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Volunteer groups and Greek life are very popular at Texas State.

Floating the San Marcos River

The Greek life is the most prominent school activity. There are a lot of sororities and fraternities.

Sororities/Fraternities are popular. There is an emphasis on sporting events but more traditions would be an improvement. However, without drinking, watching movies, eating out, and occasional concerts, the town could offer more options/services.

Since the river runs through the school alot a students go tubing. Its the best weather here to have fun outside.

Texas State University Organizations ranging from Hip Hop Congress's Epidemic Battle,SACA(student association for campus activities)'s Riverfest, Invisible Children's Benefit Concert and TX State's very own radio station KTSW 89.9's Lunch Box series Entertain the San Marcos Community.

SACA (Student Association for Campus Activities) hosts comedian ANT, from Last comic Standing and current celebrity fit club host.

The most popular groups are frats/sororities, ASG, College of Republicans or Democrats. I'm involved in Ad Club and AAF, both advertising/marketing related. Texas State AAF holds the highest rank at the national level based on wins. It involves networking with professionals and gaining hands-on experience by volunteering and job shadowing. Athletic events are not as popular as larger universities, but we are working on that! The social get-to-gether's are more popular before and after athletic events. I met my closest friends by going pot luck in an apt. Also, through school and definitely school programs and organizations. The dating game is pretty crazy. Everyone knows everyone...somehow. It is fun, though. If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday I am either studying like crazy, or partying with friends after the square. We like to take the boat out on wknds, or float the river. We also bowl a lot, because it's fun for everyone. We sometimes go to the Hill country for wine tasting fairs. Austin is what most party'ers do on the wknd. 6th street is the hot spot. Frats and sororities are popular if you need them to be. I'm not in one, but have tons of friends and roomies who are. They're not so bad. Off campus we eat out a lot and hang out. Wine nights with the girls every Wed!

I lived in the dorms for my first two years at TxState. We are required to live on campus until we have 56 hours or are 21 years old. During the first year, I loved it. Some of my best friends today were my dorm mates, girls and guys. I was in a program called "Residential College," wherein students were enrolled in the same classes as their neighbors, got first pick at the most highly recommended professors and we also shared the cost of books. In order to be in the program, all you had to do was write an essay and do 10 hours of community service, which I did with my roomie at the animal shelter. We left our doors open all the time so it was like having 30 brothers and sisters who were a blast to hang out with. There were some scandals and , hook ups and dramas, too, which made dorm life even more fun. The second dorm I lived in was not as much fun. It was farther away from Central Campus, so I had to wake up early enough to bus to class (busses and parking are the absolute worst part of TxState). And even though I had a shower in the room at this dorm, I also had two roommates and a bunk bed. I thought I would only have one, but due to overcrowding, they stuck extra beds in the rooms and a week before school started we got a surprise e mail saying we would be living in closer quarters than we thought... sorry.

very social, very big Greek community