<p>I am deciding between Carnegie Mellon, Michigan, and University of Wisconsin - Madison. I got into the honors program at LSA but after some meetings with physics professors i am not sure it is worth it to enroll (conflicts with major). </p>
<p>Anyways, Michigan is in the lead so far i think, however i am trying to get some of the details straight. What are the little, everyday things that make Michigan good or bad. I know about the sports and social scene and what-not, but how about the dorms, the food, the facilities, or anything else relevant to making my final decision.</p>
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Have you ever noticed that squirrels on this campus are at least 3 times the size of normal wild squirrels? THEY ARE HUGE!! Have you ever noticed that they fear no one? Im sorry but you when you have to watch your step in the diag bc you might trip on some squirrel that isnt afraid of people anymore something has to be done. WHERE DID THE FEAR GO?!! I saw a squirrel chasing a girl the other day in the Diag.....thats just not right. Squirrels are not dogs and shouldnt beg u for food and eat out of your hands. Maybe the michigan squirrel club is having a great time spoiling these little furry monsters....BUT HONESTLY a squirrel bigger than a lap dog is JUST NOT RIGHT. So join this club and "put the fear back into the squirrels at U OF M"
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<p>from The facebook group, "Michigan Students Putting The Fear Back into SQUIRRELS."</p>
<p>i won't be able to go to that because my prom is the same day but i'm visting michigan next week to see if it can overtake virginia as my top choice haha the battle is on</p>
<p>To Non-Chalant: the squirrels at Michigan are extremely friendly, due mainly to excessive feeding. On a side note, many of them are also quite fat.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness, you guys are so overexaggerating the squirrels, or maybe this is a joke. They aren't that big, and they don't do anything but mind their own business, occasionally look at you, and eat their nuts. Geez.</p>
<p>Jazzman, you must have talked to some ignorant physics professors, because there is no conflict between LSA honors and a physics major. As I'm sure you know, physics is in LSA as it is, and the only honors requirements are two semesters of great books (but that satisfied your humanities requirement AND frst-year writing requirement that you would have to do anyways), so there really is no way that honors conflicts with physics. Also, if you're in honors you have an easier time getting into honors-level physics classes.</p>
<p>If the only two negatives you can think of are bad food at the dorms and cold weather, than thats a really good thing =) Both have simple solutions - buy some nice warm clothes and lots of SwissMiss Hot Chocolate and get the meal plan that gives you less dorm-food meals and more entre-plus points to go to the REDICULOUSLY AWESOME restaurants on campus =)</p>
<p>Potbelly's
Mongolian BBQ
Subway
.... [Insert 20 more good places here]</p>
<p>You realize that entree plus doesn't coutn at very many restaurants, right? The only restaurants you can really use it at are the ones in the Union (Subway, Wendy's, pizza place, Magic Wok). This is good enough for me, but know that Mongolian BBQ and potbelly's don't take entree plus.</p>
<p>er, yah, didnt make that clear..i definetly knew Mongol doesnt, considering it would eat up 1/10 of ur entre-plus points, lol. Regardless, nothing beats a nice $4 potbelly's turkey sandwich on a cold afternoon, even if it comes out of my pocket =)</p>
<p>Yeah, A2, I don't think anyone was being serious.</p>
<p>Mongolian BBQ... yum. It's not cheap but the food is great.
As for the weather, it's not that bad. You just need a nice warm coat, a halfway decent pair of boots (they don't need to be the huge and heavy snow boots, but don't go wandering around town in your Chucks or sandals in February either).</p>
<p>For the value, that sounds pretty good. But, im sorry, 2-3 bowls of some good combinations at Mongol trumps most pizzas. Granted, I'd rather have 3 good pizza slices for $3 if it fills me up just as much as a $15-$20 dinner at Mongol.</p>