Michigan Summer Start C/O 2020 Forum

[brinicolec]

CALLING ALL SUMMER STARTERS: Plz come in this thread and be active. I want to know you and know if I would fit in with you

I'm also going to put some more summer-specific info.



Helpful links
Main Summer starters page from admitted students site
Summer starters page on LS website
Off-campus housing site (a lot of sublets are listed on here for pretty good prices)
Admitted students FB
Summer Start 2017 FB


Blogs about summer start by Dean Zearfoss
On summer-starters outcomes vs. fall-starter outcomes (Spoiler alert: there's not a huge difference)
On the concept of the summer-start cult


Show me the $$$ (fin aid info)
CoA for 2016-2017 summer starters
Merit-based aid: automatically considered upon acceptance, notified via email (even if you're not getting anything )
Need-based grants: school-specific form available via admitted students site (is essentially a need-based calculator telling you whether or not you appear to qualify for need-based aid), CSS (they say not to submit this until you submit the school form)
Federal loans (aka the cause of our despair): FAFSA

Summer starters listed as "Ask A Wolverine" contacts (didn't put emails/last names because I'm not sure if these are private/only for admitted students)
Nadia
Mario (can confirm Mario is really nice and helpful; he advocates for Michigan in a way that doesn't seem pushy/over-enthusiastic/fake)
Alysha
Benjamin
Serena
Zachary (Zack)

Important dates
Preview Weekend I: March 23-25
Preview Weekend II: April 6-8
Orientation: May 30-31
FDOC: June 1
LDOC: August 11
Exams: August 15-17

Michigan on YT (from last year's class of thread)
Come to Michigan
Explore Ann Arbor
Michigan's Big House
Michigan Law Student Interviews
Summer at the University of Michigan
Michigan Law: Student Support
Meaningful Places: The Michigan Union
Meaningful Places: Nichols Arboretum
Michigan Law Architectural Tour

My understanding is that you can ask to be deferred to fall start, but you can't do it just because you don't want to start in the summer. You need actual reasons.

Summer Start professors
Friedman for CivPro
Clark for Torts
Source

[S.Picquery]

Checking in. And freaking out.

[Bob loblaw law blog]

Checking in

[brinicolec]

Checking in. And freaking out.

That bolded part.

[brinicolec]

Checking in

Welcome! Are you fairly decided or still pretty unsure?

[Bob loblaw law blog]

Checking in

Welcome! Are you fairly decided or still pretty unsure?

You as well! Thanks for starting the thread.


I'm like 60% there, I won't know scholarship info from Duke for a while though and that's probably the last piece of info I need. Also going to do UVAs ASW to see if they can't get me to forget about the huge difference in price (for me) between them and Michigan. and waiting on decision Chicago but I'm kinda assuming I'll be waitlisted.

...So maybe more like 50%, but Michigan is the clear front runner.

[Bob loblaw law blog]

Checking in

Welcome! Are you fairly decided or still pretty unsure?

Are you 100% ? I thought you were still deciding last I saw

[brinicolec]

Checking in

Welcome! Are you fairly decided or still pretty unsure?

Are you 100% ? I thought you were still deciding last I saw

I'm more at like... 60%. Need to visit the area and need to see if I can convince them to give me any money. However, my eyes are currently sad because I've spent the last hour or so bookmarking outside scholarships I can apply to in order to try to supplement my education, so I'm leaning towards Michigan, but still having difficulty wrapping my head around the potential debt lol

[guynourmin]

I am like 90% sure I'm not going and I am so bummed about it. Its too much money. Maybe something happens and it works, but idk. I am going to the first ASW, though, because its not a no yet!

[brinicolec]

I am like 90% sure I'm not going and I am so bummed about it. Its too much money. Maybe something happens and it works, but idk. I am going to the first ASW, though, because its not a no yet!

Hopefully you'll figure something out!

[S.Picquery]

If 60+ degrees in NY in FEBRUARY is an indication of how hot it's going to be this summer, I'll take Ann Arbor during Summer Start any day. It's going to be brutal...

[brinicolec]

If 60+ degrees in NY in FEBRUARY is an indication of how hot it's going to be this summer, I'll take Ann Arbor during Summer Start any day. It's going to be brutal...

Lol, yeah I think Michigan is in like 40s/50s right now.

[S.Picquery]

If 60+ degrees in NY in FEBRUARY is an indication of how hot it's going to be this summer, I'll take Ann Arbor during Summer Start any day. It's going to be brutal...

Lol, yeah I think Michigan is in like 40s/50s right now.

Praise be. I could be down for some weather like that right now. I miss the cold already... probably the only person.

[UghNonAmus]

Checking in. And freaking out.

[UghNonAmus]

Checking in. And freaking out.

Jeez c'mon I thought this was supposed to be summer starters not maybes!

basically just bumping idc bout the motives

[brinicolec]

Checking in. And freaking out.

Jeez c'mon I thought this was supposed to be summer starters not maybes!

basically just bumping idc bout the motives

[S.Picquery]

I was wondering why everyone chose summer start, or why they think Mich thought that they would work well as a summer starter? It's supposedly a big gut-feeling, sorta thing. And ngl, I kind of love the exclusive sort of feeling that will likely come from being the only ones on campus.

[UghNonAmus]

I was wondering why everyone chose summer start, or why they think Mich thought that they would work well as a summer starter? It's supposedly a big gut-feeling, sorta thing. And ngl, I kind of love the exclusive sort of feeling that will likely come from being the only ones on campus.

I've been outta school for a while, the relative "easing back in" offered via summer start vs. fall was appealing.

Also Ann Arbor in summers is just absolutely glorious in every way.

[20170322]

Tbh I was considering Michigan primarily for summer start. Jealous of y'all.

[Bob loblaw law blog]

At first I choose it simply because it seems to me that it would make one more likely to be admitted. Once I was in I was kinda unsure about it at first but now I'm happy I did. The idea of easing in to the infamous first year of LS seems smart, plus I wanna get to know people more and see what Ann Arbor is like when it's actually warm.

[brinicolec]

Know someone who's a summer starter. She loves it. She also said that you get closer with your section because it's smaller. I'm not really sure what made adcomm think I'd be a solid summer starter lol

[S.Picquery]

Know someone who's a summer starter. She loves it. She also said that you get closer with your section because it's smaller. I'm not really sure what made adcomm think I'd be a solid summer starter lol

I bet you're pretty cool I know you're not going to the Mich ASW, but which ones are you attending?

[brinicolec]

Know someone who's a summer starter. She loves it. She also said that you get closer with your section because it's smaller. I'm not really sure what made adcomm think I'd be a solid summer starter lol

I bet you're pretty cool I know you're not going to the Mich ASW, but which ones are you attending?

Lol, I'm alright sometimes I guess.

& UT, BU, and NU (which isn't until early-April )

[S.Picquery]

Know someone who's a summer starter. She loves it. She also said that you get closer with your section because it's smaller. I'm not really sure what made adcomm think I'd be a solid summer starter lol

I bet you're pretty cool I know you're not going to the Mich ASW, but which ones are you attending?

Lol, I'm alright sometimes I guess.

& UT, BU, and NU (which isn't until early-April )

Rough. I won't be at any of those. I hope you give us updates/impressions from this weekend, though!

[brinicolec]

Know someone who's a summer starter. She loves it. She also said that you get closer with your section because it's smaller. I'm not really sure what made adcomm think I'd be a solid summer starter lol

I bet you're pretty cool I know you're not going to the Mich ASW, but which ones are you attending?

Lol, I'm alright sometimes I guess.

& UT, BU, and NU (which isn't until early-April )

Rough. I won't be at any of those. I hope you give us updates/impressions from this weekend, though!

Will do!