<p>All,</p>
<p>You enthusiastic posters, here's my question disenterred from another thread:</p>
<p>Current students, I too am very curious. I graduated from Princeton over 25 years ago when the ratio of males to females was still 5:1. Eating clubs were single sex, some of them. School was still very white and very privileged. But it was the best intellectual experience of my life. And I still have friends from those days.</p>
<p>Please, please, please chime in. What is it like politically? Between young men and young women? Where do people hang out? Do they always drink? Answers highly appreciated by a fellow Tiger. If you don't already know, when a fellow Tiger asks, you do your best to help out</p>
<p>from sibling and other relatives</p>
<p>princeton is more conservative than other ivies, meaning that it isn't overwhelmingly democratic, ive heard about 60% democratic so its pretty evenly split. i dont really understand the question about men and women but many of my brother's friends are girls and men and women arent like separated/segregated at princeton. they associate and most hang out and interact with each other in clubs, residential colleges, and other on-campus activities. a lotta people just hang out at school, occasionally going to NYC or philly to see a concert or two or just to meet up, however, as an upperclassmen most hang out at eating clubs. parties are big at princeton and they are the "in" things to do. there are a good number of students that dont drink, but obviously, like at every other college, there will be students that do. alcohol is not present at all the parties, but many of them do have it (since many upperclassmen are older than 21)</p>
<p>social life is at princeton is probably the best outta all the ivies. im am definitely not an introvert, i hang out with my friends almost everyday (after being accepted i dont really do anything anymore). princeton was a much more "open and friendly" campus than any other school i visited. everyone was cheery and nice whereas at brown most people looked dead/tired, harvard people were shy/introverted and yale people were really arrogant/cocky.</p>
<p>What I mean by men and women is - do people tend to gravitate towards long-term relationships or is it more casual? Does Princeton still important women from southern women's colleges for parties? Is there an overall culture of respect for women or lack of respect for women? It is possible that it is just the same at Princeton as anywhere else with a large population of 17-22 year olds. Or it might be different.</p>
<p>Sad to say, there is a lot of "hooking-up" on campus due to its prevalence in popular culture. I've seen a good number of long-term relationships as well. There's no overt sexism against women -- students will still make jokes in jest, but women more than hold their own at Princeton now, from running eating clubs to a cappella groups to dominating a plethora of activities. Because of that, it's extremely hard to show disrepect for women when the campus is so full of successful ones.</p>
<p>And there is no longer any importing of women for parties. Some guys will bring friends, but parties are generally princeton guys and girls.</p>
<p>From what I understand, the social scene at Princeton (at least the weekend party one) revolves around the Street. Does that get old really quickly?</p>