Eating Clubs Question

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>I visited Princeton on Monday -- it was very beautiful in the rain, so it must be absolutely gorgeous in the sun!</p>

<p>My parents and I walked down the street with all the eating clubs by the Woodrow Wilson school ( I am quite interested in WW) and we have a question.</p>

<p>We picked up a Daily Princetonian newspaper and there was this article in it:</p>

<p>Ivy</a> takes only 6 in fall Bicker - The Daily Princetonian</p>

<p>It gives the results of the selection process for the various clubs. It seems some are quite selective, accepting less than half of the kids who apply.</p>

<p>Can you apply to more than one club at a time? What happens to kids who are rejected, are they limited to the other big dining halls? Does financial aid cover all of the club costs?</p>

<p>Also, I understand that the center of social life on the weekends is these clubs. If you get rejected by a club, it is sort of weird to go there for a party? It would seem uncomfortable to me.</p>

<p>I am finding the process of college selection and admissions so grueling, I am not so sure I would be up for another round of "Am I pretty enough?" so soon. The system is so different from all of the peer schools I have looked at -- do people generally like it?</p>

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<p>So long as you know someone who knows someone you’ll get in on the weekends. And it’s really not a weird thing to go into a club you don’t belong to; if you had the time to see eating clubs on the weekends first-hand yourself I’m sure you would understand what I mean (basically they become wild party houses).</p>

<p>Plus bicker only affects a handful of the eating clubs. On top of that, lots of kids don’t even get involved in that system (though they’ll still go there on weekends - see above). The negativity surrounding them is pretty overblown.</p>

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<p>well if you’re interested in WW then you’ve got to go through another around of “am I pretty enough” anyway. WW is about as selective as the bicker clubs. That being said-- I wouldn’t worry too much about bicker. I didn’t get into the club that I had bickered, but I still went and hung out there sometimes. I actually grew to love the club that I signed into and, in retrospect, am thrilled that I didn’t get into the first club.</p>