<p>I don't do drugs. Never have. (Hopefully) Never will.
I also don't really party.......</p>
<p>How prominent is the drug/partying scene at Princeton?</p>
<p>Is it easy to avoid it while still enjoying the benefits of the eating clubs/social scene?</p>
<p>I hear it’s easy to fit in no matter your preference. The bicker clubs tend to party and drink more, while the sign ins do to a lesser degree. Read tiger14’s post in the social life thread, she sums it up nicely. </p>
<p>Shame I won’t be seeing you very often ;)</p>
<p>In terms of drugs, it’s mostly alcohol. Very few pot smokers, and they’re generally concentrated in one eating club. Tower? IDR.</p>
<p>^The pot smokers aren’t concentrated in one club, but the pot smoking is (in Terrace).</p>
<p>It’s pretty hard to run into drugs (that aren’t alcohol) here if you aren’t looking for them. The party scene is there if you want it, but it’s avoidable. If you’re interested, Princeton has substance-free housing, where residents are not permitted to possess tobacco, alcohol, or any illicit drugs. </p>
<p>From what I can tell, significant proportions of the membership in several clubs aren’t too into partying, and it’s definitely possible to bicker successfully without ever having touched alcohol.</p>
<p>One nice thing about eating clubs is that most partying is concentrated on the street and not in / near dorms. So if you want to avoid partying, you can just not go to the street on weekend nights.</p>
<p>@FightTheTide - “it’s definitely possible to bicker successfully without ever having touched alcohol” - is this rare/difficult? Does it have a catch, like using another substance or something else that is ethically questionable (I’ve heard about live goldfish!)? This is actually one of my biggest concerns and is holding me back from committing right now…</p>
<p>Bickering successfully isn’t about professing your love for alcohol and pre-marital sex. You can bicker anywhere, successfully, while being totally straight edge without a problem.</p>
<p>bicker generally involves interviews or a group activity…its to see how you act in social circles. Like, to see whether you’re personable and an interesting addition to the club. </p>
<p>note: im not a student, but thats what students have told me</p>
<p>^^^^Seriously?</p>
<p>you are giving advice about the Princeton Eating Club admittance without ever going through the Bicker process or even attending Princeton as a student?</p>
<p>The Clincher</p>
<p>During bicker, will Tiger Inn, Cottage and Ivy admit you if you tell them that you don’t drink alcohol?</p>
<p>There are lots of great clubs that aren’t bicker clubs. If you don’t drink and it turns out that that’s a prereq for a particular eating club (I’m not saying it is), why would you want to be in that club in the first place?</p>
<p>My son and his friends don’t drink, are in an eating club, and LOVE Princeton!</p>
<p>Relax Jamie, I’m not professing anything as a definitive truth. I explicitly stated that this is going by what others have told me. I’ve spoken to a fair share of students and alumni, so I’m entitled to some credibility here, am I not?</p>
<p>I can’t speak that much about bicker, but I signed into a club and I don’t drink too often. I mean, half the clubs are sign-in anyway.</p>
<p>Honestly from what I’ve heard from my friends who did bicker, getting in mostly depends on knowing people who are already in the club. Tower’s process is pretty laid back I think (interviews with members and group games or something?). Not sure about the others. But seriously, why would you join TI if you didn’t like to drink? Chances are you’ll only try to get into a club where you like the culture (otherwise why bother?) and there’s a broad range of clubs and enough diversity within each club that you shouldn’t have a problem finding a club that fits you. Or not! You don’t have to join a club, after all.</p>
<p>@speachy/JamieBrown, I heard rumors, including the swallow-the-goldfish-at-TI rumor, before I got to Princeton. I haven’t heard anything about them since, which leads me to believe most of them aren’t true. What I can say is that my three days of Cap bicker were definitely three of the most fun days I’ve had at Princeton. People who don’t drink probably don’t want to bicker TI, Ivy, Cottage, or Cannon in the first place; I can’t think of any non-drinkers that I know who bickered any of these four clubs. However, I know several people in Cap and Tower who don’t drink at all. The bicker process for all clubs is completely dry, and no one’s going to call you out in discussions for not drinking.</p>
<p>In reference to tiger14’s post, the importance of knowing members really depends on the club. In Ivy, it’s pretty huge because of the nature of their bicker process (you meet fewer members but get to know them better), but in Cap, for instance, knowing people won’t make or break you.</p>
<p>Those were very helpful responses, thank you :)</p>
<p>… I was in TI and had a friend there who never drank before bickering as a sophomore and got in fine. There are always plenty of athletes out being social who aren’t allowed to drink during their season or 48 hours before games, so there are always some sober people to hang out with. I’m not saying it was the norm to be a non-drinker in TI or anything, but it’s not some kind of deal breaker if that person still likes to hang out having fun. Also, yeah, bicker there can involve eating gross stuff (not at the other clubs…) but even my friend who keeps Kosher had no problem during that part of bicker…</p>
<p>You’ll find a place that’s right for you. The student body is super diverse and most are in an eating club. That means the different clubs have something to offer very different types of people.</p>
<p>^^^^^how was your TI experience?</p>
<p>My sister is at Princeton. She doesn’t drink and is a member of Ivy Eating Club. She absolutely loves it and still goes to the street on the weekends.</p>
<p>If you want to drink at college, you can. If you don’t, you won’t have to at Princeton. Personally, I like Princeton’s drinking culture on the street, not in the dorms. At Harvard and Yale, it is in the dorms, which is less optimal IMO.</p>
<p>My experience? Amazing. My eating club experience remains my favorite thing about my time at Princeton.</p>
<p>What percent of Princeton puffs the ganja?</p>
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<p>That is not an uncommon experience mentioned by many of the Tiger Inn alumni</p>
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