I really want to live on Central, but bursley doesn’t seem terrible. What are Northwood and baits? I don’t want to live on North in a place with no food court.
most freshmen are housed in north campus. its random and some freshmen won’t get north campus. north campus really isn’t that bad. i heard its not its just the location thats not the best. you just have to take the bus to get to your classes. you can do an mlc or honors for better housing.
If you want a social life then north campus is awful. If you’re all about studying and an engineer then you will like it. The bussing is not great.
North is a lot quieter. As a freshman, even as an engineer, most of your classes are on central campus. Northwood is student apartments, usually for upperclassmen and grad students. Meal plan is optional there. You have the choice of picking your roommate or a dorm/area preference, but not both. I’d request central - most people like the Hill dorms (except Markley) east (residential college) or west (many athletes) quad. South quad is pretty big but supposedly has the best food. You can vastly increase your chances at a particular dorm by joining the learning communities housed there. Oxford is isolated and has no food nearby.
The NCRB is closing for renovation during 2017-2018 , so you will not have easy access to a gym or pool if you live on North.
Women have additional options with single sex dorms on central campus.
Actually, Oxford has its own dining hall.
@yikesyikesyikes , I stand corrected. My son says he never eats there because it is pretty limited in hours and food variety compared to SQ and others. Oxford is a bit creepy walking back at night too, especially by the cemetery on Geddes.
oxford is right near the frats though, which is nice if you’re rushing
If my kiddo were doing it again, she’s said many times she would have never lived in a dorm. It doesn’t affect your aid at all to live in an apartment and there are thousands available. Many within walking distance of campus. She just signed a lease for next year with a good friend. Two bedrooms, private bath, living room, kitchen with major appliances, furnished, laundry down the hall, very roomy, 8 minute walk to central, all utilities…$1300 ($650 each girl/month). Given that most students pay about $1100/month for half of a teenie tiny shared room in the dorms…and my kiddo prefers to cook her own meals and relax in her own bathtub…it’s a much better deal for her. Save money, live better…consider life outside the dorms.
“most freshmen are housed in north campus”
This is false although U of M housing will often state this at admitted student days unless called to account for the numbers (cough, cough). Simple mathematics will tell you that it’s false. The majority ( more than 50 percent) of available housing for freshman is on central or hill.
What IS true is that the majority of student who are randomly assigned get North. ( athletes, honors students, slg students ,women requesting women only dorms, kids with medical or religious waivers all get assigned to a dorm not on north AND kids who ask to be roomate with kids in the last two categories ).
What is also true is that Michigan wouldn’t feel the need to obfuscate if not for the fact that the majority of students don’t like North and don’t want to be there.
@MaryGJ Where is she living to get an apartment at that price, with private bathroom?
I don’t really want to say what street it’s on, if you don’t mind, but about 8 minutes from Central Campus speed-walking.(a bus stop less than a block away if weather is bad) It’s an apartment building roughly between the Amtrak station and Central. Lots of apartments in there, so I don’t feel like I’m giving too much away. My daughter and her roommate are serious bargain hunters…they looked for weeks to find it, and got the lease signed ASAP when they did.
The other apartments in their building rent for $1500-$2200, but theirs has a couple of features missing that more pampered students prefer. (they don’t have a dishwasher or a balcony, and it’s a slightly less modern apartment) It’s also in a section of the building that is built next to the mechanical room…so there’s more water noise, ect., and a couple of the walls are at odd angles…I don’t think their refrigerator opens a full 180 degrees. LOL. But the landlord is painting it and putting in new carpet before they move in, and the bathroom and kitchen are very functional. Both bedrooms are huge with queen sized beds. They have a nice sized living room. The space is odd shaped, but there are lots of windows and about 600 square feet. It’s a terrific bargain and they really hunted for it. You’re right…$1200 in that location is tough to find:)
These kind of bargains are hard to find, but they’re out there!
You can find a lot of cheaper places on North Campus, too. My daughter has lived in University Apartments on North since the second half of her Freshman year. (she’s a junior, now) She spent the first half of freshman year in Mary Markley and desperately hated it. She is much more suited to apartment living. She doesn’t mind room mates, but it’s important to her to be able to at least have her own room with a door she can close when she needs to.
@MaryGJ Thanks. Didn’t mean for you to give away private info, but I just thought maybe it was a recognizable named building. All the placed my student looked at were about $1100/month per person.
Try apartments dot com. (they won’t let us link on here) Search for Central Ann Arbor… will show you a map with hundreds of available apartments. You can filter with price range, features, etc. Just find Central Campus on the map and look at the flags. You can do a lot better than $1100 per month per person. LOTS of 2 bedroom apartments for around $1500.
By the way…the reason I said $1200 in one post and $1300 in the other…is that the girls have to purchase electric and internet. Each is about $50 a month per the previous tenant’s bills. So, $1200 rent, plus $50, plus $50 = $1300. But yeah, the apartment comes with heat, water, trash and laundry included…at $650 per person, it’s still a steal.
That’s pretty high. Usually apartments are in the 600-800/person range, plus maybe $100 for utilities. Our kids have found places in that range near central campus, and even ‘luxury’ student apartments are $800-$900 on north campus, much less for regular ones
Live in a dorm if you are a freshman. Virtually all do - don’t miss out on that experience.