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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]That description of eating clubs wasn’t accurate even decades ago. Only a few of them are selective.[/quote]

Selective “bicker clubs”:Tiger Inn, Ivy, Cap, Tower, Cannon, Cottage. That’s six.

There are eleven eating clubs total. The majority are selective.
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f you have an issue with the eating clubs at Princeton, I assume you also have an issue with the secret societies, final clubs, and fraternities and sororities at other Ivies and universities.
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Absolutely do. But the difference is these other schools don’t have a 70% participation rate in their flavor of frat/sorority. Princeton is dominated by it. [/quote]

So, does that mean if 100% of Princeton wanted to join an Eating Club, then they could at least be part of the other five that are not selective?

I am not aware of another school that even has remotely the capacity for 70% of the school to join a Sorority/Fraternity.  I am also not aware of any school that has open fraternity/sororities with their own house that throw parties, offer meals, etc.

At most schools...maybe 30-40% has any opportunity to join a fraternity / sorority.  The fact that Princeton has capacity for 70% is actually fairly astounding.[/quote]

No, most of the clubs are at capacity, and with the increase in class size in 2022, the percentage of Princeton upperclassmen who can join a club will go down. Some juniors and seniors willingly stay in residential colleges, or join co-ops, and a very few move off campus. It's a messy situation, as the university relies on the clubs to feed the majority of the upperclassmen. It's absolutely something that kids and parents looking at Pton should think about-- do I want to be in a club, and if not, do I want to be in a minority of my classmates?[/quote]

There are currently several clubs with capacity. You are not answering the PP’s questions honestly. [/quote]

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