<p>My application got there a bit late... but I have been accepted. I am being reviewed for the honors college.. but I don't know if I will be accepted (the woman in charge made it sound likely). I have also gotten an invite to the Residential College... no idea if there's any prestige involved but it sounds cool. The RC wants a response expressing my interest or lack-there-of. </p>
<p>Depending.. I may have the option of the RC or Honors housing... does anyone have any experience with any of this? I'm not even sure if I'll be attending UMich, but if I don't get accepted to Notre Dame it is very likely. </p>
<p>Residential College is in East Quad. East Quad is on Hill Street (sorry, but I don't remember the names of the other 3 streets) and is one block south of South University. Close to Central Campus.</p>
<p>Honors College is in South Quad. South Quad is just off State Street, just south of Hill Street. Also close to Central Campus. Very close to the Michigan Union. Across State Street from the Law Quad.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, but I'm asking more about advice as to which is better. What are pros and cons of each... and what would you all reccomend?</p>
<p>I'm going to take a wild flyer here - and guess that if you're interested in Notre Dame, you might not like the Residential College. It tends to attract "alternative" kids - very interesting, bright kids - likely to be very involved in campus organizations, environmental issues, high concentration of vegetarians. If you're going into the RC, you must be interested in languages - at least to the degree that you're willing to study for 2 years or until you're good enuf to complete a seminar course. Honors housing is in South Quad, on Central campus. The Honors program has a pretty still curriculum so check it out. Lots of people start in Honors, but don't see it thru all the way to their thesis.</p>
<p>Tough call, I'm liberal but moderate. I really do love learning new languages and I care a lot about the environment but the "alternative" crowd as you have dubbed it doesn't really fit me that well. Regardless, thanks a TON for the response!</p>
<p>i'm starting to panic about housing b/c i'm out of state (tx) & i've heard many things about the scramble for housing at michigan. what are the chances that housing for the lsa honors college is still available?</p>
<p>ull get housing no matter what if u send in ur deposite and ur application for housing once they tell you you can sign up for it. the real worries are if you want an apartment cause a good 1 close to central campus is hard to find. (im trying to find 1)</p>
<p>The only "scrambling" that is ever done is the Housing Division, because like umardarr says, everyone will be housed. Last year they had to reconfigure some spaces (particularly, moving graduates around) and so this year things are looking very good for space.</p>
<p>umardarr have you checked out University Towers? Also check out there are apartments on William and Maynard I forgot the name but those are a 2 min walk max to the Diag.</p>
<p>nvm i looked at em, theyre allright. my friend doesnt buy into it cause of the cost tho lol but i think its a good considering the location. Can't find the maynard one</p>
<p>umardarr, are you talking about Tower Plaza, on the corner of Maynard and William? Those are condos, although some people lease them out as rentals. There is also another one a little further down on Maynard called Maynard House.</p>
<p>The Housing Office has a useful listing of major landlords and apartments, as well as a map showing where all these are. There's also arborweb's site, although it only has larger apartment buildings.</p>
<p>I lived in Tower Plaza on Maynard and Williams for my four years at Michigan (since I went to a boarding school for 3 years, I did not feel it necessary to have the dorm experience). It is a great location and the building is very nice. Studios go for roughly $900/month, one bedrooms go for $1,200/month. There is a pleasant little building right accorss the street called MAynard House. The apartments are not quite as nice, but they are slighly cheaper. The University Towers are on South University Street. The apartments there are definitely not as nice, but they are ok. There are obviously many other buildings, but those are the ones I am familiar with.</p>
<p>There is also another set of apartment on the street near Bubble Tea and University Towers, I think its South Division but down by where it hits Hill St. I can't recall the name.</p>
<p>yea w/e, thanks for all the info, there are actually quite a few ive never seen/heard of. Over $1000 is a bit expensive for a 2 bedroomer, by we'll see.</p>