<p>Where is the best housing on campus for transfer students and is it worth it to buy a meal plan?</p>
<p>Thanks for the input.</p>
<p>The food at Michigan tastes horrible… like seriously that’s one thing I miss about home. If I had a choice I would never have taken a meal plan but then again none of the halls (atleast that I know of) have kitchens, so that would mean eating all your meals out (which I kind of do already). </p>
<p>As for where to stay, really depends on your school. Hill is dominated by freshman, but has the best (relatively) dining hall. West quad, south quad, south quad and east quad all have great locations for LSA and the B school or just in general because most events/parties are on central. North campus is mainly for engineering students and some performing schools I guess.</p>
<p>Oh yea last thing, I’m not sure but if you stay on campus I think you have to buy a meal plan, you don’t really have a choice.</p>
<p>I actually enjoy the food in Mojo haha… and if there’s nothing good I just eat like 7 bagels. And the make your own pizzas in Markley are pretty great. The East Quad/Oxford/Bursley dining halls ****ing blow though, so that sucks. And all of the rooms in Oxford have a kitchen or at least a community kitchen…</p>
<p>Haha just saying eating 7 bagels/pizza isn’t really great for you. Been trying to stay healthy so don’t eat pizzas, burgers, hot dogs and the like so there really isn’t much to eat when I go to the dining halls. And so far I’ve tried the stir fry, worst I’ve ever had, I have doubts if the tofu is actually that or just a mistake in labelling…, brocolli was bland as hell. Only thing I can say is that the breakfast is pretty nice but on most mornings I wake up too late for breakfast</p>
<p>I like the food here, including at EQ-- they have a less traditional menu, which some people are not adventurous enough for (lots of vegan and ethnic food), but it’s not bad quality food. They serve most of the same staples as everywhere else. You can almost always get sandwiches, pizza, grilled cheese, waffle, panini, etc, and if you’re vegetarian or allergic to dairy (like me) they have some options you won’t get elsewhere. The cafeteria is nice because they have small round tables and it is pretty quiet, so it’s easy to meet new people. But if you’re not willing to eat anything but standard american fare, you’ll find you walk to mojo or SQ a lot.</p>
<p>Most of the dorms are going to be dominated by freshmen, but that means less in some dorms than in others. For women I recommend Newberry or Barbour. It’s a bit more of a mature atmosphere (though still predominately freshmen), loads cleaner, and it feels less like you’re living in a hotel-- it feels like my dorm is my bedroom, and the house is my home. We have a kitchen, several living rooms, computer lab, a library sort of room, and an exercise room. I am a transfer myself, and I would never live anywhere but newberry again. If you’re not a woman, I am not sure if anywhere is significantly better than anywhere else, for the most part. I chose east quad for my first year because it looked nice, but I really didn’t like it much by the end of the year. It was pretty filthy dirty very quickly. </p>
<p>A LOT of transfer students end up in the northwood apartments. If you are really against taking the bus to central then that wouldn’t work for you, but the apts are nice and you have your own kitchen. That is where I would live if I could cope with the bus.</p>
<p>Noticed a lot of sublets online and was wondering if anyone had experience w renting a room near the school. Is it smart for a transfer student to live off campus? I’d really like a single and don’t think campus housing would guarantee that plus cost wise it might be better…</p>
<p>Although since it would technically be my first yr in Michigan it might be an easier transition to live on campus… any thoughts?</p>
<p>xio68,</p>
<p>Are you in state or OoS? Have you received any housing information yet? </p>
<p>@anyone,</p>
<p>I heard parking is terrible at UM, so where would I park if I live on campus?</p>
<p>Parking is atrocious. My friends in northwood all got parking nearby to their residence. On central I would presume you’d have to park in the orange lots, which you generally need to take a bus to get to. It’s possible that there are lots I am not aware of.</p>
<p>Housing priority is dictated by the number of years spent in university housing, so even if you are a junior you are going to start with freshmen priority. It is very difficult to get a single like that unless you want to live on North campus, and even then it’s not guaranteed. For my second year all the singles were taken by the time I could register, I had to have a letter from a doctor stating that I needed a single in order to get one. So if being in a single is extremely important, considering off campus or possibly northwood is probably a wise choice.</p>