University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Top Questions

Sometimes size gets in the way of learning

Financial aid is picky and stubborn. Also, the University Health Service isn't the most reliable health resource.

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Try not to get lost in crowds of 300+ students in lectures halls. You are at UM to get an education for yourslef so get out there and learn - talk to your classmates and your professors. Get all of the information needed to do well.

It can be very liberal.

The cold weather!

Some classes are quite large, and it can get really cold in the winter.

it is realy hard to get into some classes because they fill up very fast and the upper classmen always get first pick. im a junior and i still did not get the all of the classes i want.

I am a music student (voice performance) and there are not enough practice spaces for either indivudual or group practice.

I am very conservative in both my religious and moral convictions and sometimes I get frustrated with how liberal Michigan is. With 2008 being a presidential election year, this has proven to be even more of a stuggle. Liberal campaigners are all over campus pushing issues that I do not support. Professors are using their class rooms to support the liberal candidate and students are constantly talking about the issues. Sometimes, I feel like I am the only conservative on campus and i feel alone in my convictions.

It's too big. You don't get enough personal attention.

I am in the school of Education...and I feel as if education is rather ignored for the larger and more well-known programs at UM, like law and medicine. I would like some appreciation and the school deserves the same resources these other departments received.

The most frustrating thing about my school is staying focused in class if it does not interest me.

The classes are really big.

Perhaps the most frustrating thing about Michigan is that there is a great degree of myriad activities and classes that it is a bit onerous for one to be a part of everything one is interested in. It is also frustrating that many big sporting events must be paid for by students, whereas at most colleges games are free.