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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The overwhelming majority of posts on this thread is ridiculous.  The reasons given by parents and students alike for writing off schools are silly.  [/quote]

I am sorry you are not enjoying this thread - I sure am. I love the multiple takes on different campuses, some of which I have never been to, and am laughing at the funny things kids see or don't see in a visit.  Good perspective, all with a grain of salt. [/quote]

Agree!  Pp who’s FIL loved the Princeton eating clubs here. I told DH about the eating club hate on this thread and he lol because his dad talks incessantly about how great they were.

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I still do NOT understand what is meant by an “eating club.”  [b]Could someone please explain?
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I think they are social clubs.

How Princeton's are described:
The eating clubs at Princeton University are private institutions resembling both dining halls and social houses, where the majority of Princeton upperclassmen eat their meals. Princeton's eating clubs are the primary setting in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1920 debut novel, This Side of Paradise, and the clubs appeared prominently in the 2004 novel The Rule of Four. Princeton undergraduates have their choice of eleven eating clubs. Seven clubs—Cannon Club, Cap and Gown Club, Princeton Tower Club, The Ivy Club, Charter Club, Tiger Inn and University Cottage Club—choose their members through a selective process called "bicker", involving an interview process, though the actual deliberations are secret. Four clubs— Cloister Inn, Colonial Club, Quadrangle Club, and Terrace Club—are non-selective "sign-in" clubs, with members chosen through a lottery process. While many upperclassmen (third- and fourth-year students) at Princeton take their meals at the eating clubs, the clubs are private institutions and are not officially affiliated with Princeton University.

Davidson has something similar, but they seem less exclusive:
Eating Houses are a unique Davidson tradition centered around social gatherings and shared meals. Eating houses undergo a self-selection process, where students rank houses in order of preference and an algorithm assigns them an eating house affiliation—removing the pressures of rush from the process.

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