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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who go to Princeton seem to love Princeton more than the other two.[/quote]

I chatted with Michelle Obama once and she disagreed. And my ex always regretted that her parents made her choose Princeton over Cornell. The eating club things seems awful to me, so I'm on team not-Princeton unless your kid is sure it's his first choice.[/quote]

Do you actually have any experience with the eating clubs?

It really bugs me when this becomes a reflexive criticism, often by people who really don’t know what it means.

The “eating club thing” varies tremendously depending on which club you are talking about.  Some are pretty exclusive and not my cup of tea, or likely yours.  But more than half are not exclusive at all.  If you want to join, you simply sign up.  The only reason you wouldn’t get in is if they had room for 100 people and 110 signed up, and then it would be chosen by lottery.  Enforcing fire codes is very exclusionary, but sometimes has to happen.

You can also make the club as much or as little of your life as you want.  For some people, it is a social focus.  For others, it’s mostly meals and occasional special events.  And about 15% of people choose not to join, although at most clubs they can still attend almost all events/parties.

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