<p>So at home there tends to be at least one good party every weekend. My friends and i party and drink every weekend away pretty much.
How does the whole party and drinking scene work at Cornell, especially for a freshman like I will be? Should I get a fake id to buy alcohol? Are there good parties?</p>
<p>Cornell is like any other college; there are plenty of decent parties. O-week is particularly awesome, there are tons of parties every night in College Town. Fake IDs are available, but you may not need one.</p>
<p>Parties are frequent throughout the first semester and even during the spring there are some parties. The drinking scene was pretty big in this past year and others, but with new frat regulations in place, things will likely change quite a bit.</p>
<p>What are the new frat regulations exactly?</p>
<p>Now I know that you are all excited about going to Cornell… Let’s get some comments from someone who has went to Cornell for at least a year and knows the insides, not someone who is going to be a freshman this fall (IV -.-).
I’m also interested about this - what about 420 friendly people? Any easy way to find those people?</p>
<p>Apparently, freshmen are barred from parties during the fall semester as a part of the school administration’s/IFC’s plan to make the rush process (I believe) more dry. I say apparently because I’m not in a frat, but this is what I’ve heard from or been told by numerous people in the system.</p>
<p>As for 420 stuff, you only find it if you’re looking for it. If you don’t want it, it won’t find you. There are definitely folks on campus who engage in relaxing activities for that purpose.</p>
<p>There are new IFC regulations having to do with freshman not being allowed to parties…nobody really knows what will happen in regards to this or how it will work since it’s never been done before and frat parties are usually a central part of the freshman social scene</p>
<p>my freshman year consisted of being really confused throughout o-week and having no idea where to go (all the parties are in collegetown and unless you know older students its hard to figure out where you should be going). part of the experience though. and then throughout first semester going out almost every weekend–usually there were at least 1-5 open frat parties a weekend. you most definitely don’t need a fake id, unless you plan on going to bars which most freshman don’t (why spend money when you don’t need to…). then second semester you either rush or don’t (depending on your frat experiences first semester). If you rush you will have to deal with pledging stuff and also will have a few mixers every week. If you don’t, frat parties are pretty much nonexistent til after spring break (although you probably go to other parties or aren’t a party person) and then there will be 1-2 open parties every week.<br>
sophomore year is mixers for greek people and dorm/apt parties for those who aren’t. at this point a good amount of people get fakes if they feel it necessary. junior and senior year is mostly apt parties/bars.</p>
<p>def agree with islander about 420. i was good friends with the guys on my floor freshman year and they were all very into that. they liked going on “nature walks” haha. they actually ended up getting a vaporizer together.</p>
<p>@Supervisor:</p>
<p>I’ve been to a few Cornell parties and I know several upperclassmen personally, so I have some idea what I’m talking about…</p>
<p>also to answer the weed question, and just about drugs in general. They arent hard to find, but if you dont look for them, you won’t find them (for the most part). I don’t really know anyone who hates on weed though, just those who don’t use. Also, there are like, 10 headshops in town.</p>
<p>what does it mean, if you don’t look for weed, you won’t find it?
because I have to say, I do not smoke, but I have actually encountered quite a few weed-oriented conversations at Cornell. I don’t go out of my way to avoid these people, but it’s not like I have gone through my time here totally oblivious to that scene either. (and I’m not even going to parties!)</p>
<p>It’s not that you won’t encounter people so much than it is you won’t really be forced into anything. Folks pursue whatever interests they have in 420 stuff.</p>
<p>getting your dank on in and having a weed oriented conversation are two totally different things. My point being, if you want to avoid bongs, its not that hard. Rarely if ever will you stumble into a smoke filled room with dudes coughing it up if you yourself aren’t trying to smoke.</p>
<p>OK, I see. I thought that might be what you meant, but that makes things clearer…thanks.</p>
<p>As a freshman, it makes a lot of sense to try and get involved with an organization with upperclassmen or just make older friends, to keep your social life a bit more diverse. Most of the best Cornell parties I’ve been to were associated with groups or were at frats where I knew a lot of brothers. My freshman year, I was dating a boy in a frat and part of a heavy partying campus group, and I had a lot more fun than the other freshmen on my floor that roamed around campus looking for random frats that were too full or shut down by the time they got there. I went out probably once a week and then drank casually with a smaller group of friends about once a week, and it was a good balance. I know people that did a lot more drinking and those that did less, so it’s really what you want for yourself. Also, fake ids are pointless in collegetown. You won’t be able to use them long before they are taken and there are a lot of things that are easier to get to from north that don’t require a fake. The only practical use for one is if you want to buy booze from a downtown liquor store, but I’ve heard good and bad experiences trying that. It’s not worth it if you have older friends or plan on only drinking at parties.</p>
<p>Nice replies. IV, sorry to have made you upset! I don’t know if you’ve been at parties or not (and how did you manage to get into them? brother/sister go there or something?).
With all the stuff going on, will a CoE person find time to party? That is the real question. :)</p>
<p>Nice replies. IV, sorry to have made you upset! I don’t know if you’ve been at parties or not (and how did you manage to get into them? brother/sister go there or something?).
With all the stuff going on, will a CoE person find time to party? That is the real question. :)</p>
<p>That’s a good question lol. I’ll be in CoE next year, but I’m not worried at all about being overwhelmed with work or anything… should I be? I’m the kind of person that thought that AP Physics C, AP chem, AP calc AB/BC, etc. were a joke and never studied for any tests.</p>
<p>No problem, Supervisor. As a matter of fact, most of the people I went to the parties with were Engineers (I know a few people at Cornell from my hs). As long as you are decent at time management, you’ll easily be able to go out on Fri/Sat nights.</p>
<p>Heh, I accidentally double posted - in a good way.
Especially since most of the time I hear how engineers are always working, it looks like that is not the case. Well, I’ll find out soon enough over there. Is there going to be a CC party on one of the first days we get there? I’d love to meet those I’ve been talking to these past few months!</p>
<p>engineers ARE always working—most of them. so are people in a lot of other majors. but a good amount of people here realize that if they don’t forget about work, unwind, see their friends, and relax at least once a week, they’ll go crazy from the stress.</p>