University of Arizona Top Questions

Most popular student activities and groups are intramural sports and greek life. Greek life is a big presence on Arizona's campus and definitely helps with making friends if you are coming from out of state or looking to reinvent yourself. Intramural sports are really popular as well. You also make friends in your dorm or join a club that interests you. Hiking and outdoor activities are really popular. Sporting events are too much fun for words to describe, and there are occasionally free movies in the student union. There are lots of fun things to get involved in.

Sports. Greek life. All very, very popular. Homecoming. Lots of theater.

we have a GREAT basketball team and our theater is one of the best on the country

There are many clubs, sports, activities, and groups to get involved in at the University of Arizona. Clubs and organizations range from Greek life, to honoraries, to major-based clubs, to hobbies. Some organizations that I am involved in include NSCS, Greek Life, MedCats, as well as other honoraries.

Greek life is big at UA, it always has been and i feel always will be. If your not in greek life don't worry haha, you will make it by just fine! I met most of my friends freshman year in the dorm and have been hanging out with all of them since! we are the best group and always have semester big reunion parties its super fun! Theres probably 15 of us total and when you include all your personal friends that are just outside the normal circle its a massive group of people you connect with. Tucson may not have every activity in the world but you can do just about everything, the sun is always shining so outdoor activities like hiking, biking and what not are very big. Theres always some big sporting game going on during saturday or even some thursday basketball games to start off the weekend. Partying for people can range to once a month and most of the time staying in studying to 3 and 4 times a week, just depends on the crowd or people you hangout with. When tests come around or finals the amount of going out drops drastically haha.

I am not too involved with the campus life since i do not live on campus

I lived in Manzi Mo, which was an extremely friendly dorm. People definitely left their doors open, especially in the beginning of the year when everyone was trying to meet one another. I met a lot of my close friends in the dorms freshmen year, and then also met a lot of friends through my roommate and through my friends from home. People party 1-3 nights a week on average. If you don't want to party, there are often activities going on on the mall and in the union, such as concerts or movies. There is literally always something happening on the mall.

Endless- find something. Get involved or don't complain.

The guy's social life is based around the fraternities or sports teams. However, for the girls is a different story. Whether you are in a sorority or not, you will most often find friends anyhow. I feel that most sororities, in general are really fake and is a way to pay for your friends, but others will disagree. I met my closest friends through my dorm or through classes.

Living in the dorms is a really great way to meet people, especially as an underclassman. In the dorm I lived in, the doors were hard to prop open because they were supposedly “fire doors” or something, but in the older dorms, doors are wide open most of the time. Athletics are really popular, but there's all kinds of stuff going on on campus—usually guest speakers, visiting scholars, film screenings, theatre, comedy/improv shows, etc. Greek life is pretty big, and there is a lot of partying on weekends, but there are a ton of options both on-campus and off for students who don't want to drink. Despite what a lot of people say, Tucson is a really cool town and there is a lot to do if you know where to look.