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Aggieville is the most popular event at K-State.

I play in the Symphony Orchestra. This has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The conductor is fantastic. Good music is always chosen. It is a lot of work but worth it a hundred times over. It is a very social environment, as would be expected with any college campus. Students leave their dorm room doors open, and there is never a dull moment. Students who live off campus, even starting their first year, seem to have no trouble meeting people and becoming an integral part of the social scene. Fraternities and sororities seem to separate themselves from the rest of the student body for anything not academic. They seem to stay off in their own little world. If you are awake at 2am on a Tuesday, it is probably a typical tuesday. You may be studying, if it's right before an exam, or just chilling, quite possibly eating pizza, or walking back from aggieville.

Greek system is strong but may lose some of that strength with proposed regulations and rules. Athletic events are really popular, and guest speakers are usually full (many teachers use guest speakers as an opportunity for extra credit) Aggieville is awesome, and usually reserved for upper classmen over 21. There are a few bars that underage students can get in to, but they usually go to house parties, fraternity parties, etc. This way the bars are fun for the entire time you're 21, you're not sick of the scene by the time you're actually legal. Bars in Aggieville range from hippie joints to classy non-smoking places, so there's somewhere for everyone to go with their friends.

I am in ROTC and this requires a great amount of effort and fortitude to do well in. There is also Aggieville to the south which is where all the bars and some of the restraunts are. Faternities and sororities are good places to meet people but I am not part of one at the moment.

Plenty of greek life and GDI life as well. Athletic events are hugely popular as school spirit runs sky high. Guest speakers include presidents and other world leaders. Bar scene is first rate. Student lounge is a great place for fun non drinking activities. Lots of great restaurants. Manhattan is a pizza lovers dream.

I have met my closest friends through my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. Greek life at K-State is huge with the majority of the school involved in a fraternity or sorority. While there are a lot of students are greek, life is not only about drinking like most would expect. The greeks are involved in Go Green and making the community of Manhattan a better place. I love the social life at K-State and have found when I go to visit friends at other schools that there is no social life that can compare to KSU!

There are so many ways to get involved at K-State. Greek life is a big part of social life at k-state, a large portion of students participate and enjoy every minute of it. There are also non- greek activities everywhere.

K-STATE FOOTBALL!!!! A big thing here on campus, reguardless of whether or not we're winning that particular season. Tailgating, cheering, student bonding, you name it, football provides it. It also brings the community into the college scene. The dorms tend to leave their doors open, most at least, especially the coed dorms. There is always something going on campus, whether it's a sporting event, something put on by the Union Program Council (they bring in different bands or acts etc.), or something put on by any of the other organizations. Aggieville is the major part of K-State social life. Although there isn't much to do if you're under 21, there are a few local bars that are 18 and over after 9 pm. Kite's, is the coolest sports bar ever, and the place to be when games are out of town. Fraternities and Sororities are... well I'm not involved in them. I have a few guy friends in Frats, but that's about it. They think they're big on campus, and I'm not really a fan of them. Some of them however are amazing groups of people... the tri delts i would suggest staying away from.

On campus there are of course sororities and fraternities to get involved in, however there are many other ways to get involved. Just living in the dorms provides a bunch of friends and activities. I lived in Moore and my floor because very close and almost 2 years later, the majority of us still are good friends and my 2 roommates for next year are both from my Moore floor. I would recommend if you are a girl and want to make a lot of new friends not to live in Ford Hall just because I've heard from almost every other girl who's lived there that people don't really leave their doors open or socialize much probably because it's suite-style. Even if communal bathrooms don't sound great, it actually is a good thing and being in a co-ed, communal dorm myself, people on my floor left their doors open all the time and we even sang in the showers to our "communal" radio.

Dorm life in general can seem fairly seclusive. On most floors, people leave their doors close and rarely socialize. However, on my engineering cluster floor, the environment is much more positive. Most of this is the work of our RA's. Athletic events are hugely popular at K-State, with the largest examples being football and basketball. The dating scene is OK, though nice restaurants are in short supply. Parties are extremely common on Friday evenings, as the dorms seem almost like ghost towns. Frats and sororities are common and popular, as many are wet. There are campus provided activities for the evenings on weekends, but not many people attend them.