Quinnipiac University Top Questions

athletics are not very popular on campus, except for men's hockey and occasionally men's basketball. Those sports are usually pretty good at getting students to the games, and on occasion men's lacrosse, baseball, or soccer might get a couple hundred people to watch, but most aren't students but rather parents or locals in the area. political events are always poorly attended, since there is little interest in politics here. May weekend used to be popular here, before the school abandoned it last year. It was basically a giant carnival on campus where some people used it as an excuse to drink more heavily than usual, on the last weekend before spring finals weekend. Frat life isn't big here. Sure, there are two fraternities and three sororities, and you can always identify them because of their hoodies (and sometimes their attitude towards non-greeks), but most students are not greek. Otherwise most people are fairly open. Many people leave their doors open, and it is not difficult at all to meet friends, as long as you're open yourself, and you either (a. join a couple of clubs to meet people, or b. become a health science major, where by doing lab work you apparently meet people all the time (I have 2 roommates like this). Plus, the campus is big enough to meet lots of new people without yet not so large that you will never see them.

It seems everyone is on a sport team or intermural team. Alot of people go to New Haven on Thursdays, stay on campus Friday and go to Toads Place on Saturday. Alot of people in greek life, but you don't need to be in one to fit in or have friends. School always puts on event in Alumni Hall on the weekends.

My hall is very friendly, most doors were closed the first few weeks, but open the rest of the year. People here party Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Though it's not like there is going to be a party in every room or anything, there are the normal Frat parties, hockey/lacrosse parties etc. Saturday night there is mostly something to do that doesn't involve drinking. My roommates and I usually order out from Dominoes or Drougies and watch Sex in the City or Grey's Anatomy. There are usually movies showing in Buckman or something going on around campus that is student run. If I were to be awake on a Tuesday at 2AM, I would probably be watching TV in my room, or a friends room, studying or browsing the internet.

parties every weekend major party school lot of people smoke and drink thursday-saturday is our weekend

The most popular organizations on campus are SGA and all of the Greek organizations. The most popular sports are men's ice hockey and men's lacrosse.

Monday through Thursday - Class and the library. Thursday night - Hula Hanks in New Haven for recreational activities - if you will. Friday night - Campus night - recreational activities - if you will Saturday night - Toads Sunday - Club libs (library) - Doing weekend homework.

i have no interest in athletic events and i have no reason why the school keeps on spending soooooo much on sports teams that are never going to be elite besides possibly the hockey team. spend more money on the actual students and stop patrionizing the athletes who most dont even pay to go to school here.

Lots of social life. New Haven (Yale area) is a great trip to take for some shopping/entertainment. On campus the school provides movies, activities on the weekends, trips to other places. Greek life is there but not a HUGE thing. There is always a party to go to but if you aren't into that there is plenty to do.

The Quinnipiac social life is heavily centered on drinking Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Drugs are around, its a college campus after all, but you really have to go out of your way to find them. The weekend life is all about drinking. I would wager a guess that more than 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the freshman class has a fake ID by the end of thier freshman year, as clubbing is huge. Quinnipiac has shuttles running constantly to and from New Haven, which is only a twenty minute drive away. I was one of the types of people that choose schools specifically because they didnt have a large greek system, but wouldnt you know, I ended up rushing. There are only three sororities and two fraternities on campus, but if you want to get involved, greek life is the best way to do it. I have only a few freinds outside of greek life, and whether you consider that to be a good thing or a bad thing I have no problem with it. If you dislike the greek system, however, you wont have a problem making freinds. Again, greeks are a very small percentage on campus.

Athletics are very popular, and highly supported by students. Frats and sororities on campus are fun for those who are interested, but they aren't dominant groups on campus that control the social functioning like at some other schools. I guess QU can be considered a party school, but so many are. Most students like to go downtown new haven. There's great shopping and nightlife and is the heart of the Yale campus as well. It is definitely a college area.