northwood 670. Together the three freshman options on North Campus can house around 2510 students or around 42% of the freshman. How can they get 70% from that? Even if you were to add in the upperclassman apartments, the numbers would still not add up. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Housing materials we received last week at an admitted student session gave the following statistics for where freshmen live: 39% the Hill, 36% North Campus, and 25% Central Campus. Chances for Central Campus may be less than 25% since LSA Honors and certain learning communities and athletes may have a priority. Still North Campus is not close to 70%.</p>
<p>That is certainly a puzzle. On the housing website, it said 60% on one page and 70% on another page for freshmen dorm assignment in the North Campus. Anyway, the high percentage in the previous stat is due to the shut down of dorms in main campus for renovation and before the closing of Baits I. So a few years ago, it may reach the 70% figure.
On the other hand, there are also Northwood I & II that have been used for undergrad housing. Also, I have seen some undergrad assigned to even Northwood V. As of now, I think they can only house up to 60% freshmen in the North Campus.
As the South Quad will be re-open this year, there will be more rooms available in the main campus. I believe the percentage of freshmen in NC will probably drop down further.
As for the residential programs, they are housed mostly in the Hill and Central Campus area, not just in the central.
For the dorm stat, the percentage @2135ar cited is for all students, not just freshmen. Of the 9500 dorm residents, 5900 are freshmen (~60%). So the total North Campus capacity can only hold around 60% of freshmen (60% x 60% = 36%). Considering certain number of upperclassmen live in the North Campus, it seems the current percentage of freshmen living on NC is already below 60%.</p>
<p>I described above the percentages of freshman housing that were set forth in materials we received last week at an an admitted students session. It was a pie chart over the question “Where do freshmen live?” So billcsho, it was not all students, but just freshmen. I cannot attest to its accuracy or explain the inconsistencies with other numbers. I would upload it but I don’t know how to do that on CC. I tried to copy in a picture but it did not work. Anyone who still has their Campus Day packet can look for the sheet “Welcome to University Housing” and look on that back of that sheet.</p>
<p>^ I hope that is true. I attended the Campus Day and then the Spring Welcome Day with my D. Those percentages are exactly the numbers they gave during the presentation about all dorm student distribution. I really don’t know which one is correct.
If you look at the current 2014 housing application instruction page, it is still saying ~70% freshmen assigned to the North Campus housing under “Campus Neighborhood”. Not sure that calculation include the hundreds of freshmen under various residential programs or not.
<a href=“FIRST-YEAR AND TRANSFER APPLICATION INFORMATION – Michigan Housing”>http://housing.umich.edu/applications/freshman-instructions-fall</a>
They have also removed the hall preference question in the application so student can now only choose room categories and general area as they want to have more control in the room assignment process. In the Hill area, only Markley is for freshmen only and Oxford is mostly for freshmen (~1500 combined). The rest are mostly for sophomore and above if not in residential programs. I am not sure if the Hill area can hold 2300 (39% of 5900) freshmen there.</p>
<p>That’s funny. I just got housing application a few minutes ago and was going to write that I saw the 70% statistic. A mystery indeed!</p>
<p>70% of Freshmen who are NOT in a living learning community are housed on North. Including the freshmen who are in living learning communities (honors, RC, WISE, etc) it’s closer to 50% that’s on North.</p>
<p>^ That would be one reasonable explanation. I estimated around 1500 freshmen in residential programs including residential college and LSA Honors housing.</p>
<p>You could probably ensure yourself on central campus by doing a Michigan Learning Community. Except the LIving Arts community(unless you’re into that type of thing)</p>
<p>^ That is the residential programs we are talking about. However, those programs can be very competitive too. For instance, there are ~500 application each year for the WISE RP which accept 100 female freshmen. Honors housing is only for LSA Honors students.</p>
<p>I feel like housing is sexist against guys, since there’s WISE RP, Helen Newberry, Betsy Barbour, and Martha Cook, so most guys end up on North</p>
<p>My son will be in the Residential College with a 1:2 male to female ratio. </p>
<p>What are the pros and cons for living in North Campus vs. Central? </p>
<p>Let’s set aside the party factor, there are a few reasons freshmen want to be on main campus. First, most classes will be on main campus even for engineering freshmen. Second, a significant portion of students in the North Campus live in Northwood apartment community which is not originally designed for undergraduates and do not provide real dorm experience. Third, most of the dorms in central and hill area have been recently renovated while Bursley and NW apartments still have no A/C.
NC may be good for engineering upperclassmen and music major though.</p>
<p>Just a fair warning–plenty of the dorm rooms on Central Campus still won’t have A/C. </p>
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South Quad will be re-open this year that it will have A/C at least in lounge area, not likely in the rooms as there was no major renovation in dorm rooms. West Quad will be closed this year for renovation and it will likely have A/C afterward as heating/cooling/ventilation upgrade is part of the approved plan. After that, at least half of the dorm rooms in central/hill area will have A/C.</p>
<p>From the news release for West Quad renovation last year:
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<p>Half of them, yes, but that still leaves half of the people on Central Campus without A/C in their own rooms. I spent two years in a dorm that has air conditioning in neither the rooms nor the common area, and it was pretty sweltering for the first two to three weeks of the year. The benefits of the location win out over those few weeks, though.</p>
<p>^ I agree. There are a couple weeks during Fall and Winter term that can be rather hot. I still remember how hot it was when I brought a foreign student to Stockwell in late August before the renovation. Compare to no room with A/C, half of the rooms with A/C in central area definitely make it more favorable too.</p>