<p>I see Michigan doesn't start classes until after Labor Day (why so late??!!) and
I want to know when the entering freshmen class move in. My husband is a
high school principal and starting this late will make it very difficult for him to
help move our son in if it's during the week...we're out-of-state. I also see they have final exams
a few days prior to Christmas (again, why is their schedule so late??!!) :( ) How soon would our son have his exam schedule in order to book a flight home?
Thanks to all who respond.</p>
<p>Move in is probably a good week before the first day of class. Each freshman is assigned a day. This is based on where they live, so you'll have to wait to find that out. But yes, it will be during the week.</p>
<p>They can find out their finals schedule as soon as classes start (probably) unless the professor changes things. By the way, you won't know if he has a class the day before Thanksgiving until maybe that week, unless the professor is nice enough to tell you long before.</p>
<p>As far as finals go, it varies. I know I was surprised that they got out so late. What actually happened to my son is that he got out somewhere around the 18th of December. His profs were the type that if you had a good grade in their class you didn't have to take the final. He had one class where they took the final early before the finals were officially supposed to begin. I am sure that this made it harder for those who had to get plane tickets. It's all a crap shoot.</p>
<p>the official University academic calendar is available here: <a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eregoff/calendar/%5B/url%5D">http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/calendar/</a> and the Housing calendar is available here: <a href="http://www.housing.umich.edu/info/calendar.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.housing.umich.edu/info/calendar.html</a>. </p>
<p>Looks like fall move-in is Aug 29-Sept 1. You'll get your assigned day sometime this summer. As for the holiday break, my advice for booking flights would be not to wait too long after the term starts. I've given up trying to get my son home immediately after his last exam. It just ends up costing too much if we wait until we know his schedule. So, this year I'm assuming that he'll be taking exams through the last possible day and booking his flights around that. Worst case, he'll be one of the last ones to leave.</p>