<p>Hi guys,<br>
I have just been accepted into UMICH engineering as a junior transfer. I am from out of state and I know absolutely no one at the school(scary i know, but it could be exciting). I was wondering what options are available for on campus housing for juniors besides the northwood community apartments. Also I would like to know which of those options i should shoot for. Thanks!</p>
<p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>[UM</a> Undergraduate Housing - Transfer Students](<a href=“http://www.housing.umich.edu/info/transfer.html]UM”>http://www.housing.umich.edu/info/transfer.html)</p>
<p>As a transfer student, you’re not put into the lottery for dorms like newly admitted freshmen are, you’re just assigned Northwood as your default option. Northwood wouldn’t be a horrible location, since both Northwood and engineering are on North Campus, but it wouldn’t be a very social environment since it’s individual apartments.</p>
<p>If you want to get into a residence hall, you can do a contract reassignment. Basically, returning students that have signed up for on-campus housing and have decided to live elsewhere can’t just cancel their contacts, they have to pawn it off to an incoming student that has yet to sign a housing contract (so either freshmen or transfer students). The University provides a bulletin board for people to post their housing assignments they’re looking to get rid of. I’d imagine more postings will be put up as the semester ends/summer starts. You can only make arrangements with the person during the summer, nothing is made official until both you and the person meet up at the housing department sometime past August 1st to officially sign the paperwork. I did this my freshmen year, and it was pretty pain-free, though both of us were from the area.</p>
<p>[UM</a> Undergraduate Housing - Room Swap, Contract Reassignment & Waitlist Processes](<a href=“http://www.housing.umich.edu/info/changes.html#ContractReassignment]UM”>http://www.housing.umich.edu/info/changes.html#ContractReassignment)</p>
<p>As for where to live, the big choice is between Central Campus and North Campus. North Campus will be closer to your classes and more populated by engineers, but Central Campus is closer to where the “action” is at (athletics, parties, downtown, etc.). There’s also the Hill, but it’s mostly freshmen and not particularly convenient for anything you’d care about. If you want to live on North Campus, Bursley is the one giant dorm up there. There’s also Baits, which is a scattered series of buildings that’s not particularly conducive to meeting new people. If you want to live on Central Campus, I’d say South Quad and West Quad are probably the two best.</p>
<p>If you choose to go the contract assignment route, it might be to your advantage to get things taken care of now before freshmen get their housing assignments and you have to compete with them.</p>
<p>Thank you so so much!</p>