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There is a lot to do at UF. I do not know where to begin. There is community service, job opportunites, internships, just plain old work. You can take leisure courses, learn how to scuba dive, take fencing classes, horseback riding classes. There is nothing you can't do at UF.

I live in Murphree dorm area. An area generally for upperclassmen that is really nice for a freshman, but it is a little anti-social, but there were so many opportunities to join an organization it was easy to meet people. Fraternities are big here and play big roles in not just social life, but school life. I joined a service fraternity and it has kept me busy. I like it because it is not so focused on partying as a regular fraternity would have, but social events still happen. I am a non-drinker and still am welcomed to attend parties and if I don't feel like going I could do something at the Reitz like a movie or some TSF (drama/comedy) show. Last weekend I did 10 hours of community service, a carwash to raise money, and a trip to Lake Wauberg for our service frat fellowship. It was a bit to much that weekend I must say. It was required though by the fraternity to do these things if I wish to become a brother. At 2AM on Tuesday I am asleep for classes the next day.

most popular: greeks i met my closes friends from living with them and being in a fraternity. i love it. i don't know about the dating scene cuz i just date somone if i like them and they ask me out, so i dont really know how it works. people party all the time. seriously. its cool. i mean classes are important so no everyone can party all teh time, there are just parties all the time and if yu can't make it, you can't last weekend i studied and watched a movie with some friends. you can all kinds of things that dont involve drinking. u can go play pool, watch a movie, stay in and play boardgames or just hang out and listen and dance to music.

Off campus usually involves house parties. Going to a typical college aprtment complex on a weekend , one is bound to find several parties raging. Students are very safe with drinking though, and the town of Gainesville has an accomadating bus service for students who do choose to drink

The Greek Fraternity and Sorority system is very prevalent because the members wear their greek letters as much as possible, but most students on campus do not belong to any sort of greek organization. Most of the clubs on campus use greek letters, although they are not a traditional Greek sorority/fraternity system. For example, I am involved in Alpha Phi Omega, a National Co-Ed Service Fraternity--we use Fraternity jargon like Brothers and Rush, but our main purpose is to serve our community. Some dorms on campus are known as social dorms, these are mostly the standard dorms with two people in one room, and a community bathroom on each floor. Nicer, suite-style dorms are less social because you have everything you need in your one room. I lived in an apartment-style dorm and had really great luck with my random roommates, they are my closest friends here at UF and it's ridiculous how close we have grown and how comfortable we are with each other. If we're up at 2 am, we are most likely just sitting around checking Facebook or talking and pretending to be working on homework. Depending on what type of people you hang out with, you could party every day of the week, once a month, or never. UF has weekly activities every weekend which you can attend for free and see movies that are sometimes still in theaters or not out on DVD yet, and they have free food and activities like getting pictures made or making keychains.

I am really active in Alpha Phi Omega co-ed Service Fraternity, and I have found my niche at UF. I love the people and the activities and knowing I can always count on my brothers. People party, but too much work and not enough play makes for a very boring person. I met my closest friends through APhiO and we are really close. The dating scene...let's see. It's a blast! Just be social!

The most popular thing to do at UF is join a social sorority or fraternity. As an alternative to that I joined Alpha Phi Omega which is a co-ed service fraternity that is a whole lot of fun. Athletic events are probably the most important though because everyone is a gator fan. Saturday game days are crazy at the Swamp, because afterall we are National Champions.

ACCENT is an organization on campus that brings many influential speakers onto campus, some recent ones: Bob Saget, John Kerry, Jack Kevorkian, and Bill Nye the Science Guy. Partying is a big part of campus, most aren't sober all weekend. But it is possible to do so. There are usually a couple of house parties going on you can go to. Or you can head downtown to dance. Gator Nights is an activity on Friday nights when you want to keep it low-key where it's free for students to make things, hear bands, watch new movies at the student union. It's really fun.

UF offers A LOT of opportunity to get out and be social. We have really interesting special events every semester for example, I saw both Bob Saget and the guys from Myth Busters this semester. When I lived in a dorm all the dorms on my floor were ALWAYS open and I met some of my closest friends living there. The rest of my best friends I met by joing Alpha Phi Omega, co-ed service fraternity. Being a brother in A Phi O has really made my college experience beyond amazing.

When I lived in the dorms, we had out dorm open almost all day. Our hall was very social. It was also nice to have a study room in the dorm building so I could get away from the noise and buckle down- and I could do so without leaving the building. People do party a good amount, but I had countless Saturday nights where friends and I didn't have a drop to drink and had the time of our lives. Roadtrips were a big hit in my group- it was fun to drive a few hours, camp for the night and see a new part of Florida if we could.