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Does anyone have an idea about the 820 Fuller street apartments? I may sign a lease overseas, and, although the place looks good on photos, I wonder if there is any negative aspect that I cannot see at the moment? It is run by A2 management, so I am wondering if this is a good/reliable company?

I will be attending this fall and planning to move in around early-mid august (I am flexible on this) I wonder if anyone made it to the recruitment weekend here? I am an international student, therefore it was not possible for me to make a visit. I am curious what your general impression about the city and the uni (regardless of the program) is? Also, I am looking for a room, feel free to pm of you are on the same boat, and/or need a new roommate. Thanx.

A related question, is the amount we are getting as stipends pre-tax or post-tax? I mean am I supposed to pay tax from the total amount of stipend I am getting?

I (again) have an international student question (meaning this might come as very obvious to some). I wonder if the stipends we get to live are taxable? Going over the the cost of living in Ann Arbor, I realized every penny I get is very valuable.

beyondaboundary and newms, thank you both for your replies.

Hello everybody, I am an international student who most probably will move in AA around mid-August. I have a couple of questions in mind, some of them were already replied before in this topic, yet I think an update would do no harm. My questions are mostly about financing and life ın AA. I am listing them below, as I think it is more practical this way. 1-- My annual (meaning 9 months) stipend is $19.5k, which so far seems an ok amount, especially as I am willing to share a flat. My dept is in central campus, and I don't drive (I can yet I choose not to). So I should live within walking distance I guess. Can someone give an estimate amount that I would need to pay for rent/room plus bills? Also which areas are better to live if you are a mid-late 20 grad student, I really do not want to end up in an undergrad neighborhood? 2-- Is there any international students out there? How are planning to deal with signing the lease thing? It is advised in this topic- for many times- that one should not leave finding a room to the last mins. Yet is it safe to sign a lease and pay the deposit before actually seeing the place? Or should I say, do people do that? 3-- U of M has a huge number of undergrads, which feels a bit scary as the town may turn out to be a very undergrad dominated place, any ideas? 4-- Grad life is very intense as far I could see in terms of the hours one should spend in the lib, yet during the small amount of free time one gets, where should she/he hang out? Grad bars? Cafes? I am just trying to see how life will be like in AA for the next couple of years. I hope I did not come across like I hate undergrads, I am just not an undergrad now (haven't been one for a while), and - this can easily be my prejudice against US college towns, you know, movies and TV shows etc- I think it would be nice to see what other grads think of the town. Thanx in advance.

Thanks for the reply.

This may be a rather uneducated question, but I wonder if in Anthropology, specifically speaking Socio-Cultural and Linguistic, interviews are common? Does every department/uni ask for interviews? I mean Harvard web-site indicates interviews are not a part of their formal admission process, so does this mean that not being asked for one from Harvard during the interview period is not necessarily a bad thing? I would love to get some feedback on this, hope there is someone a bit familiar with the process. Thanx in advance