<p>Is everyone really studious here or are there parties and Greek life and drinking?</p>
<p>Of course there are parties. It’s college. Kids are studious because it’s a good school with smart kids, but people also have fun. I would say a lot of that fun tends to be more around activities, clubs and the like, meaning you have friends with shared interests, but it is a college.</p>
<p>There are definitely parties, but there is also a large segment of students that don’t do much partying choosing instead to socialize in clubs and activities as mentioned by Lergmom. I don’t have stats, but the latter might be the majority based upon my guy’s experiences (he’s a sophomore now). You should be able to find stats about Greek enrollment. Many of the parties are with that group.</p>
<p>In general, it’s college - there are many different types. I imagine all can find their niche.</p>
<p>As Lergnom and Creekland have said–UR has both: studious students and Greek life with parties.</p>
<p>The two aren’t mutually exclusive! (D2 was both a member of a sorority and a serious student who graduated with highest honors.)</p>
<p>About 1/3 of the students go Greek, but there are still tons of things to do on campus that don’t involve frat parties on Saturday night. </p>
<p>I want parties and Greek life but I also want an academic school, is this he place for me?</p>
<p>@Fencer123 I would think you’d be happy. My guy (the non-partier) is friends with those who party and some do quite well in their classes (others do not). Some of his friends are also Greek - they invited him to their frat… he declined as he has so much else going on with clubs, dance, intermurals, lab work, etc, but as WayOutWestMom said, the two groups aren’t exclusive.</p>
<p>What he has (recently) told me is that there is little pity for those who skip classes or recitations or study groups due to frequent partying. Don’t expect others to share notes or invite you “in” if you’re in that group - slacking off assuming the others will pick up your share. Otherwise, it’s not a cut throat environment and working together trying for all to succeed is pretty common in his circle. </p>
<p>Environment-wise, it’s pretty much a “live and let live” with choices one makes on whether to party or not (aside from the “slackers”).</p>
<p>I think the question might be whether there is the partying type of social life apart from the Greek scene. Yes, there are a ton of activities and students have social lives through those, but if a kid is interested in semi-regular college parties with some drinking and dating or whatever, are they going to find that if they don’t join a frat or sorority? I think this is the social life question some may want answered, and in fact it is a question I am interested in with a daughter halfway through her 2nd semester.</p>
<p>People go to parties. A number of kids live off campus, many just across the river and others in neighborhood like South Wedge. </p>
<p>I asked my guy and he told me that, yes, there are parties kids go to - some on a regular basis - others just sometimes. There’s definitely dating, etc. If one wants drinking (or pot), like pretty much all campuses, it’s there.</p>
<p>D went to parties at UR. When offered a drink, she said no thanks and guess what—THEY OFFERED HER A SODA!!! Seriously, if you don’t drink, it’s totally OK. If someone thinks you’re less of a person because you don’t drink, then they’re aren’t worth of your friendship. Not every college situation is straight out of Animal House!</p>
<p>(End of rant by old guy)</p>
<p>definitely the place for you. im involved in greek life and i can tell you theres plenty of drinking and partying if you want it. the academic environment is intense and so are the students, so you can choose to have fun and party but nobody would ever judge you for going to the library on a Friday night. Thursday nights are Bar party nights in the city (basically a cross between a club and a bar) that you have to be 18+ to go. they’re hosted by the sororities. in the beginning theres open frat parties every weekend, but youll find if you really want to have a fun, social schedule with always options to go out then you should join a Greek organization because as the year goes on more parties start to be closed or at least start off as closed parties for Greek members</p>
<p>So what TYPES of social activities and clubs are there and are popular? Any that you guys or your kids have tried there that have been amazing experiences? </p>
<p>[url=<a href="http://www.rochester.edu/studentlife/clubs.html]Here’s[/url">http://www.rochester.edu/studentlife/clubs.html]Here’s[/url</a>] a place to do some research about this.</p>
<p>I don’t want to go into details because they would be too identifying for the kids and I don’t want to talk about them that specifically, but yeah there have been some amazing experiences </p>