University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Top Questions

The most popular student organizations are ones that tend to bring students from all walks of life, where they ban together to bring their mission statement to reality. This way, they truly embody what student life actually is on campus. ONe particular organization that comes to mind would be MPowered, which takes suggestions from students on campus themselves for entrepreneurial ventures and try to bring the most promising ideas to reality. Although it has an entrepreneurial focus, it attracts and includes people of all different concentrations and interests, such a business, engineering, the sciences, and social work, public policy, etc. Bringing all these people together to collaborate and try to develop innovative ideas is what I believe to be the purpose of collegiate life and this organization truly embodies such.

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Greek life is pretty big at Michigan - there are around 30 fraternities and 15 sororities on campus (my numbers may be slightly off). I met most of my friends at big frat parties at the beginning of the year, and although my freshman year roommate joined a sorority and I didn't, we're still best friends and hang out with each other all the time! In addition to social fraternities/sororities, Michigan also has a number of multicultural and professional fraternities for students to join. For those not interested in Greek Life, the university has hundreds of student clubs that cater to a variety of interests, from theatre, to sport, to science, to religion, to the most unexpected things like the Pokemon Club or the Michigan Squirrel Feeding Club! Since Michigan is such a large and diverse school it's pretty much impossible to find yourself uninterested in absolutely everything we have to offer! There is always something happening on or around campus in Ann Arbor. If parties are your scene - fraternities have big parties almost every weekend, and joining the Greek system connects you to thousands of people. If that isn't really your scene, there is plenty more to do in Ann Arbor. We have two beautiful theaters, the State and Michigan Theater that show a lot of interesting films. There is also the Museum of Modern Art, two clubs (Necto and Dream), some bars along South University, the fancier Downtown Ann Arbor, and of course the farmers market at Kerrytown. It's impossible to be bored when you're in Ann Arbor, I promise!

Greek life is pretty big at Michigan - there are around 30 fraternities and 15 sororities on campus (my numbers may be slightly off). I met most of my friends at big frat parties at the beginning of the year, and although my freshman year roommate joined a sorority and I didn't, we're still best friends and hang out with each other all the time! In addition to social fraternities/sororities, Michigan also has a number of multicultural and professional fraternities for students to join. For those not interested in Greek Life, the university has hundreds of student clubs that cater to a variety of interests, from theatre, to sport, to science, to religion, to the most unexpected things like the Pokemon Club or the Michigan Squirrel Feeding Club! Since Michigan is such a large and diverse school it's pretty much impossible to find yourself uninterested in absolutely everything we have to offer! There is always something happening on or around campus in Ann Arbor. If parties are your scene - fraternities have big parties almost every weekend, and joining the Greek system connects you to thousands of people. If that isn't really your scene, there is plenty more to do in Ann Arbor. We have two beautiful theaters, the State and Michigan Theater that show a lot of interesting films. There is also the Museum of Modern Art, two clubs (Necto and Dream), some bars along South University, the fancier Downtown Ann Arbor, and of course the farmers market at Kerrytown. It's impossible to be bored when you're in Ann Arbor, I promise!

Honestly, the religious and charitable groups on campus almost always take the cake. Jewish students are super active and super organized (have you seen the inside of Hillel? Lavish and immaculate.) and the Muslim Students Association is so large that they have divided into specialized sects (no pun intended). The Dance Marathon student organization raises loads of money for children with chronic illnesses on a yearly basis. There are so so many opportunities to volunteer and be involved in charities on campus. Almost too many to choose from. Really.

The most popular student groups are the athletes and Greek life members. There are two main bars on campus - Rick's and Skeeps. Skeeps is more of the underage, Greek life dominated bar - and Rick's is the 21 and up undergrad kids who are "over skeeps' scene"

The most popular student groups are the athletes and Greek life members. Everyone not in them, wants to be. And everyone who says they don't, didn't make the cut.

Because Michigan is so well-known for its excellent athletics, almost all athletes are adored on campus, especially football players. Athletic events probably draw in the largest attendance from the student body. With the country's largest college football stadium, it comes as no shock that you only have to check one place to find any Michigan student on Football Saturday--the Big House. Greek life is also very big on the Michigan campus. It comprises about 17{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body, but 17{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of 25,000 equates to over 4,000 Greek Life members. The Greek Life community is one way to make the large school smaller. Most Greek Life members, but definitely not all, meet their closest friends through the Greek system. With the countless Greek Life activities, events, meetings, etc that can be found every day of the week, it is easy to see how the girls/guys of your pledge class easily grow to become your best friends all throughout your college years. While you will hear mixed opinions on the Greek Life, you really have to admit that there are a handful of benefits to it (academic, social, professional reasons). But yes, you can find those benefits from other organizations and groups on campus. Just because you're not in Greek Life doesn't mean you don't have a number of options for spending your free time. The beauty of such a large school is that there are hundreds of other student organizations that sponsor events. Your options range anywhere from watching the all male acapella group perform to attending the very popular Indian American Student Association annual cultural show. Many students have a passion in the arts, so there are always events to satisfy that interest. I met my closest friends through the Greek Life system, but also through my freshmen year dorm. A majority of the people who I keep in touch with today are people who lived in Markley Dorm with me. It is very easy to make friends when you practically run into the same faces everyday, whether in the student lounge, halls, or the dining cafeteria. I absolutely loved that dorming experience, although at times it meant that you had to try a little harder to concentrate on studying! If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday, I'm either studying/doing homework OR leaving the bar. Tuesday is a very popular night (I don't know why exactly, because it's not like a lot of people don't have Wednesday classes) for the bars. I would say Tuesday and Thursday are very common bar nights. Surprisingly Fridays are not AS popular, probably because people are usually still recovering from Thursday nights. But if your schedule allows or you have the desire to, you can easily find people to go to the bars any night of the week. Students usually go off campus because of shopping, jobs, sports, and other entertainment. Detroit and Canada are two popular destinations. There are many famous artists that come to perform in Detroit and a lot of students also enjoy going to support the Detroit Lions and Redwings. With Canada less than an hour away, a lot of students enjoy doing weekend trips to check out Windsor. Another common tradition in the winter semester is for groups of students to plan weekend ski trips. It really is true that you can do something different every weekend at Michigan. There are always new options and there's so many students here that you won't have to worry about being the only one.

At Michigan, it all depends on what season it is. Ann Arbor has two seasons: summer and winter, and the latter lasts about nine months of the year. When it is warm outside, students will be filling every inch of green on the diag. Our student body loves to be in the outdoors because the campus is so beautiful. But when it gets colder and snowier, you'll start to see some people stay in for the nights. But if it is football season then it doesn't matter if it is sunny, rainy, snowy, windy, or hailing. The stadium is full on Saturdays. Michigan football is the most storied tradition in the history of college football with more victories than anyone else...ever. That isn't a biased wolverine speaking, those are the statistics! We have the biggest stadium in the country for any sport at any level of professionalism. When you see 113,000 fans screaming at the top of their lungs, it is unlike anything you have ever or will ever witness. The moment you walk into Michigan stadium, AKA "The Big House," you'll become a wolverine for life. During the season, football is everything. A favorite tradition of mine on the Michigan campus has to be the tailgating scene on football saturdays. As you walk down state street to the big house, you will be greeted by thousands of fans wearing Maize and Blue. Everyone is on their front lawns playing football and frisbee, barbecuing, and even drinking the occasional beer. Everyone is happy to see you and give you a high five and shout "go blue." And when Ohio State comes to town, things get even more raucous. Nightlife is very diverse here, and so it is entirely up to you what you do on a friday night. We've got plenty of clubs and bars that are filled with people from all walks of life. Our two most popular nightclubs are Rick's American Cafè, an underground dance club with three bars, and Scorekeepers (AKA Skeeps), a three-leveled sports bar with a huge dance floor and pool tables upstairs. You're bound to see people you know there and the lines are never absurdly long. But if clubbing isn't your thing, then you will have lots of artistic options too. Our opera, classical music, theater, musical theater, and dance departments are all world-class and there is a show almost every weekend. And student performers will do shows outside the confines of the university as well. Basement Arts is our student run theater group that has a show up almost every weekend. Every show is directed, produced, and acted entirely by students. And its free to see! Meeting people of the opposite sex here can be a bit tricky at first. Your first inclination may be to go to some frat party, of which there are many, constantly, and find some pretty little thing and marry her. Well, that probably won't happen. You may get lucky here and there, but if you are looking for something lasting, then the party scene is not the way to go. However, you can definitely find someone at one of the many organizations or clubs that you become a part of. I met my girlfriend because we were both into theater. A lot of my friends started dating because they both worked for the paper, or were in the same dance group. "