Arizona State University-Tempe Top Questions

ASU is such a fun place to be! There is something for everyone here. Because it's such a big school, anyone can find their place. Off campus, the city of Tempe is vibrant. The Phoenix metro area is big and full of lots to do. It's hard to get bored here.

The recreational center is huge and has every activity you can think of. There is fencing, yoga, ping pong, kickboxing, karate, bellydancing, tango dancing-- everything. That is the benefit of a big school. Phoenix is a metropolitan city, too, so if you have a car (which I recommend), you can find pretty much anything to do, be it going to clubs or going to the Opera. In fact, there is a respected theater and opera hall on campus that provides discounted last-minute tickets.

Tegan and Sara perform.

I never got involved in the party scene. You could say I was too nerdy for that. I just hang out with like minded friends. Now I live with my boyfriend and my dog Olga so we rarely go to Mill avenue. I am graduating early and getting a minor + certificate on top of it. I don't think I missed out on anything not partying. Working in the hospital, I see what "hardcore" partying can do to you, it isn't pretty. Fraternities/Sororities are being phased out on campus. Their buildings are being torn down. Both my brother and sister belonged to one around 15 years ago and they state the atmosphere has turned greatly against fraternities/sororitises.

Fake, fake, fake, one-sided= be cool, be better, be in denial of personal and collective truth

i can't speak for many of the activities but the racquetball team has been a blast

I personally do not have a big social life being a devil, but going to parties and getting wasted seems to be "a hit" with a lot of the other students.

At ASU the dorm life is a lot of fun. You meet so many people living in the dorms and you meet your best friends there too. I lived in the Palo Verde East dorm in the North Campus community, which als includes Palo Verde West and Main, and Manzanita. The dorm experience that I had was a little less than perfect but I wouldn't trade it for anything. In the PV East dorm I met people that will be friends for life. The first room that I lived in was on the 3rd floor and the whole floor pretty much became a big family. We'd leav our doors open and people would just come in and out to hang out and relax. Then when I moved to the 2nd floor of the building I met the people who are now my best friends. When I met my suite mate, Leta, we were best friends right from the beginning. And it was because of her that I met the guys who lived next door to her, who also became two of my best friends. My friends and I do everything together, the six of us are basically a family at this point and if we could have found a six bedroom house we would have all lived together. At 2am I don't think any of us are ever asleep, even on weekdays. We're always up late watching movies or studying for exams together or just hanging out and talking about random stuff. The dating scene at ASU is huge at ASU. I think we even had a singles page on facebook. It was pretty much go after whoever you want, whether you wanted a hookup with no strings attached or a serious relationship, you could find it at ASU. I met my boyfriend at ASU when I played for the women's collegiate water polo team. He played for them men's club team and our two teams went on a tubing trip down the salt river. We spent the whole six hour trip talking about just about anything we could think of, and by the next weekend we were dating. So a great way to meet people is to get involved in extra curricular activites that you enjoy because you'll meet someone who shares some of the same interests as you do so you already have a connection. Now for the party scene. Yes there are a lot of parties, most of which are hosted by the fraternities or sororities. But other people have house parties or just invite a few friends over to have fun. AS for how often people party, it really depends on who you ask. If you ask a fraternity brother, its every night. But if you asked me, its usually only on the weekends. But even if you're not into drinking there's always something fun to do. At Tempe Marketplace, which is just a mile away from campus there's a movie theater that you can go to, or there are a number of bowling allies in the area which are always fun to go to on a saturday night for glow in the dark bowling, just make sure you make a reservation before you go.

Extremely social school and hundreds of activities, it isn't hard to find a group to hang out with. Fraternity and Sorority life is fairly large however the school seems to hate them with a passion .

The social life is fun. Many stuff to do around the city. I love sports there are many opportunities to go to sporting events.