There's a ton of acronyms you're going to hear thrown around when you get to campus, some related to college in general and some related to Michigan specifically. It takes the average freshman a good semester or two to learn these, so I thought I'd spell out some important ones for you so you don't look like an idiot.

GSI - Normally called a TA, a GSI is your graduate student instructor who has about a 30% chance of speaking English, and before you start praising U of M's commitment to diversity, know that this will affect your grade. I once spent an entire semester wondering where the "whore" in a graph was and only on the last day I realized I was looking for the "hole."

MLB - Modern Language Building. You'll probably have a lot of classes here, and that's great since it's the building that is geographically positioned to be the farthest away from all campus housing. The only dorm close to it is the infamous "North Quad" which is currently a pile of wreckage where the Frieze Building used to be. It'll get built in like 2037, after they tear down and re-build the B-School a few more times.

SAE - A frat you should avoid pledging unless you enjoy drinking microwaved shots of vodka. True? I can neither confirm nor deny.

There's a whole dictionary full of these so I'll hold off more until next time. Excelsior!