<p>I love dancing and partying and was wondering if there was any sort of club scene around Princeton?</p>
<p>on any given thursday or saturday, there will be a DJ spinning at several of the eating clubs, and probably a live band or two.</p>
<p>The answer, essentially, is no. The school must supply its own entertainment.</p>
<p>typical...</p>
<p>lol but isn't it better to have dance parties at school where you know the people and don't have to pay a cover? There are so many clubs in nyc but I don't go to many of them because there are 40 year old guys lurking in every corner waiting to make a pass at you. At least you wouldn't have that in the eating club parties.</p>
<p>Good rationalization.</p>
<p>They use the same argument at some high schools to convince the kids to hold the senior prom in the gym!</p>
<p>But senior proms that are held in clubs are still exclusive to the students...they rent the club out so no outsiders are lurking there anyway...</p>
<p>Ok, prospective Princetonians, Byerly's typically astute and original reasoning has won me over: If one of your primary concerns about college is the precise location and abundance of dance clubs, I heartily concur that Harvard would better suit you.</p>
<p>Are you serious, ICargirl, Princeton doesn't have a good party scene???? That is usually a big concern to undergrads at any university.</p>
<p>No, she was just saying that Princeton doesn't have an "abundance of dance clubs." Which...isn't that big of a deal because plenty of dancing and partying is done in the eating clubs. No biggie :)</p>
<p>zante, you might be going to the wrong clubs...</p>
<p>on the other hand, the older guys who sometimes sneak into nyc clubs can be very helpful in securing jobs. i've scored 3 business cards this summer, with guys telling me if i get in touch with them, they might interview me for a position!</p>
<p>Did you actually go through with them? Because that sounds sketchy to me. Maybe I'm just really cynical...
one time this guy gave my friend his business card and said that he wanted to "take pictures of her for his portfolio" I don't know but that sounds kinda shady...</p>
<p>Oh yeah, if any random "photographer" offered to take pictures of me, I'd run for the hills. These were business cards with the names of investment banks and hedge funds embossed on the front. Haven't followed through with them yet, but might give them a ring once I'm looking for a job this year.</p>
<p>The nicer clubs in NYC are filled with very, very successful and usually non-shady people. The pervs won't make it past the velvet rope and definitely won't be laying down 300 bucks for a bottle of vodka...</p>
<p>Then how do you get in?</p>
<p>1) Reserve a banquette. This is where you find the bottle-service crowd. At top places, you need to buy a minimum of two bottles per table. The cheapest bottle at most nice clubs will set you back $250-300.</p>
<p>2) Brave the bouncers. This entails hauling your ass to the back of the line and slowly making your way up to the door where a bouncer will give you and your group a thorough looking-over and decide if you're worth of admission. This is followed by forking up a $20 cover and paying for your own drinks ($10+) all night. But most people who make it though this way are young (like, under 25) and very respectably dressed.</p>
<p>to any prospectives happening upon this thread: if you're turned off by princeton's lack of "real" clubs, remember: there's always harvard. yes, you can dance your heart out on campus there (well, at least until 1 a.m., when the curfew kicks in) and pitch any new and crazy dance ideas you might have to the "fun czar" hired expressly to spice up the social life!</p>
<p>see: "social life and harvard don't mix":
<a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=505138%5B/url%5D">http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=505138</a></p>
<p>Byerly, then why do kids rate educational experience at Harvard 28 th out of 31? They don't like professors, they are unemployed after their degrees, they are taught in huge classes often by TAs ....I can go on.</p>
<p>Boy that COFHE study....what a shame.</p>
<p>Nah ... the clubs are off campus - in both Cambridge and across the river in Boston.</p>
<p>But I agree with scottie - you should pick the college you find most exciting intellectually. The social life will take care of itself. Harvard kids manage to struggle along in what Fiske calls "America's quintessential college town" - even if their standards may be higher in this respect as in all others.</p>
<p>For example, it made headlines around the world this spring when a few Harvard students mounted protests over the fact that generic cereals had been substituted for their preferred Fruit Loops and Lucky Charms. </p>
<p>Oh, the cruelty of it all!!! No <em>wonder</em> Harvard kiddies complain about being oppressed!</p>
<p>Byerly remember the COHFE study....</p>
<p>"There isn't any doubt that brand matters and that Harvard is the prestige brand," says Stanley Katz, director of Princeton University's Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. "It's the Gucci of higher education, the most selective place."</p>
<p>The gulf that separates Harvard from the rest in terms of reputation remains enormous.</p>
<p>"It used to be the case that of students who were admitted to Harvard and Princeton or Harvard and Yale, seven of 10 would choose to go to Harvard," Katz says. "It may be more now. There is a tendency for the academically best to skew even more to Harvard. We just get our socks beat off in those cases." .</p>