<p>I am an incoming student to Umich and am from NJ. I've never visited Ann Arbor and don't really know anybody there. I'm planning on taking a road trip to speak with an advisor and tour the campus. </p>
<p>If you have any places I should check out or things I should do, feel free to give me some suggestions!</p>
<p>Know which week you're going to be here?</p>
<p>the week of the 16th.</p>
<p>Art Fair is from July 19-22. This will make the area around campus hellish for this time period. I'd suggest seeing campus/downtown before or after art fair, if possible, and anything not right in the city afterwards.</p>
<p>thanks so much for the info dilksy! i'll definitely try to plan my trip around it :]</p>
<p>Don't miss the art fair dude. It is an awesome event. You obviously want to organize your trip so that you get to Ann Arbor 2 or 3 days before the fair starts (or so that you leave 2 or 3 days after the fair ends) so that you get to see Ann Arbor and the university in a more "normal" state, but don't miss the art fair.</p>
<p>I did a road trip to Ann Arbor too! It was via Pittsburgh, so I also looked at Carnegie Mellon and Upitt. Michigan used to be the school I was sure to go to, but after I visited, I decided to cross it off the list completly, it clearly was not a fit.</p>
<p>why wasn't it a fit?</p>
<p>Make sure you pop into Zingerman's Deli - you won't regret it!</p>
<p>I realized I didn't care about collegate atheltics as much as I care about professional. I need a big city nearby. It also seemed like too much of a party school for my taste.</p>
<p>yeahh.. i'm gonna miss living right next to philly.</p>
<p>i also signed up for an information session and campus tour. i know it's geared toward high school students, but is it any good? i also think you only get to walk around central, and not north.</p>
<p>The tour might be good-but yes, its only central, and the information session is about application process and stuff, so you probably won't get anything out of that.</p>
<p>Unless you're living on north campus or are in one of the schools based out of north campus (engineering, music, art and design, prolly more), visiting north campus isn't really necessary. Yes, it's pretty and has trees, but the average LSA student living on central/the hill never goes there.</p>
<p>If you're into college sports, you might be able to check out Michigan Stadium if it's not still closed for construction, and Yost Ice Arena will be open and hosting it's summer hockey program if you care about that at all.</p>
<p>Where you go to see the sports fields you can use depends on where you live. If you live on North Campus, there's the North Campus Recreation Building (NCRB), and there's just lots of open space everywhere. If you live on the Hill, you have the Central Campus Recreation Building (CCRB) and Palmer Field. If you live on Central Campus, you're probably closest to the Intramural Sports building (IM building) and Elbel Field.</p>
<p>Nichol's Arboretum is pretty sweet and worth checking out.</p>
<p>Foodwise, here are some things that are kinda unique to Ann Arbor. Not saying you have to do all of them, just some places to consider. Zingerman's is a very good (though somewhat pricy) deli. Blimpy's is the best place to get a greasy hamburger. Pizza by the slice at nearly all hours of the night at Backroom Pizzeria, In-n-Out, and the Diag Party Store. Fleetwood Diner is open 24/7. Washtenaw Dairy has great ice cream.</p>
<p>Spinning cube by the student union...it's a big two ton cube that spins. Surprisingly fun.</p>
<p>Law Quad, made to look Harvard Yard, also pretty sweet.</p>
<p>I'll post if I can think of any other important things...</p>
<p>Do NOT get pizza from the Diag Party Store, it's honestly the worst pizza there is. For amazing burritos go to Big 10 Burrito and not panchero's, panchero's sucks.</p>
<p>NYPD pizza (on Williams Street, between Maynard and State) is the best in Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>I love that big cube</p>
<p>do NOT knock panchero's...not only is the food better, pero los trabajadores le dara a usted mas carne si puede hablar espanol bien....pero solo si su espanol esta bien.</p>
<p>KB</p>
<p>where can i get something that's like the chicken with brocolli bake thing or something? i dunno what it is exactly, but my friend at mich spoke highly of it.</p>
<p>Panchero's is also a national franchise...if you're visiting Ann Arbor, hit up BTB instead.</p>
<p>NYPD is nowhere near as good as Pizza House.</p>