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The most popular team on campus is, i think, the male ice hockey team. I am invovled with Up 'til Dawn, Association of Students of Color, Cornell Alumni-Students Mentoring Program, PATCH, Cornell Health International, and Cornell Global Development Club. In my dorm, espcially on my floor, a lot of people leave their doors open because I have a very social floor.Athletic events, especially cornell ice hockey, are very popular. I think guest speakers are pretty popular, too, if they are popular to the general public. I don't think the teater is that popular at cornell. I met my closest friends from pre-orientation program (POST) and also from my floor in my dorm. I am always awake at 2am, doing work/studying. People party a lot, if they are greek system, but for people who are not tend to go party once in a while, after pre-lims. Greek sytems are pretty important at cornell, as it definitely affects the social life, but I don't kow how important it is in terms of academics. I worked a lot last weekend. I can go for a movie, go shopping, or wacth movie with my friends in my dorm on saturday night without drinking. I go shopping off campus.

Greek life is a huge deal at Cornell. Around 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the population is Greek, but it feels like a lot more. Being in a sorority is very fun. There are always parties to go to, and by joining a house, you make connections with hundred of new people. In addition, it gives you a place to stay your sophomore year.

Social life depends largely on where you are on campus. Engineers tend to be entrenched in their rooms working hard on their courses. Many athletic events are important, most notably hockey.

Fraternities are the only means of nightlife at Cornell due to the extremely rigid and excessive rules about noise in dorms. Cornell tries to hold many "alternative" activities to do on weekends, but they are normally quite unsuccessful.

I met some of my closest friends through the dairy program, my sorority, and my club gymnastics team. What I like about sororities is that you find a tight knit group of people that you can always count on. Some of my favorite days during the school year are when I am walking around campus and I see some of my sorority sisters, some of my dairy friends, and some of my teammates. Surprisingly enough, there are days where I will see someone I know everywhere I go. The three clubs that I am involved in have made this campus seem so small. It is very comforting walking somewhere and seeing a familiar face especially during my freshman year. When I do not go out with my sorority, I find time to hang out with my teammates, or just hang out with some of my sorority sisters that happen to be staying in. My favorite night staying in this semester was going out to eat, doing a little work (but not really), making a salsa dip, and than watching the cutest movie. Sometimes you have to be creative to try to find something to do when you do not feel like going to a party but those can be some of the best nights.

The frat parties are definitely well-attended every weekend. Hanging out with large groups of people without alcohol can prove to be difficult, but it is done by more people than one might think.

Greek life is very strong here, and the most popular thing to do on a weekend is go to a fraternity party. There are about 4 bars in collegetown, and everyone only goes to one of them (The Palms), but it's a lot of fun and you can forget a purse on a table and go back the next day and get it with everything still in it.

I currently live in a very anti-social dorm, so no, people do not leave their doors open here. When I visit my friends in other dorms, things are a lot more social and people interact with their hall mates a lot more. I met my closest friends through rushing my sorority. In this process I was able to find a group that I really fit with and could better understand what my friends were interested in. People party a lot here, and I feel like the fraternity/sorority scene is a major factor in this. These parties make up my weekend, and people who are not a part of Greek life often feel this way too.

Athletic events involving the hockey team is very popular. Some dorms are more social than others.

I live off-campus, so I do a lot on the Commons. Some of the guest speakers have been amazing - I saw Sandra Day O'Connor, John Ashcroft, Mike Huckabee... I'm very active in the marching and pep bands, so I see a lot of athletic events, the music departments here are pretty good too.