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I'm going March 5

By Jonathan0386 (Jonathan0386) on Monday, February 09, 2004 - 09:30 pm: Edit

I cannot go...I still do not know if I am in or not...but tell us how it went...

By Dstark (Dstark) on Monday, February 09, 2004 - 11:03 pm: Edit

My kid is going Feb. 20th.

By Lemmego2college (Lemmego2college) on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 06:44 pm: Edit

don't think I can make it..plane fare from New Orleans (with that special discount code that UM gave on the brochure) is $270 rdtrip.

By Achat (Achat) on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 12:02 pm: Edit

My son and I are going March 18th for the March 19th session. Airfare from New York is $130 per person on Northwest. Total including taxes is $327 for both of us. I thought that was a bargain.

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 12:26 pm: Edit

I have not got in and applied and roundtrip fro india seems way out of reach

By Dstark (Dstark) on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 01:10 pm: Edit

Lemmego, we are not using Northwest. There are cheaper airlines. Look into it.

By Greenlight (Greenlight) on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 08:40 am: Edit

hey i am an int. student, applied to Umich. I haven't got any acceptance letter but i just received an email invitation for campus day. does that mean i'm accepted?

By Cruella (Cruella) on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 01:57 pm: Edit

Greenlight, it may mean that you have been accepted. I sure hope so!

By Cfineman (Cfineman) on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 06:03 pm: Edit

im going feb 20 for engineering. anyone know what to wear? i live inn ca (near sf) so i have never really experienced really really cold weather. should i wear ski pants and clothes like that? or are jeans and a good coat good enough? thanks!

By Dstark (Dstark) on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 06:34 pm: Edit

My kid is going to be there at the same time from the North Bay. Don't know what to wear.

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 10:05 pm: Edit

Jeans and good coat is all you need... maybe gloves and a beanie if you really want. Right now it's snowing there... Have fun.

By Greenlight (Greenlight) on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 10:13 pm: Edit

Thanks Cruella! IT just seems so strange...since campus day is only for admitted students as said in the email...wonder if the letter got lost or they sent the email to the wrong person...gee..hoping for the former..

By Celerystalksme (Celerystalksme) on Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 10:42 am: Edit

cfineman,

it's been really cold here lately. and it's pretty windy around the diag...they might have you stand outside for what may seem a long time in the cold while they ramble on about this building or that building.

jeans...long sleave shirt with maybe another layer over that...nice winter jacket with a collar that can come up. just in case, you might want to bring gloves and a hat that can cover your ears.

but then...maybe i'm a pansy. cuz i see this guy every friday on my way out of randall labs that walks around with short pants and short shirt!! no jacket or anything!!!! it's truly mind boggling...

By Cfineman (Cfineman) on Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 01:57 pm: Edit

hey thanks...i dunno if i can handle this cold michigan weather! but im still really excited about campus day!

By Chitownsfnst3 (Chitownsfnst3) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 08:48 pm: Edit

i already went. they did an excellent job and were very organized. however, the dorm food at lunch was absolutly awful.

By Dstark (Dstark) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 09:01 pm: Edit

My daughter loved the school and Ann Arbor.
Sat in a calculus and philososhy class. Really liked the philosophy class. Thought everything was great except for the dorm food. Ate at Alice Lloyd. Laughed when she saw what was considered a hill at Michigan.

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 12:28 am: Edit

what a difference! ann arbor is known for it's excellentfood but umich not good?

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 12:21 pm: Edit

What did they actually do at Campus Day? I went in November for a Tour and i'm questioning whether i should go again or not. Can someone please run through their experience with Campus Day? Thanks!

By Chitownsfnst3 (Chitownsfnst3) on Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 06:14 pm: Edit

i think you should go to campus day. first, you meet in a huge room at the union and there's a slideshow of what michigan's about. they talk about housing and a bunch of other stuff. next you split up into student and parent panels. you can ask the current students anything, and they don't sugar coat their answers, they're real straightforward. then, you get split into groups and you take a tour of the campus, with a student guide. the tour was really good. next, you go to lunch at a dorm with you group (the food is awful) and then you get to see a couple of rooms in that dorm. i was in ls&a, so then all the ls&a students go to this lecture hall and they talk and there's a slideshow. it wasn't bad. and then, b/c i'm interested in the business school, me and some other students went with a student guide over there and they did a presentation/tour of the b-school. again, that went very well. you have a ton of other options during that time of groups that you can be with. then, it's optional, but you can sit in on a class. i dind't go that. My day started at 8am and ended at 4pm and it dind't even drag on. i've vistied the campus b4 just for football games (i'm out of state) which is why i went to campus day but i would reccommend you go (if you're considering other universities), b/c it's pretty good and maybe this will show you that you really want to go here (or not). they were real organized and obviously put a lot of time into it.

By Celerystalksme (Celerystalksme) on Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 09:15 pm: Edit

i think i saw a few of your groups! friday, feb 20th...a saw a bunch of prospectives standing in the diag in front of the grad library...probably around 11:30-ish!

um...yeah...the dorm food is usually blah. not always...but usually. but if you decide to eat out, man o man...ann arbor got some GOOD food!!!!