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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The impact of the clubs on social life cannot be understated. There is much that is negative about it. On the other hand, without the clubs, the school has no culture [/quote]

Another thing to consider is that they don't join until 2nd semester sophomore year, the uncertainty of which club you can join and whether you'll get a spot at the club you'd like.  DC had a friend that didn't get into an eating club he hoped to join with friends and that negatively affected his junior & senior years.  There seemed to be a lot riding on it in terms of one's community and social life.[/quote]

I don’t know if things have changed but about half the kids get dinged from the clubs they bicker. It’s relatively humiliating because you then land at a non bicker club. What is humiliating is that not only were you rejected (on the basis of personality or lack thereof) but you don’t even have the excuse of wanting to avoid the stupid system in the first place like kids who went straight to the non-bicker clubs. So it’s like you were a loser first for wanting to be part of the bicker system and then again for being deemed unworthy. It’s a lot for a kid who defied the odds to get into an elite institution like Princeton in the first place to handle. And then you spend 2.5 years avoiding all the people who rejected you (and them avoiding you). [/quote]

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