Northern Michigan University Top Questions

What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?

Molly

I wish I had known exactly how extreme the winters are here... THEY ARE COLD AND LONG... so be prepared. The summers are amazing though, so they make up for the extended cold.

Nathan

I feel like I came prepared.

Gray

That I should have let my guard down and been more social from the beginning because good things would happen.

Eric

I wish I would've known how well respected and well known NMU is in the professional world.

Rochelle

Nothing, basically there were no surprises

Kristin

There is not any questions that were not answered during orientation or by any of the staff. I was very well informed and love it here.

Amanda

how hard it was to get a job around the marquette area

Brenda

not sure

Jacqueline

How harsh the winters can be!

Kati

I knew all I needed to know before I came to Northern Michigan University.

Nathaniel

I wish I had known how much this university cares about the environment and how it is willing to teach the students here how to better take care of the environment.

Jennifer

That's it's winter forever.

Stephanie

I wish I had known that sometimes the adminstration doesn't always have things together and can send you running around. I also wish I had known to buy my books online because the college bookstore charges way too much!