<p>ok, so I'm kind of worried about going to Syracuse because I've heard that it's pretty much dominated by greek life and partying. I don't plan to rush and am not really a hard core party person. </p>
<p>So, I guess my question is: Will I be completely bored if I don't party?</p>
<p>I’m anxious about this matter too! Cuz I don’t party! (glad to know that I’m not the only person who doesn’t really party~) </p>
<p>Same question as jen2112!!!</p>
<p>Same! I’ve heard that you really just have to find a good group of friends who don’t really party and stick with them from day 1 and find other fun events on campus to go to.</p>
<p>Don’t you guys think you just made a group? :)</p>
<p>well, i’m glad there are other people who feel the same way!! i feel like the hard core party scene at syracuse is causing me to think twice about this school. </p>
<p>i hope all that i’m hearing and reading are wrong and that i can still have a life at syracuse without partying all the time.</p>
<p>Syracuse is definitely a party school. u will feel a little bit left out without partying or in greek life stuff. However, not everyone is a hardcore partier, you could go to Carousel mall to see a movie . To be honest, there is nothing better to do beside partying. Its suck to be a freshman coz you can’t have a car and your stuck on campus all the time. If you don’t wanna party, surely, u could stay at your dorm and watch movie with friends.</p>
<p>Like any big school there are different groups to hang with – party, greeks, athletics, academics. Everyone finds their niche and from my experience (albeit I graduated from SU some years back) there is something for everyone and there was never any pressure to do something that was out of character for an individual (unless you wanted to ;0)</p>
<p>Me and my wife met at school – she was in a sorority and I wasn’t. As with anything in a college environment, it is what you make of it and don’t be afraid to venture out on your own.</p>
<p>i definitely am not a party person. but are there clubs (not night clubs)? i heard somewhere that there were a bunch of different clubs like for different ethnicities and so forth.</p>
<p>There is greek life…but SU is hardly a party school in comparison to others. People do other stuff than party all the time, I doubt it will dominate your life. SU and partying is wayy overblown. What do you actually like to do …let me see if I can steer you in the correct direction</p>
<p>can u join a frat and NOT be as hardcore on the party scene as others?
also, what are some typical stuff u gotta do to pledge @ SU frats</p>
<p>I’m a Freshman at Syracuse and I’m also not a big party person one of my main concerns was that I wouldn’t make friends since I didn’t party, but that really isn’t the case. In the beginning of the year they do icebreaker activities for pretty much anything you do (dorms, class, advising etc) so unless you isolate yourself in the beginning of the year you won’t be left out. Eventually you’ll find you’re group of friends to hang out with and do other things than party. There are free bus rides to the mall which has a movie theater and food court there are also plenty of clubs/groups to join on campus to keep you active. I have a habit of picking friends who are really different from myself so I have some friends who party a lot in fact two of my closest friends are pledging right now. As for the frats they are really secretive about what you have to do. I’ve overheard my friends talking about and a few things that they’ve had to do is walk in the snow barefoot, walk the frat members dogs at 7AM in a suit the day after a blizzard, and run a certain distance back to campus they also have to clean up after parties</p>
<p>Yess, I also don’t drink any.</p>
<p>Syracuse social scene is very much dominated by Greek life. However, there is literally a fraternity and sorority for everyone–I never thought I would join one and ended up loving mine. It is hard to find parties that aren’t Greek affiliated.</p>
<p>The question is though, if you don’t join the greek scene are you still welcome at those parties or activities. </p>
<p>Some schools seem to indicate their fraternities and sororities are fairly exclusionary and others indicate as long as you are invited to go with some one greek you are included. Obviously the later is preferred by those who don’t feel motivated to be part of an organized greek group.</p>
<p>In my experience, I felt that not joining Greek life makes you feel very unwelcome in social settings. This is obviously just me though.</p>
<p>At SU, you can only rush a sorority or fraternity in your second semester of freshmen year or later. Basically, your first semester you are not allowed to be in Greek life. There are pros and cons in this: obviously the pros are that you focus on your school work and find your own niche without formal recruitment. However, the con is that you naturally develop stereotypes for all the houses you may have liked had you rushed first semester. I found my social life changed dramatically once I joined a sorority, and the same went for my guy friends who joined fraternities.</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, I had a great social life first semester, but it was nothing comparable to second. First semester was when I considered transferring cause I did not feel too welcome at 'Cuse.</p>
<p>There are a lot of events set up by or near campus, many for free, so you could go with friends or meet people there. David Sedaris came recently for example. There are also open mic nights where you could hear or play some music. There are art galleries, films, the theater. Or try cross-country skiing or join the downhill club. Look at the flyers around campus and find events that interest you. Then you will meet people who have similar interests.</p>
<p>SU also has a strong volunteer program, so there are always volunteer activities you can participate in such as Habitat for Humanity or any of the other organizations. You can then feel good about helping people as well as having fun and making friends.</p>
<p>There are so many school clubs, surely one of them will interest you, and there are all types of people on campus, not just the partiers.</p>