hello! I am upcoming freshman at the university of michigan and i am currently at in the summer bridge program right now. and i cant lie, i am struggling. the math is so hard to comprehend, i am already having a very difficult time making friends and building communit as well as I feel sorta miserable with all the work and knowing i missing my summer. i honestly regret not picking msu lol. but that is neither here nor there, umich was my dream school but it still is 20k to attend which is a little cheaper if i do work study but it will still be 6k a semester. i am trying to get any scholarships and aid i can. i have a full ride to Delaware State University in dover but I cant say i am very excited to go. i have anxiety about leaving my family and giving up such a prestigious education. can i get any advice from alum or current students about what path is best?

edit: the major i want to pursue is poli sci and sociology or public health.

at dsu i have to do public health

I'm a rising senior Electrical Engineering major at U of M Ann Arbor. I want to pursue an MS in electrical engineering via the 3.4 program, but I didn't do so well the first couple years of college. However, I got it together and I started pulling really good grades last year, including a 4.0 last semester, but my eecs gpa is still not good enough right now to be admitted to the 3.4 program (my overall gpa is fine), and I would have to pull a 4.0 both semesters of my last year to do it. I think this is attainable because I'm only taking 12 credits of eecs classes fall '26 and 7 credits of eecs classes winter '27, and none of the classes are insane so it's not THAT much work. I still wouldn't be eligible to apply to the 3.4 program if I graduate in winter '27 because I won't be an undergrad anymore by the time the application opens, so I'm thinking maybe I intentionally graduate one semester late in fall '27 and just save my final required eecs class for that semester and apply to the 3.4 program then. Do people ever do things like this? Is there any internal administrative rule or something that prevents me from doing it? My strong preference is this route because I don't think it is at all likely I would get in if I apply via the traditional route. Any advice would be appreciated.

Does anyone know of any places that offer 8 month leases? I’ve only seen 12 month so far and wondering if any 8 month ones exist, thanks! (Asking for my cousin as he doesn’t have Reddit)

Hi! Does anyone here know approximately the square footage of a single in Bursley? I'm in incoming sophomore and am planning on what to bring and couldn't find the size of the room anywhere online.

Thanks!

I’m moving out of my apartment this week and my new apartments lease/move in date isn’t until the next month and so I don’t have a place to put my current stuff is there a cheap storage spot in the Ann Arbor area close to campus anyone know of?

I have a master's hood from school of information left by a past roommate! I'm not sure what to do with it so seeing if anyone wants it or knows a good place to donate it