<p>The MIT frats are on the BU campus on Bay State Road.</p>
<p>MIT?? Sorry if Im offending anyone but isnt that school basically a geek college?</p>
<p>BU kids have to go to MIT frats? wow...</p>
<p>Taking a stab at summing some of this up....</p>
<p>There is no BU Frat Row like you'll see at schools like Tufts, Lehigh, Washington & Lee, Penn, etc. The % of Greeks at BU is below 5% and the few frat houses are nearby but off campus. </p>
<p>BU is not a huge party school/frat house environment. As you'l see by the beginning posts it is a school where if you don't drink, or only choose to do so occassionally, it is no big deal and there are many other activities to enjoy at BU and in Boston. After saying that students on the thread were then clarifying that iit is available, as a Freshman you may have to try harder, but again if a constant party atmosphere is what you want BU may not be good choice. The BU dorms are stricter than most schools so many students go to MIT Frats to "party" . MIT is overwhelmingly male which is the main reason students said that girls get into these parties easier than the boys.</p>
<p>Princeton Review (book or on-line) is a good source for defining which schools have more of a party atmosphrere. Since all colleges have drinking to a degree they break it down as to those where drinking or Greek life "dominates the social sceene". It is in the social life section of PR.</p>
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Did you mean to type "greek"? ; ) Sure, the students are gifted mathematicians and scientists, but they still hit the bottle like nobody's business. The rigorous academics only add to the temptation to let loose and party like it's 59:59:11:31:12:2037</p>
<p>Geek/Greek---one in the same at MIT--huh?
Can anyone say what else there is to do on campus? Do students hang out anywhere specific? Is the new Recreation Place more for jocks? What are some of the concerts, small and large, that you can attend? Do kids really go to the outside movies by the river?</p>
<p>I can answer ONE question before I leave for the day:
Oh, they certainly do. It can get packed.</p>
<p>As for the MIT geeks-
I visited a friend who lives in an MIT dorm on Bay State a while ago and I got the impression that these geeks know how to party. Sure... they might be three sheets to the wind and still able to do all your homework in fifteen minutes, but they're alright.</p>
<p>Weird... but definetly an entertaining crew.</p>
<p>Concerts? What are some of the musicians that have played on campus?</p>
<p>drummerboy: Boston is the campus. All major bands pass through from time to time. If you're talking about BU's Arena, check their website. You won't be dissapointed with the selection. If you're willing to pay $1 to get on the train, you'll be able to go to any concert in Boston. I think you get the point. There's really no question here at all.</p>
<p>It is very much possible to have fun without drinking--I've done it for three year. It can be a bit of a drag, as many people will do their best to try and get you to drink and you may get board if you go to a party where you're the only one not drinking, but it hasn't been a problem for me--I just went off and did my own thing. I started working in 21+ nightclubs (pretty much right after I got here) as a lighting technician and DJ. Eventually, I became a full-time club DJ and developed a social network outside of BU. It was a lot of fun, and I got to go to a lot of places I wouldn't have been able to otherwise. All the while, I've never had a drink and I'm not a senior.</p>
<p>My weekends? Used to DJ mostly, but now I pretty much hang out with my girlfriend and friends. If not, I'll just hang out and relax. Things are generally less exciting when you get older. Occasionally, I go to Rise (an afterhours club in Boston) on Friday night/Saturday morning.</p>
<p>Don't know how to explain my average day. Class, work, study, team work, sleep, repeat. Varies greatly from semester to semester.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>hey...i was searchin through the threads and thought this was very informative...im just bumping it up to allow everyone to see it...</p>
<p>my sister told me that everytime you miss a class, you're wasting $230.
so i think that's enough reason for me to not ditch class and be responsible and have good time management skills.</p>
<p>Just a question, one of my best friends is going to MIT and she's a girl, but I'm a dude, so could I still get into MIT frat parties if she helped me out a bit? Thanks.</p>
<p>This thread disappoints me. I'm big on partying too and as a guy it's going to be impossible to get into MIT frats... I'm all for going out in the city but the fact of the matter is, that costs a lot of money after a while. I'd much rather just hit up college parties. Does anybody have any advice as to what a GUY at BU should do to help him get into parties or anything like that?</p>
<p>It seems if you click on some of the BU pictures on the earlier thread as well as pictures on the web sites of the various clubs at BU you see a lot of drinking going on. Seems like anyone can drink if they want to since it is college. It is stricter than some schools but at least you don't have non-stop parties going on all the time on every dorm floor since when you are trying to sleep or study you may not mind that as much.</p>
<p>Make friends with upperclassman and go to their parties. You'll be fine. If you go to a party, just bring girls with you, and they'll let you in. People like to exaggerate about how hard it is to get into parties, but if you want to party and you're willing to walk, you'll find somewhere. Just where comfortable shoes ;)</p>
<p>If you want to drink/party there are plenty of opportunities if it is not your style theres lots of other stuff to do and you won't feel weird about it unless you are on a heavy drinking floor. Because MIT is almost all males it is true that BU female students get in easier but there is no lack of places for male and females to go to drink. Sometimes you meet a kid with a room that just doesn't get the attention of the RA or make friends with students with dorms with less stringent security. There are also club trips.</p>