The Varsity, ann-arbor-mi

My son has been living at The Varsity since August 2025, and the management team consistently does a wonderful job maintaining high standards. Managing a complex housing mostly college students is no easy task, but they handle the balance extremely well. The maintenance team responds quickly to repair requests, email communication is frequent and transparent, and they are always working to improve the property environment. My son is very comfortable here and continues to have a great experience. A big thank you to the team for keeping up this apartment!

Although the apartments are okay sized but for 4 it becomes cramped . Also the way they allocate the apartment is extremely weird . If you sign the contract really late then. You get the best rooms (with 2 windows) but if you sign the contract early then they give you the tiniest rooms (dark and with just 1 tiny window) for the same floor plan that you and your friends agreed on. So one tip my son learnt was to be the last one to sign the contract to get a good room . The management staff was good but the apartment rooms which have one window are smaller than the shared dorm rooms. I guess they could have added a little premium for a better room in a group of 4 but seems like their algorithms broken for room allotment

I am very satisfied! The staff at varsity are very attentive, always providing hot drinks and snacks. It feels so warm coming back from the cold outside in winter!

The management here is awful and incredibly rude. With less than two weeks' notice, they demanded that all tenants personally come to the office with an ID to update their key fobs, threatening to lock us out if we didn't. They are also extremely hostile toward subleasing. There is no official subletting process, and if they catch you doing it, this predatory company will hit both you and the sub-leader with massive fines. Save yourself the headache and avoid this place.

The apartments are conveniently located and well maintained and the student staff is amazing. They consistently go above and beyond in doing more than what their job is supposed to be. They deal with being on call 24/7 for lockouts, logging packages, creating and displaying marketing materials and activities including designing social media campaigns, reviewing lease renewals, answering tenant and parent questions, checking in and checking out tenant apartments and dealing with disgruntled tenants when there are maintenance issues. They truly keep the office running! The apartments are overpriced but it’s location based. Overall I would recommend the varsity if you can afford it.