Hi! i’m looking at princeton as my dream school (I’m going into senior year fall 2017). I love everything about it, except the eating clubs- i’m not quite sure what they are and I’m a bit skeptical about them and their prominence on campus. I’m not big on greek life and I really don’t want a school where all social life surrounds on elite “clubs”. Any advice/opinions would be appreciated!
If you use the search feature you’ll find a lot of discussion concerning eating clubs. The bottom line is that they really aren’t a big deal that will influence your social life one way or the other. Some students join them, many others don’t, but all students are welcome to attend festivities at the clubs. My son joined one and his girlfriend joined a different one but in the big picture the clubs weren’t that important to their Princeton experience.
I think it would be inaccurate to compare them to the Greek system because 1) you don’t “rush” freshman year and 2) they’re coed.