<p>I know that Penn is often deemed "a social ivy" but honestly besides Cornell that isnt really saying much... i am very interested in a rigorous college but it is important to me to have an active social life as well.. especially as an outlet for all that stress! Can anyone give me an accurate, somewhat descriptive summary of Penn social life? typical weekends? greek life? does philly over other fun nightlife options?</p>
<p>agreed
bumpy</p>
<p>active frat parties 4x/week to the point of ambulances working all night, rescuing idiots from alcohol poisoning. People walking around well into the wee hours of the morning to and from parties.</p>
<p>other events: nice dinners at local restaurants with different clubs, some of the recruiting events are really nice (I was at a reception where we had a hotel reception area booked, everyone in business formal, cocktails and refreshments served and light jazz in the background --my sort of social event ;))</p>
<p>And ofc just hanging out with your friends at different scenic locations around campus (top of high rise with breath-taking view of philly skyline at night, the nipple in the quad, etc)</p>
<p>edit: Forgot to mention expensive, nice restaurants and shopping in downtown area. Heard of plenty of people raving but didn’t get a chance to go yet.</p>
<p>Question about Greek life. Are there any tasteful sororities that don’t just focus on partying all the time? I want to join a sorority that will help me grow closer with my sisters and give me the support I need during college.</p>
<p>know nothing of sororities but all greeks will pitch it to you that way. I’m completely disenfranchised with them, however, because most of their social events tend to end up being binge drinking parties. I imagined social drinking --not drinking for the sole purpose of becoming intoxicated.</p>
<p>it’s really cliche, but there’s always something going on, to the extent that there are so many things I want to do, but I don’t have time (this also has to do with me joining too many clubs, but yeah).
sororities don’t host the ‘frat parties’ you hear about (they do have things like crush parties but that’s different) so they’re definitely more than just ‘partying all the time.’ though I don’t really know about them personally</p>
<p>do you really call yourself hot? anyway, you don’t have to beat around the bush, you want to know if you can get ****ed up at penn. the answer is yes. now maybe you should re-consider what’s important in a $250,000+ education, even if mommy and daddy have you covered.</p>
<p>Wait like actuallly who do you think you are? You don’t know me so please don’t judge me. I chose UPenn because I love the engineering program as well as many of their other academic offerings. If you can honestly tell me that social life literally had/has NO impact on your college decision, then I’m thoroughly surprised.</p>
<p>I lol’d at that </p>
<p>My friend who currently attends UPenn told me this</p>
<p>“State school partying, ivy league academics”</p>
<p>and that’s all I needed to hear…</p>
<p>Some of the frats and sororities are serious- you can usually tell by their initiation process. You can also choose not to live there if you’re not interested in serious partying.</p>
<p>Penn has wonderful social options. You will have fun if you want to have fun. You will meet people just right for you if you want to meet people just right for you.</p>
<p>And, re: “Social Ivy” - if you’re interested in partying and reducing stress etc., yes, you have plenty of that. On the other hand, if you want to spend the whole night at Van Pelt, you will not be alone.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. Penn has everything for everyone.</p>
<p>Penn is what you make of it. I’ve regularly gone out (ie. frat parties, downtown, etc) 5-6 nights a week since coming here, but my roommate for example only goes out about once a month max. If you want to go out you’ll find something to do. The scene does die down quite a lot during midterms though.</p>
<p>I think the “state school partying” is a little misleading. I transferred to Penn from a state school and trust me the partying at Penn is much more low key. However, I personally prefer the partying scene at Penn to that of my former state school. There everyone went out seven days a week for the entire night. At Penn, there is a great balance between having fun and working hard.</p>
<p>Some friends and I are visiting UPenn either Friday or Saturday (we’re from nearby schools) because we heard the parties are amazing and our party scenes are pretty much dead. Can anybody give me information? For example, where is frat row? Which frats are having parties? Do you need to know people to get in? Even if you’re a girl? etc…I’d seriously be eternally grateful…</p>
<p>anywhere along walnut, locust or spruce and between 40th and 45th. personally i find fridays a bit dull. saturday nights are slightly better. juts follow the crowds and music, you’ll see loads of people walking in huge groups. usually girls get in fine altho there was this frat that flipped the tables once and only allowed guys in. </p>
<p>and speaking of frats, they really do range a lot here. you ahve social, business, and service frats. so technically, you can be in three frats but tht would be kind of crazy because they are big time commitments. the social ones are usually the party ones. i think there are frats around that only allow you to pledge if you have a gpa of 3.8+ or smth. so when we say theres smth for everyone, there really is.</p>