After a protracted search, I received and accepted an offer of a summer internship at Amazon. I'd expected to spend the summer working at Amazon's main office in Seattle, but to my surprise, I was placed in Massachusetts!
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Get the inside scoop about life at U-M and applying to Michigan from Office of Undergraduate Admissions staff and guest student and faculty writers.
May 29, 2019
Before you arrive in September, you will have to complete orientation! While you really shouldn’t worry about orientation – it’s a fun, light start to your time as a Michigan Wolverine – I figured you all may want a few tips to maximize your first three days on campus as a student. So, without further ado, here are five quick tips to help you make the most of orientation.
May 15, 2019
During my first year at Michigan, I set a personal goal to use as many of the resources available to me on campus as possible. As an undeclared LSA first-year student, I heavily utilized my academic advisor, I enjoyed a couple of free shows with the Passport to the Arts, and I took advantage of student pricing on season tickets for football and basketball.
May 2, 2019
Over a year ago when I was working on my application to U-M, I remember trying to edit every detail to perfection. But one question I could not answer—no matter how I much I wanted to—was my prospective major.
April 29, 2019
While I’m sure you’re excited for football Saturdays at the Big House or for the plethora of diverse musical and theatrical performances put on across campus, I have news: as a student at the University of Michigan, you are going to study, and you are going to study a lot.
April 26, 2019
One great thing about being a Wolverine is receiving all of the free stuff the university gives out to students. I've compiled a list of different free things U-M has for us. Whether you're here already or planning to join us as part of #Victors2023, I hope you take advantage of them!
April 24, 2019
The Sustainable Living Experience (SLE) is a new University of Michigan Theme Community that provides students with the opportunity to experience sustainable living within a supportive community in Oxford.
April 10, 2019
Part of acclimating to a new community is learning its “culture”: its inside jokes, its history, its apocryphal tales, and (what I like to call) its Folk Wisdom: “common knowledge” well-known to long-time students, but only spread to freshmen through experience or word of mouth.
April 4, 2019
Around this time a year ago, I had finally decided to attend the University of Michigan. Looking back, from the time I enrolled to the first day of classes, there were several ways I prepared (and several ways I did not prepare) for college.
April 2, 2019
All Michigan Learning Communities (MLCs) pride themselves on their student-to-faculty ratios, innovative courses, and supportive community environments that help make the large U-M campus smaller and more accessible.
With many MLCs to choose from, you might be wondering which MLC is best for you. Here are some things that make the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program (for Writing and the Arts) (LHSP) special!
