sashababie Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Anyone out there? Odds are I'll be heading out there in the fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boringusername Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Me too. What's your field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashababie Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 hi I'm in comparative literature, still waiting on 2 apps but I'm assuming rejections, and Michigan is starting to grow on me! The only thing that scares me is the weather but looking forward to everything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skchetu Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Hi Guys, Got an admit for PhD in Biophysics at Umich...Will be there by mid August...Yes, even I heard a lot about the harsh and long winter there...Which program are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boringusername Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Are you guys beginning your housing search already? I'm not quite sure how to proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashababie Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 boringusername: I checked out UM's off-campus housing search a few days ago, and I must say I've been worried about ever getting decent housing without flying over way in advance and looking at prospectives in person. I know that limited people advertise with UM's service, but I really did not expect that my very generous search criteria would produce such unsatisfactory results. I'm only looking for: utilities included (heating to be exact!), non-smoking, and kitchen available, the pictures I've seen posted there! You'd expect people to at least clean up before taking pics of their house? :roll: Guess the safest way would be to go for campus housing, but I really would prefer to have a room to myself (w/ kitchen and private bath), having never had lived in a dorm all my life, grad school doesn't seem to be a good time to start. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boringusername Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 boringusername: I checked out UM's off-campus housing search a few days ago, and I must say I've been worried about ever getting decent housing without flying over way in advance and looking at prospectives in person. I know that limited people advertise with UM's service, but I really did not expect that my very generous search criteria would produce such unsatisfactory results. I'm only looking for: utilities included (heating to be exact!), non-smoking, and kitchen available, the pictures I've seen posted there! You'd expect people to at least clean up before taking pics of their house? :roll: Guess the safest way would be to go for campus housing, but I really would prefer to have a room to myself (w/ kitchen and private bath), having never had lived in a dorm all my life, grad school doesn't seem to be a good time to start. :cry: I too haven't been all that impressed with the search results from UM's housing site. It seems that everything is very picked over already. Even my cursory glance at the Ann Arbor craigslist postings has yielded more promising results. I did get a kick out of the pictures of filthy apartments littered with booze bottles, though! At this point, I'm thinking it'd be better to find a more liveable/affordable apartment farther away from campus. Maybe in one of those larger complexes? Also, I was under the impression that UM does offer grad student housing for single students. Here, for instance: http://housing.umich.edu/northwood/overview/index.php . I'm not sure how desirable that would be, but it's certainly an option. Anyway, good luck with the search! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boringusername Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Another thing: I've heard that under Michigan law you or a third party has to have viewed the premises before you can sign a lease. Can anyone confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvalicious Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Another thing: I've heard that under Michigan law you or a third party has to have viewed the premises before you can sign a lease. Can anyone confirm this? I'm probably not going to Michigan, but I did move to the state from another one a couple years back, and I didn't view the premises before I signed my lease. I wish I had, frankly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srinair Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Anyone for Mech Engg??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I'm going!!! It's for Judaic Studies... and hopefully History two years down the road... but we'll see how much the faculty and I like each other Ew, thanks guys for looking at the photos already. I definitely want a clean apartment with a kitchen and utlities included (especially water). I'm already freaking out a bit about housing! The weather doesn't bother me a bit as I go to school in Central New York and I've lived under the snow all this winter and all of my life. The only thing that's really scaring me is the SIZE of the university and the campus. :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggie Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 by srinair on Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:48 am Anyone for Mech Engg??? I am going for MechE Ph.D. this fall, I will be looking for housing early this summer. What about you? Also, what kind of funding you have, if any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiduck Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Anyone going for CSE PhD this Fall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichigo Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hi Everyone, I have got an admit into Umich CSE(VLSI)-Masters. A bit confused about UMich or CMU but as of now I am voting for Umich. :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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