<p>How is it different then HS homecomings? Is there the HC dance in college?</p>
<p>Depends on your school...</p>
<p>At my alma mater, the Greeks were super into HC - they built lawn displays, put together sketch comedy acts, had a blood drive, raised money for local charities with a fun run. There were pep rallies and concerts. Alumni from as far back as 70 years ago came back to campus (we always sell out our home football games so that's not nearly the draw it might be other places). There was no dance.</p>
<p>My son's university is actually having 2 homecomings this year. One is geared towards alumni and 2 weeks later, another is geared towards current students, with a big campus-wide dance. Last year 1,000/4,000 students attended the dance.</p>
<p>My school has a football game (which, one year, was brilliantly scheduled as an away game a state over) and hosts a bunch of events for alumni. They started an annual chili cookoff which takes place right before the football game a few years ago, but other than that there's not a whole lot.</p>
<p>lots of groups do things for alumni...</p>
<p>we have a parade, a football game, and a concert. Those are the big things, and there area alumni gatherings, and things that they can do (ie, tour some buildings that are newer / possibly weren't there when they attended school). But I think mostly alumni attend things that groups they were part of when they went to school are putting on, whether that is greek life or music or whatever.</p>
<p>Wouldn't everyone agree that college homecomings are much more fun than high school homecomings?</p>
<p>If you're greek they are. If you aren't then it's really little more than an excuse to get a little more drunk than usual and go to a slightly different type of party after a football game.</p>
<p>BC's homecoming is a joke. I'm not going to pay to get dressed up and party in the ModLot, lol. Despicable.</p>
<p>my school doesnt have a football team. sucks.</p>
<p>^^^^
...and whose fault might that be?</p>
<p>i think its cuz theres just not enough funding for one, and in texas, the only schools with football teams are the big ones</p>
<p>My college homecoming=football game and then PARTY (no dances)</p>
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<p>What about Rice?</p>
<p>Sorry Dawgie...</p>
<p>It's just one of my pet peeves when people complain about things they obviously knew about well in advance. What I'm saying is that it's your fault that <em>your</em> school doesn't have a football team. If it had been <em>that</em> important to you, you would have gone somewhere that had one. You had your reasons for choosing the school you did, and you shouldn't complain an iota about not having a football team when you knew that was the case the moment you chose that school. </p>
<p>Keep in mind I'm not saying you should have chosen a college based on whether they had a football team or not (or even which team it was...though people do make that choice all the time), just that if it was something you really wanted, you would have included it in your criteria for a college...</p>
<p>yeah, im thoroughly dissappinted in BC's homecoming. ive never had a real one. in HS we didnt even have a homecoming dance, or prom king and queen. i at least expected some "tradition" from college!</p>
<p>"It's just one of my pet peeves when people complain about things they obviously knew about well in advance. What I'm saying is that it's your fault that <em>your</em> school doesn't have a football team. If it had been <em>that</em> important to you, you would have gone somewhere that had one. You had your reasons for choosing the school you did, and you shouldn't complain an iota about not having a football team when you knew that was the case the moment you chose that school."</p>
<p>Take me to your magical fantasy world where there's a perfect school for everybody, that's financially viable, great at what you're interested in academically, willing to accept you, and has every intangible you're looking for. Because here in the real world, that rarely happens, and it's perfectly legitimate to lament over whatever sacrifice you had to make in choosing a school.</p>
<p>You go Dilksy...well said ;)</p>