Eating Clubs...again

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>So, I searched "eating clubs" and read alot of different threads, but...</p>

<p>Some of my questions weren't fully answered. </p>

<p>First off, what exactly is the different between an eating club and a fraternity? Does everyone live in an eating club's house, or is it optional like a frat? Are there required meetings every week or so like frats?</p>

<p>Second, what type of people join each specific eating club? For example all the jocks join x, all the artsy people join y, and all the partiers join z. And, what are all the eating clubs?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>These three articles from the Yale Daily News do a very good job of explaining the Eating Clubs at Princeton, the Final Clubs at Harvard and the Secret Societies at Yale. I think you’ll find them useful.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32479%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32479&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32489%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32489&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32518%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32518&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks PtonGrad, those articles helped alot. Personally, out of all of those, I thought that the eating clubs sounding the best. The secret societies sounded way too exclusive, and the final clubs' realtionships with the university were too strained for me. And they're single-sex--yikes. Anyways, thanks.</p>

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<p>the main differences between eating clubs and fraternities are that all the eating clubs are mixed gender, and they serve regular meals to their members. also, the admission process at eating clubs is much briefer and tamer than fraternity "rush" - half the clubs just require interested sophs to sign a piece of paper to join, while the other half concentrate their interview process over a three-day period each february. finally, eating club parties are generally more open than frat parties. most parties are open to all princeton students (the rest to members and their guests), and none require any payment for admission or for a cup to drink from.</p>

<p>as for your other points. 1) generally only club officers live in the clubs - other members live in upperclass dorms on campus; 2) most clubs, as far as i know, do not hold regular meetings; 3) all types of people join specific eating clubs, but many clubs have large contingents from certain extracurricular activities. for example, cloister (a sign-in club) has a lot of swimmers, divers, and rowers, and tower (a bicker club) has a lot of daily princetonian writers and triangle club members, among others.</p>