<p>So, who gets into the clubs that bicker? Is there a sterotype? Is this stereotype founded? Tell me, is it a bunch of WASPS?</p>
<p>Each of the five bicker clubs has a different reputation, and without going into the dangers of overgeneralization, yes, each attracts a certain set of students; this set varies from club to club. This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule though – bicker clubs are not automatically “a bunch of WASPS”, nor do you have to be a WASP to get into one.</p>
<p>Are any engineers in eating clubs?</p>
<p>what are the stereotypes of each individual club? and how hard is it to get into each?</p>
<p>do the majority of people who want to get in, get in?</p>
<p>I heard they were realllyyy expensive, like $10,000+ a year or something. Not exactly sure for what, though.</p>
<p>if you’re on financial aid, that covers it
but i do that they are very very elitist and a lot of decisions/acceptances into some of the clubs are solely based on legacy, money, and connections that you have.</p>
<p>but i do know that…*</p>
<p>The non-bicker clubs are NOT elitist, and I would argue that several bicker clubs are not either.</p>
<p>Most engineers are in Charter.</p>
<p>The most WASPy club is probably Ivy.</p>
<p>financial aid does not cover the entire cost of eating clubs. It covers the average eating club price (somewhere around 6k) but does not include social fees or anything like that. And remember, alcohol is expensive, and those social fees are paying for it!</p>
<p>tomjonesistheman: Yes, engineers are in eating clubs. People don’t really make distinctions between engineers and non-engineers.</p>
<p>collegelookin: How “hard” it is to get into each club depends on who you are. Each club has several “types” and “affiliations”. For instance, being on the varsity basketball team basically gets you into Cottage. However, if you want to do Ivy, it’s basically worthless - not to say that they would necessarily reject you (esp. since varsity athletes often possess the same traits that bicker clubs are looking for in members, like being confident and outgoing), but one doesn’t “gain” anything in the Ivy bicker process by being a basketball player. </p>
<p>Every year, over 60% of everyone who bickers gets in. </p>
<p>tristan101, natim1: This year, I believe financial aid covered $7,000. The average total cost of an eating club (incl. fees) was about $8,100.</p>
<p>rizzledizzle: You’re not going to be accepted on the basis of legacy and/or money unless you’re like obscenely rich (I know rich kids who’ve been hosed multiple times) or your dad is on the club grad board. Obviously, this doesn’t happen very often.</p>
<p>Can someone tell me about Tower? Because if I get accepted, I’d like to look at that one. It seems rather classy and down to earth at the same time.</p>
<p>That’s only my limited website-only impression.</p>
<p>Tower is a combination of Woody Woo/politics people (although some conservatives gravitate to Charter) and Theatre folk.</p>
<p>Some call it the toolshed.</p>
<p>Tower’s website says, “It’s hard to stereotype Tower.” Definitely not true. Tower, while overflowing with theater/performing arts people, also has sizable Jewish and Indian minorities. It’s pretty liberal and politically correct compared to the other bicker clubs (except for Ivy, which is also generally liberal). Tower also has a lot of RCAs and people who write for the Prince. These people, along with the Woody Woo majors, comprise a substantial portion of what are sometimes known as “Tower Tools.”</p>
<p>A key feature of Tower bicker is that discussions are “positive-only” - meaning that, once you go home after bicker and the members are discussing who to accept, they’re not allowed to stand up and say bad things about you.</p>
<p>ray: <a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/pr/aid/pdf/club_0910.pdf[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/pr/aid/pdf/club_0910.pdf</a> is that figure the total eating club fee? or just the meal part? Princeton’s own website says it does not cover the club social fees or housing fees.</p>
<p>natim1: $6,960 is the average club board rate, which excludes social fees, house fees, and “milk money.” Regardless of what club you join, if you’re on Financial Aid, the University works $6,960 into their calculation of your family contribution for the year. In other words, if you join a club that happens to cost less than $6,960 total including fees (there are one or two clubs like this), then your family will pay no more junior/senior year than they did your freshman/sophomore year.</p>
<p>You may find this page about the clubs, updated each January (although it hasn’t been updated yet this year), to be interesting. </p>
<p><a href=“https://weblamp.princeton.edu/ppf/?page=sophomores&sub=aboutclubs[/url]”>https://weblamp.princeton.edu/ppf/?page=sophomores&sub=aboutclubs</a></p>
<p>hahahahahahhahaha you call it “milk money” too?! omg!</p>
<p>When I was a student…many years ago…</p>
<p>Although Financial Aid covered a good portion of the Eating Club cost, most of the juniors and seniors who were not in Eating Clubs (Independent) tended to be those on Financial Aid. It is much much cheaper to eat on your own than to join an Eating Club. I know in my case, I would never have asked my parents for the money to spend on an Eating Club. They needed it way more than I did. </p>
<p>You could work in the dining halls, eat for free and get other meals around town. I wonder how much this has changed.</p>
<p>is the eating club system unique to princeton?</p>
<p>neonseri: Harvard has final clubs, which are similar. There are also eating houses at Davidson and eating clubs at Stanford, although I think those are different in some fundamental ways.</p>
<p>soomoo: Yeah I think that, although more people on Financial Aid are now in clubs, independent people still tend to be those on FA.</p>