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😭 wtf - is there a curve for the exams?

Hey! Grad student here, I was wondering if there are any fellow reptile people on campus, or relevant clubs to join :) I’d like to find people to go to shows or just hang out with. Pictured is my gecko

If you keep snakes please hmu we can share bulk orders of feeders!

Heard something went down, someone or people were arrested. Any pics?

Im a junior and have taken lin alg before but im terrible at it so im not very sure with 316. However, 286 is also honors so im afraid of the high workload.

any classes starting at 8am? i really feel like they'll be super energising and fun. and i can't wait to see the sun rise during class :))))

for context, i’m a junior with a high gpa and no previous withdrawals. I’m currently taking a ross minor course for a business minor and did poorly on the midterm, so I’m considering withdrawing.
I’m worried that staying in the class could significantly hurt my GPA, but I’m also concerned about how a W would look to medical schools, especially more competitive ones.
Would taking a W in a non-science course be better than potentially getting a B-/C+? How much does a single W actually matter for med school admissions?

Is this Umich school of info that bad. I’ve heard a lot of negative things about it on this subreddit that their employment numbers are fake or that the curriculum is a joke and talking about how it’s a lot of people too dumb for CS. I was considering transferring into the school my sophomore year as it interests me but I was looking to learn more if it truly was that bad and could I realistically get good employment or a job with an info degree or am I better off looking elsewhere where. As a note I’m not big into computer science or like software engineering so that was never a real consideration for me. Just looking for any advice. Thank you!

I have a 9th grader in pre-calc that has started to fall behind a bit, and I'm looking for somebody that can meet him in-person to provide tutoring. We're happy to bring him on campus to meet at one of the libraries. Let me know if you're interested.

Are there any election night watch parties in AA for the midterms?

I am currently taking a CS course in UMSI and am loosing my mind. My professor openly brags the entire course is AI generated, including exams, homework, and grading.

It would be one thing if AI was used to polish or enhance course materials, but this is a whole different situation. Half the course content reads like it was published to Canvas without ever being reviewed. It has the same monotonic LLM cliches over and over, and if I have to read 'quietly' or 'delve into a rich tapestry' in an assignment one more time, I’m going to explode. When students ask for clarification in office hours, it feels like the teaching team is discovering the assignment alongside us. Some of my classmates have been told to figure it out with Co-Pilot, because we "have to learn to use AI anyways."

If I wanted to learn from a chatbot, I wouldn't have moved across the country to Ann Arbor to pay $1300 a month in rent and thousands in tuition for a course. If I dared use AI to complete an entire assignment I'd be flagged with honor code violations and dragged through weeks of disciplinary procedures with the Dean. But when a professor dumps raw garbage from ChatGPT onto hundreds of students, they get to praise themselves for forward-looking pedagogy while the department looks the other way, and student data is fed directly into commercial AI tools so they can learn to automate our careers.

What are we even paying for at this point? Accreditation for a degree where professors don't bother to write the exams, or grade work anymore?

Absolute f*cking joke.

I have heard from alot of my friends at other top unis like uiuc, gtech, or cornell etc how they data strucure classes do not require heavy leet code style exams even though the projects go much in detail. Also a uiuc transfer I met who said their cs classes was much easier. Is that true or what makes our cs classes much harder compared to other higher ranked insitutions?

Hey everyone! Me and my girlfriend love to celebrate Halloween but aren’t into parties like the frats and bars. Any thing around campus here that is fun on Halloween?

In winter 2027, I plan to take:

- CHEM 351 (Fundamentals of Biochemistry) (4)

- CHEM 262 (Mathematical Methods for Physical Scientists) (4)

- CHEM 261 (Quantum Chemistry; p-chem equivalent) (1)

- ASIANLAN 216 (4th-term language requirement) (4)

- BIOLCHEM 398 (Undergrad research in biochem) (2)

Do we think this schedule is manageable if I am also working a 15hr/week job? I've heard CHEM 351 is a beast and that you need to set time aside for that course. CHEM 262 is Calc 3 equivalent but much easier. Does anyone have any advice for these two courses?

I feel like my other courses are pretty chill and might take a couple of hours a day here and there, but I am truly scared for 351 and 262. Any advice would be appreciated!

Also if anyone is taking these classes next semester hmu so we can make a study group :)

Is attendance mandatory? also are the in class quizzes during lecture or lab?,

Hello,

I was under the impression that calculus was not needed for the "pre-med" Physics here, but looking at the course guides for the spring semester Physics 250, I see that it says that knowledge of integral and differential calculus is needed for the course.

Can anyone who has taken Physics 250 in the past give their take on this?

Thank you!

freshman btw. also planning on taking calc 1 online at wcc. or is that too much? should I push it to the summer? and also how would I be able to transfer that class credit, since they're gonna stop doing that next fall semester

im taking 482 and am terrified lmao so i want an easy class to pair with it. im looking at eecs 486, 484, 483, and 493. i've already taken 485 and don't want to take 481 which i know is what many people suggest. i'm probably most interested in 493 because i have very little experience with ui/ux, but have heard the class has gotten harder. any thoughts on any of these classes?

Hi all! I was recently admitted to UMICH as a transfer for the winter 2027 semester (woooo!) I just would like some clarification regarding my estimated financial aid rewards. Both my FAFSA and CSS profile have been retrieved by the financial aid office but I’m just wondering if I can call them, let’s say tomorrow, and see if they’ll already have an answer for me. I’m kind of psyching myself out due to this and would like an answer as soon as possible to put myself at ease. Any thoughts?

i’m a french girl studying business in the netherlands (maastricht) and i considering umich for my 6 month exchange and i wanted some input about it. is ross a prestigious school and is it hard, do you have to work a lot/ have a lot of classes , how is the nightlife and are the students friendly and keen to include strangers, is housing expensive and easy to find, when is the best period to come (sept-jan or feb-june) and just your general thoughts about the school the city etc..