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<li><p>I still don't understand what blue books are and what blue books tests are. Can anyone explain that one more time?</p></li>
<li><p>Anyone have any bad experiences taking the AATA, or Michigan Bus to Central Campus from North Campus? I'm wondering how this is going to be especially in the winter.</p></li>
<li><p>Is the food at Bursley good? Also what's the most important piece of advice that you would give to an incoming freshman?</p></li>
<li><p>What are the best restaurants to eat at in Ann Arbor? Places to hang out? Places to have fun?</p></li>
<li><p>Do graduate schools take into consideration the strength of a particular program at a particular university?</p></li>
<li><p>Would you recommend starting off with a manageable schedule for the first semester then gradually increase the number of classes/credits the following semester?</p></li>
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<p>I know these are a lot of questions, but if they could be answered that would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>“What are the best restaurants to eat at in Ann Arbor? Places to hang out? Places to have fun?”</p>
<p>I can’t give a great answer to that question, but here’s a list of places you should check out if you have the chance:
Some quick places for food downtown that are really good: No Thai on S. University, Noodles and Co. on State
Hangout places: The diag, random places around downtown, Bubble Island on S. U (the bubble tea and froyo there is amazing), the arboretum is nice if you like nature…</p>
<p>and for your transport question - I’ve never had a single issue with AATA ever and I’ve used it a lot in the 9 years I’ve lived here. the M Bus I’ve only started riding recently, so I can’t speak for it’s reliability in the winter, but since March I’ve never had a problem with it either - it’s never more than a few minutes late and running every 10 minutes is a definite plus.</p>
<p>Going from central to north or vice versa is no problem; you’ll have buses running every few minutes. You’ll generally stick with the Michigan buses and not take the AATA buses when just going between campuses.</p>
<p>Regarding the schedule, you really have to make your own determination of what you can handle. I started off as a freshman taking either 16 or 17 (can’t remember) credits and had a 4.0 my first semester. Other people will take 12 credits and struggle through. It depends on what you can handle as an individual student.</p>
<p>So let’s say I’m not confident in my academic abilities. Is 13 credits good enough? I’m taking Chemistry, Psychology, and Spanish. I really don’t know myself too much when it comes to stuff like this, but my AA told me to take it slow the first year because pre-med is cutthroat at U-M.</p>
<p>Sorry, I’m not sure. Are you majoring in something? Sorry, I don’t really understand this very well, but students on the premed track can also major in something right?</p>
<p>And this probably won’t help you at all, but when I visited U of M, I had pizza at this restaurant down the street form the student services center. I don’t remember the name of the place, but the pizza was really greasy and re-heated, and I wouldn’t recommend it.</p>
<p>Yea when you are pre-med you can major in anything, but still take the required courses to get into Medical School. I’m planning on concentrating in Psychology, but I want to see how PSYCH 111 goes.</p>
<p>A blue book is a standard test answer form. It’s basically a small book with a blue cover that has about 8-10 lined pages inside. You buy them from the bookstore, or get them for free from various places. You use them mostly for essay-type tests in liberal arts classes. As an engineer, I’ve never taken a blue book.</p>
<p>Stepping over the block M in the diag will also cause you to fail your first blue book.</p>
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<p>You’ll never take the AATA bus down to Central, because it’s not really convenient. You’ll take one of the various blue buses down. During the week day the buses are excellent and they’ll show up almost every 5 minutes, so you’ll be in great shape. It’s much more annoying late at night and on weekends when there are a lot less buses. In these cases you have to be prepared to wait 10-30 minutes. In the winter, you just need to dress warm to wait for the bus. The buses however always run, no matter what the conditions.</p>
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<p>Food’s fine. I’ve split between eating at South Quad and Bursley the last 2-3 years and they’re comparable. Amazing food is not Michigan’s strong point, but you’ll find something reasonable to eat every day. For advice… Dunno. The usual boring time management advice?</p>
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<p>Yes, I believe they strongly consider this strength.</p>
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<p>Yeah. It’s not good to get overwhelmed first semester. You’ll be making a hard transition anyway outside of class and schoolwork, so it’s better to put yourself in a position to succeed. If it turns out it’s too easy, no problem, you can add to it for second semester.</p>
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<li><p>I still don’t understand what blue books are and what blue books tests are. Can anyone explain that one more time?
Never been in an LSA class with them, but its just a a few sheets of paper stapled together (thats blue) that you have to buy for certain classes to take tests on.</p></li>
<li><p>Anyone have any bad experiences taking the AATA, or Michigan Bus to Central Campus from North Campus? I’m wondering how this is going to be especially in the winter.
No. You might get screwed over if you have, say, a 10AM class and you’re waiting for the bus at like 9:45. Well guess what, theres gonna be about 100 other kids going from north to central and waiting there too. So you could be late too some classes, but its really no big deal. Just wait a bit and the next bus’ll be empty. The bus system is pretty good</p></li>
<li><p>Is the food at Bursley good? Also what’s the most important piece of advice that you would give to an incoming freshman?
I thought it started out good, but as the year progressed I either: 1. Got sick of the food or 2. The dining hall just stopped trying. I couldnt tell which it was, prolly a little bit of both.</p></li>
<li><p>What are the best restaurants to eat at in Ann Arbor? Places to hang out? Places to have fun?
Big Ten Burrito=the bomb. Parties are always going on, Studio is the club if you’re into that. </p></li>
<li><p>Do graduate schools take into consideration the strength of a particular program at a particular university?
Yeah, Im sure they do</p></li>
<li><p>Would you recommend starting off with a manageable schedule for the first semester then gradually increase the number of classes/credits the following semester?
Thats what I did (13 first sem) then I upped to 18 and still did just fine</p></li>
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<p>Anyone who has a problem with the cafeteria food at Michigan need only visit Eastern Michigan University on any day of the semester and they will never complain again, I promise. I had to get my boyfriend to switch his meal plan so we had more options or I told him I wouldn’t come over anymore. XD</p>
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