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The most popular group that I have met on campus is the Catholic Campus Ministry.

I was involved with the cycle collective and the vegetarian/vegan club holding occasion potlucks, as well as an urban farming organization consisting of many students from my major of environmental studies. In my experience, dorms are not too social and campus life is in no way crazy. There is an incredible amount to do off campus.

There are over 300 student organizations on campus! Even though we do not have houses, DePaul does have Greek Life with more than 15{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student population choosing to pledge to a sorority or fraternity (I am in Chi Omega!). We have clubs ranging from the outdoors club (which has a Ski trip planned for next weekend!) to the Foodie club that tries a different restaurant every weekend! I myself am Vice-President of Freefall DePaul, which is DePaul's skydiving club-go figure!

Sports clubs include Soccer, Lacrosse, Hockey, Sky diving, Rugby and many others. I am involved in Soccer, Sky Diving Student Financial Association. Depends on the dorm but in my dorm there are really friendly and it is no problem to get to know anyone. Dating scene is like anywhere else, it is still the same game. I ve met my closest friends at a party and in my dorm. Well I do homework, play some Xbox or hangout in the kitchen but most probably I would be sleeping. People party at least once a week but some of them even three times. Last week I went to a bar and to a party. Theater, Cinema, go to a beach, hang out, go downtown, have a date.

Blue Crew is a sporting event mobile cheering section. Student Government Association is always very involved with campus events, and tons of students get involved with it. Every year, there is a big comic who comes to do stand up. Last year was Bo Burnham! FEST happens every year, with great artists coming to perform right on the quad. There is a party going on just about every weekend, but if that isn't your thing there's always Baby Wants Candy, a rock opera improv show just three blocks away. Greek like isn't a huge thing on campus since there are no houses for them, but if you're interested in a social or academic sense, there is one waiting just for you!

The Sororities and Fraternities are pretty popular, as well as DePaul Blue Crew (basically spirit club) and DePaul Activities Board (plans many huge events on campus including homecoming and the end of the year concert--FEST).

There are so many organizations, it is hard to say what's the most popular! The men's and women's accapella (singing) groups at DePaul are pretty popular. There are a ton of great community service groups. I lead a group that walks dogs at the animal shelter! We have several big LGBT groups as well.

Going out with friends at one of the local hangouts.

Sports are huge here, and for good reason. We put A LOT of money into them. Some would say a little too much...But the athletics really are a central way of building what feels like a tight-knot community at a University that is really huge. Theater events are huge at DePaul too. We have one of the best theater schools in the country, and it shows. Music school kids are always playing at different venues around the city and at house parties, and they're reeeeaaaallly good. One of the biggest days of the year is FEST, which brings out thousands of students. DePaul splurges for its students with FEST, getting some pretty big names. Last year it was Chromeo and Wiz Khalifa, and the year before that Guster and Ludacris. The student body votes on what acts they would like to see, and the DePaul Activities Board accommodates. On the average weekend, most kids party. The bar scene is huge, and once kids turn 21 they pretty much stick to going to bars as opposed to house parties. Drinking culture is huge at DePaul, and it pretty much dominates weekend activities. But if you're not into drinking, because you're in Chicago and because Chicago is awesome, there's always something to do! You can get tickets to movies, theater, and other events pretty cheap through DePaul. And there's always at least one free event going on every night either at DePaul itself or in the city. There's really no excuse for saying you're bored while going to DePaul. If you're wiling to look, there's always something to do.

Because of how spread out DePaul students are (only a small amount live on campus, while the rest can live anywhere from a five minute walk to an hour's drive away) the sense of school spirit you may get at another school isn't there. The school is much more tailored towards letting people figure out what they do and don't want to get involved in. There are funds available for student organizations, and it is incredibly easy to make one - you don't even need 10 people. That means you will easily find a group that fits your interests: Democrats or Republicans, Anime fans, cinema buffs, karate, Scrabble, cycling, LGBTQA, environmental awareness...the list goes on forever. And if you can't find it on there, simply make it yourself. I was involved with the student newspaper, so never joined any of the groups (need to maintain objectivity) but had my finger on the pulse of them. I will tell you sports fans: Although DePaul has a D-I sports program with a decent history, the support is fractured. The men's basketball team (the school's main athletic draw) has had a rough few years, and getting to the arena requires a half hour bus ride (provided for free by the school for every home game). If you want a school that rides the ups and downs of their sports teams, that's not DePaul. There is too much going on with each individual person to make sports - or anything, for that matter - a force big enough to capture the attention of the whole school.