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Greek life is pretty popular, but they aren't clicky or super important. You'll find people that are involved in one thing are generally involved in a ton of other things on campus as well. In freshmen dorms it is encouraged that you leave your door open and let people float in to say hello and talk. Generally the students that are involved support many other organizations even if they aren't directly involved in them. The people that aren't involved in anything truely aren't. They spend their time going to class and partying, disregarding all campus events. If you aren't into partying you may have a hard time fitting in and enjoying your time at QU.

Not a lot of fun activites to do becuase there was no May Weekend. However, the student body offers a lot of free bbq's and interesting night activities such as playing a movie.

I really enjoy the social life at Quinnipiac. I loved living on campus and seeing my friends from different groups on a daily basis, and being able to just walk over to someone's room or dorm just to say hi and hang out. We have always left our common room door open for people to walk in and hang out. I also liked going out in New Haven, especially because I made close friends at Yale. Although it is a very small city, there is a lot going on; bars, clubs, restaurants, and shopping are all available. There is ALWAYS stuff going on right on campus too. During the week there are guest speakers and other events put on by the wide assortment of organizations... there are a LOT of events offering free food too, which is fun (and helpful when your meal plan starts to run out!). There are also opportunities to take advantage of guest speakers and events on the Yale campus.

I am the Fundraiser Chair of the Student Occupational Therapy Association. I really enjoy this position because it gives me an opportunity to help freshmen and sophomores get to know Quinnipiac and Occupational Therapy. I am a mentor for them in the OT program and I am available for them to ask questions to. This organizations also throws a lot of fun meetings and we try to get involved on and off campus for community service events. I am also a Citizens Leader which was a three year program at school that I completed. This was a lot of fun and it was a good way fgr me to interact with others leaders on campus. Lastly, I am also going to be an Orientation Leader this upcoming summer. I look forward to meeting new freshmen, and hopefully informing them of all the opportunities available to them on campus and making them feel comfortable.

most popular: Greek life for girls is popular, rush is great and a lot of girls join. Our Greek life is growing. organizations: SGA and SPB for those who like getting involved in planning things, sports are sports they are always popular but we are D1! and rugby team is the unofficial (its not sponsored by QU) but its all QU guys, and it is very popular with guys in QU. Athletic events- ONLY men's ice hockey games! guest speaker- we had ex-pres. Carter here and that drew a big crowd Theater- NOT SO MUCH, we only now got a program and we dont have a nice big theater here to set productions so they occur in New Haven. but thats only popular with theater people. Dating- 60-40 girls and the ratio gets worst..... you decide! It sucks!!!! Majority of girls here are beautiful, and the guys have a large selection to choose from and they take advantage of that. How did I meet my closest friends- through my sorority If you're awake at 2am on a tuesday, what r you doing? Studying at the lib because it's open 24/7 what traditions happen? currently none cuz they took away our May Weekend and replaced it with Spirit Week. Sig Ep started Hall Wars for freshman, and that happens every fall (its a physical competition among all freshman halls; it's a day long event and the winner gets bragging rights) GREEK WEEK (big for Greeks- a week of competition). How often do people party- every thurs., fri, and sat. night. If you're a senior, you start on a wed. We have 3 sororities and 2 fraternities, its popular and a lot of fun but you dont need to be in one to have a social life. I wasn't in 1 for my first 2 years at QU and I think that the better years of my QU experience was when I was in my sorority. We do more than just drink, in fact its harder for us because of the many negative stereotypes. And the school is really strict and severe with us, so we do more events that are open to the school such as our philanthropy events and sisterhood events that dont involve drinking. What did you do last weekend- im a senior (aka 21), I went out to the bars. What can you do on sat night that doesn't involve drinking- SPB and QUAD (QU after dark) make many events that are designed to give an alternative to going out to TOADs but very few attend cuz they are at TOADS. What do you do off campus? go out, go out to eat, go shopping in New Haven, and go tanning, and go get my nails done, and out to buy food. There are a lot of businesses in the area and the shuttles drop you off in Hamden and in New Haven.

The social life at QU is much like academics, it is what you make of it. If you wanted to, you could find a party every night of the week, or you could go to a club in New Haven every weekend. There is always that opportunity to party and you will find every kind of student from the students who drink every night to the students that don't drink and have just as much fun. The school offers sober activities that almost no one goes to but they are there and thats cool. I know I never had a problem finding someone to hang out with Freshman year because everyone is in the same boat trying to meet people. It was very easy to be social and make friends.

Very involved in greek life at Quinnpiac. It is really one of the greatest communities at Quinnipiac. People party Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, some seven days a week. There are tons of activities planned by the Student Programming Board which don't involve drinking and are very entertaining. There is a lot of clubs off campus and bars. Also plenty of dining for students to go get dinner.

Students in dorms that are in the freshman dorms leave there doors open more than people that have everything they need in their room. Athletic events are vary popular for Basketball and Hockey. Guest spearks come all the time, we have a theater group that is getting to be very big. I meet my closet friends on move-in day, from working on campus, and from other friends. If i'm awake on a Tuesday at 2am, I'm either watching Tv in my room, in the Lib. studying because it is open 24hrs a day. People party about half of the week typically even though if people have work to do they don't. Everyone typically goes to New Haven on Thursday night, on Friday nights everyone but Seniors parties on campus and seniors go out in Hamden to a local place, and on Saturdays people have campus parties or they go to New Haven. If you're not into partying or dancing then you can go to the QU afterdark events which include activities from Bingo, to movies, to carnaval nights, and they also do food events. The Qu afterdark events go from 8-12 on a saturday night.

Some of the most popular groups on campus are the men's hockey team, men's baseball team, fraternities, sororities, and student government. I'm a member of Dance Fusion, Quinnipiac's hip-hop dance team. The group of about 25 girls performs at basketball games, campus events, and local competitions. Students in freshman doors typically leave their doors open, but as you leave freshman year doors tend to be closed more often. Hockey games attract a large group, as do some other sports events. Depending on the guest speaker and the topic these events may attract a decent size group. I met my closest friends freshman year through a friend who I came to Quinnipiac with from home. She really liked the girls in her hallway, and since I hung out with her alot I got to know her hallmates too. If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday I'm either finishing homework or chatting with my roommates. Some events that happen every year include Midnight Madness (the kickoff of basketball season, with performances by Quinnipiac's spirit groups), the holiday dinner, and May Weekend (which has been discontinued as of this year). People party a lot on weekends, which sometimes start on Wednesday night, both on campus and off. Fraternities and sororities are present on campus, but do not rule the student body. They mostly serve as philanthropic groups rather than partying ones. On a Saturday night, you can go out to eat, go to the movies, or see what student-planned activites are going on on campus.