<p>I was just wondering if it's common at all for cdn's to commute to U Michigan - Ann Arbor? My mum recently moved to Windsor and I think it's a little under 50 miles or so between the too (I may be random but I don't consider anything around an hour to be a long commute. I live in London UK at the moment so really - anything under an hour is pretty decent). Do many people live off campus? Sorry I know this is a bit random but I thought I'd check with the people who know.</p>
<p>most people live off campus, but they live in apartments that are walking distance from campus.</p>
<p>Even though Windsor may only be 50 miles from A2, it is more like a 2 hour commute. With the bottlenecks at the tunnel or bridge to get across the border, you will probably spend an hour waiting in line just to get through customs. Plus there is a $3.50 toll each way to use the tunnel or bridge.</p>
<p>Yeah, in the long run it would probably be more efficient to dorm.</p>
<p>Well you could use nexus to cross which is only 80 for 5 years so I don't think the toll costs should be an issue. I'm going to windsor next month for a weekend and I'm planning a trip down so I guess I can guage then whether or not it's really realistic to commute. I thought it might be because it's not uncommon for people to live in Canada but work in the states....</p>
<p>It is unrealistic to commute from Canada. Besides being a decent distance away, you also have to deal with crossing the border. Some days that could be fine, other days it could take a couple hours. Not to mention the construction that goes on here constantly, winter snowstorms that could bring morning commutes to a dead stop, etc.</p>
<p>My mom used to commute to Canada from Warren (north of Detroit), but that was pre-9/11 and all of the delays that brought to the border. Do you really want to risk having a red alert pop up on your exam day?</p>
<p>Not to mention that pretty much everyone that goes here lives either on campus or around campus in apartments and houses. Not living in Ann Arbor is going to make you feel majorly left out.</p>
<p>QUESTION: on the application for: University housing preference: Residence Hall, Student Family Housing, None --- does any particular choice help or hurt your chances? i.e. - if marked residence hall, it might be full, therefore they cannot offer you a spot, however if you put none (find your own housing) the chances would be better----thanks</p>
<p>Like everyone says, it honestly isn't efficient to commute at all. The bridge toll isn't cheap, and the gas money isn't either. Nexus is an option, but they don't approve everyone. If there's even a hint of an impending terrorist attack the bridge goes into total lockdown mode and it might take 2-3 hours just to cross.
I've lived in Windsor all my life and just recently moved to Michigan because my parents work in Michigan. From my house in LaSalle to AA with no traffic at all, it was at least an hour and 20minute drive.</p>
<p>I live off campus, I'm only 9 miles away, and it's insane. The on-campus parking situation SUCKS, so even though I'm only about 15 minutes away driving, the commute takes about 45 minutes - 15 min to bus stop parking lot, 15 min bus ride, 10 min walk to class from bus stop... Plus, you're going to want every free minute that you've got. If you were going from windsor to UM-Dearborn, the commute'd still be annoying at the border cross point, but you'd probably survive. Ann Arbor's about 40 min from Dearborn/Detroit, so yeah... you're looking at more than an hour.</p>
<p>In short, people do commute to UM - A2, and it's probably POSSIBLE to commute from Canada, but only if you're Hermione from Harry Potter and you've got one of those time turner things.</p>
<p>Your housing choice isn't going to have any effect on the admissions process. If you are a freshman, virtually all freshman live on campus. The number of available beds has an impact on the size of the freshman class, but not on an individual application.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks everyone for the info</p>