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Many people find freshman year to be the best opportunity for making new friends. Brown Band and BOLT are just two activities I'm involved in that have helped me network at Brown - activities are the best way to make new friends, especially because your freshman "unit" will not exist, even in spirit, beyond freshman year. People party as much or as little as they want, especially because the university isn't out to turn over its students to the cops. If you have a bad drinking night and get taken away by EMS, you won't get in trouble, even if you are underage (the first time). Most people like to drink with their close friends on the weekends, although the frats, sororities, and program houses throw large parties every weekend. Brown has a sizable population of stoners, too, and the administration generally looks the other way when it comes to pot. Spring Weekend at Brown is simply epic: everyone comes out for the concerts, drinks and smokes openly in public, and gets to have a good time before Reading Week begins. Social life at Brown, for most people, is very enjoyable.

The clubs are great, there are a lot of them, and they're really really fun. People are pretty friendly. THERE IS NO DATING SCENE. If you don't illegally imbibe substances, you don't get to hook up with the wasted strangers, and if you don't hook up with the wasted strangers, then you're either one of the cute little Asian people in sub-free (awkwardly holding hands with one of the other ones!) or utterly alone. I met my closest friends because they live across the hall. We smoke pot pretty much EVERY DAY. We are by far not alone, but we are still clearly in the minority there. Most people wait until Thursday to start the weekend, but once it starts, IT FUCKING STARTS. Last weekend...I can't remember anything about last weekend. It was 4/20. Duh.

Athletic events are not popular with the general student body, but the athletes form their own community where they support each other. Guest speakers are always very popular and there is usually one big name on campus per week talking to a packed auditorium. People as party as often as they want, you can find a party almost any day of the week. You have to put an effort to escape parties on Fridays and Saturdays. Very active theatre department with some sort of production running every week and oftentimes overlapping.

What are the most popular groups/organizations/clubs/teams on campus? There are frats, sports teams, a cappella groups, minority groups etc. Brown has like 1000 student organizations or something · Do students in dorms leave their doors open? Mostly · How popular are athletic events? Not popular enough!! Brown should have more school spirit. Go Bears! Guest speakers? Theater? Yes and yes! This semester only we've had Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Tom Brokow and Evo Morales (President of Bolivia). There are always some theater production going on, they're quite good· Tell us about the dating scene. You mean the hook-up scene. I don't really want to · How did you meet your closest friends? In class · If you’re awake at 2am on a Tuesday, what are you doing? Studying. I mean, it's a Tuesday. If you said Wednesday I'd say FishCo · What traditions/events happen each year? Spring Weekend, SexPowerGod, Starf*ck, 4-20, Relay for Life, probablly a lot more that I can't remember · How often do people party? There's something going on every night. On weekends usually a lot going on · How important are fraternities/sororities? Not as much as in other schools. But they're there · What did you do last weekend? Lacrosse game, two parties, some work · What can you do on a Saturday night that doesn’t involve drinking? Work at the library, movies, shows, there's always something going on not everyone drinks at Brown (although most people do) · What do you do off campus? Tutor in the public library and in a school. Go to the mall. Shop on Thayer st. Go to clubs and bars downtown and on Wickenden st. Take long walks. Waterfire.

Like most schools there are numerous groups on campus ranging from Brown Democrats to gospel choir. I'm on the Brown Ski team, which tends to be like a group of brothers. We go up in January to a mountain in New Hampshire, and live in a house together and ski every day. In general, friends are easy to come by at Brown. Kids leave their doors open all the time, and friends always just walk in. It sometimes makes doing work difficult, but if I have work I really need to get done, I just go to the library. The dating scene is present, but not over present. Basically, you can theoretically get whatever you want. If you go to parties, the girls there will run the entire spectrum. Most parties are at frats, but Brown frats are not like animal house, and tend to be pretty mundane. Not everyone drinks either. You can go to a party and not drink, or you can go out to dinner, or around Providence on a Saturday and just chill with friends.

There are two kinds of people on campus: the athletes and the non-athletes. At least, that is how it feels sometimes. The sports here are DI, and it is a big commitment on top of trying to handle an Ivy-League education, but the people are amazing and it is well-worth the experience. Beyond that, people in general know how to have fun. even without drinking. There are always plays and a capella performances to do on the weekend. Both my roommate and I don't drink, and we always have fun when we go out dancing.

Work hard, play hard seems to be the motto here. Students definitely study and get their work done, but they also know how to kick back and have a good time. The weekend starts on Wednesday night, since there are bar specials in Providence. There are frats and sororities on campus, but they don't rule the social scene. Only about 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students are involved in one. Brown has so many different clubs, activities and intramural sports teams that there is easily at least 5 clubs that any person would be interested in.

Everyone is involved in so many different things, I think that it would be difficult to say what the "popular" extracurriculars are. Everyone is pretty friendly, and the party/social scene is nothing to complain about -- there's something for everyone. The guest speakers here are great! Last week, we had Spike Lee, and last night, we had Tom Brokaw. Those are probably the best attended events. People don't really care too much about athletics, except as opportunities to tailgate. People party Wednesday through Sunday... work hard, play hard. About 13{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students are in the greek scene; it's not huge. Dating is practically nonexistent. You're either hooking up randomly, or in a serious relationship.

i'm a fraternity pledge so some of the kids I'm around tend to party a lot more often than the average Brown student. fraternity scene isn't huge, but is visible and fun. athletic events aren't too popular. guest speakers are great (spike lee, valerie plame, tom brokaw, scorcese...all just this year). spring week(end) is amazing...everyone goes all out. there are plenty of dance shows and other performances to attend for entertainment if not partying.

-you honestly don't have to drink to do something over the weekend though it helps -our student government is kind of a joke -we get really good speakers on a wide range of topics: it's up to you to find out when and where they'll be -parties start as early as wednesday or thursday night -the naked donut run gives people donuts during reading period before exams: probably one of the most "liberal" things about brown