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Acapella is pretty big, as well as club/intramural sports. But most kids simply juggle classes, co-ops, and trying different bars throughout the city on the weekends. There is definitely a club for everything, but I find most are pretty unorganized. Luckily Boston has a lot to offer so you don't have to stick around campus. Freshman and sophomore years are usually spent on campus getting to know people and then you move off-campus and keep the friends you made. Upperclassmen tend to live more like "real world" people and have to sign leases and apply for jobs and such.

The "popular" student groups tend to be based on perspective, which is based on what groups you and your friends are in. I am in Peace Through Play, a volunteer organization, but have friends in Circle K and Jumpstart, also very popular volunteer groups. The a Capella groups on campus get quite the buzz, as does Hockey, one of our bigger sports. The athletic community tends to be separated from the rest of Northeastern, but everyone is a "huskies" fan at heart! Fraternities and sororities are nonexistent in the traditional sense. We do not have frat houses, or hazing. However, there ARE sororities and frats and their focus is on academics and community service. A lot of kids choose to go to parties at MIT or BU on the typical Friday night, but there are many things to do that don't involve drinking. You literally have an entire city at your fingertips! The school also sponsors things like outdoor movie nights, bbqs, dances (at our "nightclub," AfterHours, concerts, and much more!

I don't think that I could narrow down the most popular student activities or groups. This is due to the fact that we have hundreds of different student groups and athletic teams. Many of the students like to support our hockey team every winter, so many students attend those games. We are not solely a sport focused school though - we cater to everyone's interests. We have guest speakers and comedians come to our school and perform; we have a large range of interest-based student groups, as well as school related groups and groups related to your major. I am currently a part of the Northeastern chapter of the American Chemical Society, a chemistry based group here. I have also been a part of the Residential Student Association, which plans many activities for residents, as well as our infamour "Husky Hunt," a 24 hour scavenger hunt that happens once a year. There is always something to do in this city, and at this campus.

I was personally involved with MEISA, a group which brought music acts to campus. There is truly a club for anything, including many socially active political groups (environmentally friendly groups such as HEAT, campus democrats/republicans, etc.). These organizations are breeding grounds for large groups of friends who work hard and play hard on occasion.

Being an urban campus, Northeastern isn't like most colleges in terms of the party scene. A lot of parties are low key, some you have to pay for (like $5). Usually you can find things to do, obviously the more people you know the better. Some nights are very slow though. Students in the freshman dorms usually leave their doors propped open. In my dorm it was more common to just hang out and do homework in the common areas of the dorms. Hockey games are very popular, especially when we are against rival schools BC and BU people get very into the games. If you don't drink there are still things to do on the weekend. Sports games, sometimes there are events (Bob Saget and Kenan Thompson came during rush week for instance). A lot of freshman end up just staying in the dorms and having a good time with friends there. Off campus there is shopping, great food and sooo many other college campuses full of soo many college kids... If there is nothing to do at Northeastern a lot of time people will go to MIT or Harvard for parties. Frats/Sororities aren't super popular, but enough that you know they are there.

Cultural groups are very popular on campus. We have organizations for Latino, black, and asian culture, as well as for all different cultures of the world. We also have a strong Resident Student Association and Student Government association that put on a lot of great events and make sure that all students are having a good time. There is also Greek life, and academic groups. There is really something for everyone.

Northeastern's number one sport is definitely hockey. The hockey games are always packed and school spirit is really apparent. Other than that, most people are involved in some sort of organization whether its volunteer, for fun, or geared toward their major. Each year we have the annual Underwear run, where literally hundreds of students strip down to their underwear and run around campus and Boston. It's a lot of fun! Northeastern is not the biggest party school, but you will always be able to find a party going on on the weekends or go to a local bar.

Northeastern's number one sport is definitely hockey. The hockey games are always packed and school spirit is really apparent. Other than that, most people are involved in some sort of organization whether its volunteer, for fun, or geared toward their major. Each year we have the annual Underwear run, where literally hundreds of students strip down to their underwear and run around campus and Boston. It's a lot of fun! Northeastern is not the biggest party school, but you will always be able to find a party going on on the weekends or go to a local bar.

The most popular student groups are either the Student Government or NUCALLS (a language club). We have a lot of smaller clubs with specific focuses like engineers without borders, chess club, habitat for humanity, or a tight-rope walking club. We also have free admission to our sports games, so those are popular to watch as well.

As I have said before, I am a new and international student at Northeastern, I am not sure about this question. I will talk about it later.