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[quote=Anonymous][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]

So half or more than half the kids are in clubs where there is no bicker system. They are randomly assigned. The kids in those clubs often really enjoy the experience. They are not the socially competitive kids. The socially competitive kids gravitate to the bicker system. I would say your kid would be fine if he or she is not the type to care about being part of the cool kid scene. This would be the same at a university that had a strong frat scene.

I wouldn’t not go to Princeton because of this.

As far as the bicker clubs being racist etc, they probably still skew more white than the overall student population but even 25-30 years ago they were somewhat diverse. Obviously 70-100 years ago they were unfriendly to Jews and so forth. Check out Gate Crashers [/quote]

One caveat - I believe the sign-in clubs allow groups up to a certain size to join together.  So if you have a group of friends, you can sign up to join a club together and then there could be a lottery depending on the available number of spaces at different clubs.  Either way you don’t have to put on a big show to impress the members you “belong” like you would at a club like Ivy or Cap. [/quote]

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