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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually don’t think the bicker clubs should be abolished in that they are sort of the cultural heart and soul of the school. [b]But they are a reason someone may not want to go there[/b]. A silver lining of being unable to get into Princeton is not having to deal with this crap. [/quote]
This is the position that my child is currently in.

Can a student truly feel included and welcome at Princeton?   Or will that student be ostracized if they refuse to conform? Someone informed me that some eating clubs reject students base on socio-economic status, race, culture, religion, etc.  Is this type of discrimination accepted at Princeton?

I want to know can a student have a healthy and great social life at Princeton without joining an eating club?   Or do eating clubs dominate the social scene at Princeton? [/quote]

They can join an “open” eating club that just accepts who sign up members without requiring them to “bicker” (which is basically like an audition or rush where the current members vet prospective members).

In addition, all students are automatically assigned to a residential college for their first two years and eat at the dining halls attached to those colleges.  Some kids who don’t want to join an eating club as juniors and seniors just stay affiliated with their residential college and continue to take their meals there.

And other students become “independents” and live in university forms that have their own kitchens and cook for themselves, like plenty of kids at other universities.

So you can absolutely have a healthy and great social life without joining a “selective” eating club.  You won’t be ostracized in any way, but you may be reminded periodically of the anachronistic social stratification that the administration continues to tolerate. [/quote]

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