Loyola University Chicago Top Questions

A lot of students get involved in groups on campus and many are involved in the communities surrounding the university. For fun, about 6{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students get involved with greek life. Some students attend the various balls throughout the school year, attend the on-campus concerts, theater productions, and athletic events.

Fraternities and club sports. Dorm doors are left open in certain residence halls--mertz especially. Partying is possible Tuesday-Saturday, but most ppl go out wed, thurs, fri, and saturday. Go downtown!!!

Sororites and fraternities are NOT important. Especially at Loyola. Almost all of them don't even have houses or specific areas where they all live. Athletic events aren't exactly all the rage, most people go to the bars on weekends, and the dating scene? Well, there is a mix of all that on campus. Tuesday nights always seem to have something going on with my friends. It's still early on in the week and we usually hang out pretty late just laughing or watching the latest TV show that we are hooked on.

The only group i'm involved with is Chardin Anthropological Society, we do Anthropology things, sponsor lectures, go to the field museum. I was involved with the radio station as well, but our show was canceled, because loyola is taking it over (it was under control of chicago public radio). As far as school sponsored events there really aren't any in particular that are all that great. Third Eye Blind came, and that was cool. John Stossel will be here tomorrow, and i think that is awesome. But there is very rarely anything that i really feel the need to go to. Mostly guest professors giving lectures, things of that nature. Sometimes discounted tickets to things in Chicago are offered, but the opportunities aren't very well advertised, and sell out way too quickly. We saw Wicked for ten bucks, which was awesome, but we had to wait for an hour and a half to be certain we would get a ticket. We did not get Cubs tickets. The typical college party scene isn't really found here. Most students, legal or not, go to one of two bars near to campus. Occasionally there's a fun party. The girl to guy ratio here is terrible, 67{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} girls 33{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} boys, so chances are slim for the ladies. There are a lot of homosexual boys here, which is cool, and they're accepted, but doesn't help out the girls on the dating scene. Greek life isn't huge, but they're here. Off campus is really the place to go, we're in Chicago, how awesome is that? most of my weekends don't involve drinking, and i'm totally cool with it. I'd rather spend money to go see world-class improv, check out a cool restaurant, or go explore Chinatown, Greektown, or just go wander around Grant or Millennium Park. The Lincoln Park Zoo is free and there's usually some festival that's interesting or you could just go for a walk on the beach. Museums are great too, Michigan Ave, sports, theater...there's something for everybody and usually pretty reasonably priced. And an unlimited CTA pass is built into tuition, so you can go anywhere.

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The nice thing about Loyola is the fact that we're located in CHICAGO! On any given afternoon or evening there's always something to do, whether it be enjoying activities on the lakefront, visiting a museum (many offer student discounts or free days), or sampling food from one of the many restaurants around! If you'd rather stay on campus, there are frequent movie nights, club sports activities, and theatrical performances.

There is plenty to do on and off campus if you know the right people. There aren't tons of bars to go to, but the ones that are here are usually a lot of fun.

There is a lot to do here at Loyola. But you need to make an effort to get involved. There are sports clubs for sports you may have never seen, perhaps you could be a decent rugby player but never tried it out. If nothing else playing sports is a great way to meet people and get exercise even if its only weekend intramural soccer mathces. If sports aren't your thing please just go to Org Fair and check out any of the clubs we have here I can't list them all. get active on campus and meet some new friends There's something for everyone here but yu need to figure out that that is whether is Water Polo, Swimming, Writing for our paper the Loyola Phoenix, Helping Student Environmental Alliance spread the word about curent issues and how we can fix them, acting in a school play with the theater dept. Partying with the boys from SAE (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) or one of the other Frats and or Sororities here on campus. Greek life isn't huge here at all. The Frats and Sororities tend to keep to themselves. I my opinion they aren't your stereotypical Greek students. (I almost joined SAE) They do have parties, but most do not have houses due to Chicago Regulations thus generally parties around Loyola are at apartments. There are plenty of on campus activities to go to, but even more off campus activities. Take advantage of it when Loyola offers Wicked tickets for $10, or free tickets for White Sox or Bulls.

I'm currently the Co-President of the Vietnamese club and I have a lot of fun with my club members. We have done a lot of fundraising and organized events that have turned out great. And if you become involved and committed in an organization, it feels great when the event turns out a success.

There is no dating scene :( Since Loyola is in Chicago you have all of Chicago to choose from on a Saturday night! Students go to movies, ice skating, plays, band shows, bars, house parties, shopping, etc. You can pretty much always find something to do in Chicago near school. If you are awake at 2am on a Tuesday you are either talking with your roomates, studying, or on myspace.