Your 3 day Orientation is only the beginning of your first year experience at Michigan. After you leave orientation, the University will continue to help you adjust and get settled. Once you come back to campus be sure to take advantage of these other resources:

• Move-in help comes from Housing to smooth your move.
• Engineering Welcome Day, August 31st, 2012, which is the Friday before classes begin, will allow you to meet with other incoming engineering first year students, become familiar with North Campus and learn about various engineering student organizations.
• Other University of Michigan Welcome Week activities will help you learn your way around campus, meet other students, and have fun.
• Festifall takes place on September 6th, 2012 on the Central Campus Diag. All the student organizations have tables so you can collect information about clubs and activities.
• Northfest, which will take place on September 11, 2012, is a time when various student groups meet on the North Campus Diag to exhibit their various signature programs and projects. You can learn more about the student organizations and get involved.
• The Engineering Advising Center will help guide you through your first year at Michigan. Check the Engineering Advising Center web site right away for Walk-in Advising hours during the first three weeks of class.
• Don't forget that the Engineering Advising Center always has a peer advisor available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. to answer any quick concerns you might have. You should also start receiving email messages from your advisor and can communicate that way.
• The Engineering Advising Center sends out a monthly newsletter, Advising Matters, to all first year engineers. It contains valuable information for first year students to help remind them of the numerous resources that are available to them and provide insight into the many programs and policies of the College of Engineering.
• To buy books for classes you can go to Michigan Book and Supply, Ulrich's Book Store, North Campus Book Store, or to the Michigan Union Bookstore. Here are some general tips.
• Most bookstores that sell new academic texts also sell used books. They are usually in good condition so there's no reason to buy new books if you don't want to. You can also sell back many of the books you don't want to keep at the end of the semester at the university bookstores or to the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Book Exchange or the Student Book Exchange, student-operated organizations that buy and sell books at the beginning of each semester. The exchanges will get you the best price, but only if someone wants to buy your book.
• You might want to advertise your books in res halls or classroom buildings.
• Sharing books is by far the most book for your buck, but you have to find a friend who has already taken or is currently taking your course.
• The local bookstores do have book lists, but you might want to wait until the first day of class and you have received the syllabus to make sure that there aren't changes to the list.

Tips from other students:

• Don't get stuck only looking at assignments due in the next three days. The more you plan ahead, the better you'll do.
• Learn what groups give out free food at their meetings. With a little work, you can eat for free almost every day.
• Take some time everyday to kick back and relax with friends.
• Remember that grades don't matter as much as the information you learn.
• Take advantage of Office Hours, Learning Resource Center, and tutoring. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
• Get to know the people on your hall. Keep your door open when you are in your room, and let people drop in and say hi.