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If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday, it's probably to finish the physics lab report due on Wednesday. On weekends you either study or decide to slack off and not do your homework. Saturday nights that don't involve drinking are bowling in the city (with a large group) and the hooka bar. People don't party very often. Students generally leave the doors open in the dorms.

Activities are big here....PERIOD!!! If you're not in some organization or part of some activity then there's something wrong with you. With over 250 clubs and organizations, you've got to find someone else who likes what you like. Whether it's the Case wine and cheese club or the aikido club or the hip hop dance team, or one of the many cultural organizations. Freshman year is crucial...take advantage of the social ties formed. Your freshman dorm is when you leave your door open, or randomly walk down the hall to speak with the person in room 230 or attend your building's mixer to meet people and eat free food. Thats when you begin to discover who you like and who you'll plan on being around for the rest of your 4 yrs. Frats and Sororities are pretty important. I think the numbers say that 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the campus are involved in greek life.... and the greeks hold a lot of events here on campus so i would say that the frat scene is pretty "happenin" (i know...dorky word choice). The dating scene.....barely exists...PERIOD!!.....well at least for those of us who have "different" standards

A third of the campus is greek. It is a huge deal hear at Case. Case has a very lenient housing program. Freshman year my floor was coed with separate bathrooms. Most people leave doors open or hang out in the common area. Sophomore year, I lived in a co-ed suite. 3 guys, 3 girls and one bathroom. Worked pretty well. You can always choose to live with all one gender. There is no real curfew for the dorms and there are no sign in desks in the dorms. But, I always feel safe on campus. Campus is in cleveland so there is a huge amount to do besides drink. Theaters, bowling alleys, lots of restaurants, athletic events. Little Italy is within walking distance of Case so that means lots of pasta, cannolis and gelato

The most popular organization on campus is definitely Greek Life; over 30 percent of campus is Greek. Most of the parties and friend connections grow out of Greek affiliation, but at the same time, there is no real cut-throat competition. We're all Greeks = we're all in this together. In fact, our Greek Life system has won national awards for the past 5 or so years. I'd say the next best time to meet friends is that first month of freshman year; after that, you're soft of stuck with the same friends for the rest of your time here (not that that's a bad thing!). But rely on your floormates/suitemates to keep you occupied of weeknights - there isn't much of a party scene on Wednesday nights since everyone is so bogged down with homework. Athletics are not super important to the school (yet), but school spirit is increasing and as our teams win more, we get more excited. I wouldn't be surprised if athletics were a huge part of the social scene within 5 or so years.

Case has an active social life, it is just often over looked because the nerds who stay in all night tends to scare people away from looking for anything to do. We have many school clubs and organizations, you get involved in pretty much anything you want to. There is plenty to do if you actually get off your butt and go do it, you can't expect the fun to come to you door step. There are many frat parties, and off campus parties.

CWRU has had a reputation for being, well there's no other way to say it, lame. I was fully expecting this when I arrived way back in 2005 and had relegated myself to a dull 4 years. Fortunately, there seems to be a renaissance of sorts occurring on campus. Since I have been here, there has been a huge increase in the number of events whether they be student organized or sponsored by the programming board (concerts, etc.). If you know where to look, there is more than enough to do. Greek Life is big (33{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the campus is involved) but like much of CWRU, it differs from the norm. The Greek Life system here has been rated one of the best in the country for promoting the values of Greek Life and it shows. I'm in a fraternity and it has been a great experience. Of course it's not for everyone but Animal House seems much more a fantasy than a reality at Case. I won't lie though, much of the party scene does revolve around fraternities. Case has a bad rep for being a little unbalanced in the gender arena (about 55:45). It's getting better but there's no easy way to say this, if you are a guy, you are in the majority and therefore your chances at finding a date are reduced, sometimes severely. This also depends on your major as there are actually more girls in the humanities but in some the engineering disciplines I've heard horror stories of classes with 60 guys and 1 girl.

No one is going to hold your hand and get you involved. To be happy with this school you need to do that for yourself. The people who leave after their first year are the ones who never made an effort. If you try even a little though you will find something.

Social life.. well, you have to meet the right people otherwise you will not have one. However, there are many things to do in and around Cleveland if you are bored. The Grog Shop is approximately a mile away from campus and is home to a pretty sweet concert venue. Below that is a club called the B-Side Liquor Lounge (aka B-side or The B) that has an 18+ indie dance night every Sunday that I frequent quite often. Both of these places find their home in Coventry Village which is a few blocks of area where the cool, hip, and underground hang out. It houses an amazing restaurant, Tommy's, that serves primarily vegetarian and vegan food and makes the best milkshakes in Cleveland.

I am a member of the Greek Community, which makes up about 1/3 of the undergraduate student body. I am proud to be a member of Phi Kappa Psi, one of 18 social fraternities on campus. Greek Life here is not your stereotypical Big 10 environment - students don't play beer pong on the lawn, there are no date rape allegations, and so far as I know there is no hazing. Greek Life is my favorite part of student life on campus - there are parties, some of which are wet and many of which are dry. More importantly it gives you a chance to live with a large group of people and make life long friends, many of my best friends are my fraternity brothers. However, I do have a social life outside of the fraternity - but Case is definitely what you make of it. If you are looking for a school with non-stop drinking and parties, try OSU.

A lof of people participate in fraternities and sororities because you have no friends if you don't, and business students are encouraged to join the accounting fraternity. There's also a lot of religious and ethnic groups that people belong to, so it kind of separates the student body. Case is not a very social place at all. Nobody leaves their door open in the dorms because no one talks to eachother or cares about anyone else, so it's hard to make friends. Most people make friends at orientation and that's who they hang out with. Either you're a nerd that plays videogames with other nerds, or you like to party and you meet people that way. There's no room for anyone in the middle, so you are left freindless.