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Conn's social life is evolving every year. Some of the most popular events on campus are : Floralia, Festivus, Winter Formal, Sports games, Diwali and some other events. Even if you don't come to Conn Floralia is something that you have to experience. It is a day of outdoor concerts and drinking, and it is the best day of the year!

Everything is surrounding drinking and hooking up

Club Rugby is one of the most watched sport. The teams have a bit of a reputation for being fraternities. Ski Team is the best because its coed. Doors are sometimes open, depends on ht dorm. Atheletic events are not popular because we suck, except for soccer and the ConnColl-Coast Guard hockey game. No frats on campus, thank God! Last weekend was Floralia, honestly the greatest event of your life. Everyone brings their furniture out on the green and spends the day hanging out and drinking(if they so choose). On a Saturday night you can go to an event hosted by a club or a dance. If you have a car you can go to a bar downtown or one of the casinos. What do students expect to do at 11pm on a Saturday? I never understood that. I come from a small town where everything closes at 9, after that you hang out in someones room. The fact that we have events, dances, and food allows you to get out of your dorm, but I never understood what people do on big campuses or in cities.

My favorite activities are the comedy shows or theater shows. I'm not really drawn to the guest speakers, although I hear that there are many great examples. Dances are popular, but there should be better themed dances. People party a lot, sometimes too much, which can be a little annoying. It is possible to have fun without drinking, such as going to a dance, going off-campus, or creating fun within one's room. I met one of my best friends at an improv-comedy workshop and I met another on a bus to a beach trip. A game was recently set up called Humans Vs. Zombies which did a really great job with allowing students to interract with other students and find similar interests. Unfortunately, this game was set up towards the end of the year, when many seniors are graduating, so hopefully they'll set up another game at the beginning of next year.

There are a lot of clubs to get involved with and I suggest you do because you can meet a lot of friends through them. I do club lacrosse and it is so much fun. The club sports are much less competitive than the varsity sports, but they still play other schools. People attend the theater events and musical events as much as the athletic events so it is nice that students attend everything and support everry aspect of the school. I met my closest friends through my dorm and lacrosse. People usually party twice a week, on Thursday and Friday. We have camelypics (interdorm competitions) and floralia (music festival) every year and they are widely attended and rerally looked forward to. There are usually events going on however, that are fun sober as well.

Weekends are saved for parties and drinking. Thursday and Saturday nights are the big party nights, and it is not difficult at all to drink if you want, and the punishments are not that harsh if you are caught drinking underage. However, if you do not want to drink, there are plenty of things going on that do not involve alcohol. There are always campus events on the weekends, and many students just hang out. There is also a substance-free dorm and a couple of floors that are sub-free. I live in the sub-free dorm and don't plan on leaving for a while. Living here, it is always easy to find somebody that wants to have some sober fun. We have smoothie parties, movie nights, game nights, go to dances, or head to town. The other wonderful thing about this dorm is that it does not feel like an institution. All the dorms have their own character, but in many of them, you never get to know your neighbor. In my dorm though, most people open their doors, at least once in a while. I know everyone by name and have had a conversation with most of them. The campus is pretty quiet Sunday through Wednesday, and while most people are up late, they are just struggling to get their work done. Come Thursday, though, the scene drastically changes and there are things going on everywhere.

A lot of people play sports because it is such a small school. Those who dont play sports probably work out. I am involved with Habitat for Humanity. People in the club can do a local build on saturdays and we go on a trip over spring break. Athletic events are becoming more popular. There is some dating on campus and a lot of hooking up. My closest friends are my teamates and my freshman year roomates. If im awake at 2am on tuesday im studying or possibly partying but probably not. I also could be up taking with friends. People party typically twice a week. However, there are some people who do three or four nights and some who dont party at all. Most people drink. No frats or soroities, sports teams take the place kinda. There is not much to do on saturday night if your not drinking.

My extracurricular of choice is a cappella music. I belong to a group called Vox Cameli (our pseudo-Latin meaning "voices of camels"). There are five other groups on campus, including the Conn Artists, the Williams Street Mix, and the CoCo Beaux. Each group has a concert in the fall and in the spring, and throughout the year there are a few concerts in which all the groups perform. Attendance is usually good, especially at the all-group shows. Conn doesn't have any fraternities or sororities, but in some ways allegiance to one a cappella group over another can include a similar sort of rivalry. Aside from the numerous a cappella groups, the Renewable Energy Club is probably the most visible organization on campus, and the events they put on are always well-attended. Twice a year they sponsor a Blackout Night, when everyone turns off their lights and hangs out outside listening to music, dancing, and saving energy. Students here definitely know how to have fun, and many students drink religiously every Thursday and Saturday night. I can honestly say, however, that it's possible to have a really good time on the weekends without drinking. There are dances almost every other weekend sponsored by the Student Activities Council, and most weekends it's hard to do everything there is to do. Between theater performances, dance shows, concerts, regular Thursday night dorm-sponsored activities, and special speakers, the campus community is alive with more things than students sometimes realize.

Students definitely left their doors open in the beginning of the year which helped everyone get to know each other. I suggest leaving your door open or just walking into an open door and introducing yourself. You have to be outgoing to meet people, they aren't just going to come to you! I met my closest friends in my dorm and on my swim team and in my orchestra group. People party twice a week, thursday and saturday nights. We don't have frats or sororities which is great!!!!!!!!

Some students leave their doors open to make socializing easier. Also, attending the athletic events and shows with friends is a popular activity. People party in their rooms or sometimes rooms are rented out for parties. Dances are also an easy way to have fun with your friends and still stay on campus.

For non-drinkers, there are usually dances on Thursday or Saturday night where alcohol is banned (but be warned, most people don't show up until they're already drunk!) There are also great theater performances and speakers.

I would say the majority of students are athletes, either for wellness reasons or competition. The students are very active and full of energy. The social scene revolves around alcohol, and those that do not do it are sometimes left to find other things to do besides party. Floralia is on Saturday, which should be really fun.

The most popular sports teams are soccer and basketball, but most people can play sports if they want to. I run xc and everyone gets to run no matter their level. There are no frats/sororities, and not a lot of apartment living. The parties are in people's rooms, or in common rooms where we are allowed to have kegs. The student government and social board organize events for the weekend, but usually they are all dances at our "student center" that isn't really a great student center to begin with. The dating scene doesn't even exist really, most people just hook up on weekends when they are drunk (which can lead to dangerous situations) and then don't talk ever again even though they see each other everywhere on campus because the school is so small. If you are awake on a Tuesday at 2am you are probably doing a paper or studying at Conn. There is not a lot going on on the weekends, except for Saturday night. Off campus you can go out to eat, go to bars, or a music show but you need a car.

Booze on Thursday and Saturday. A lot of booze but it's a cushy setting given we are all gated up. Not very hardcore.

There are so many activities on campus that it's been rare when i've been bored. However, if there was to be a lack of school run activities, i feel that the social life would be dredful. When left alone to make their own fun, either people don't know what to do besides get wasted, or they simply get wasted and have their fun that way. This makes me happy that there are no fraternities on campus, because i think the school is too small to have one, and that everyone acts as though they live in a frat already. It's very hard to get off campus to do other things unless you have a friend that has a car, which usually doesn't happen until junior year or so. Luckily, Mohegan Sun is close by so there are many things to do there, but in the immediate area there doens't appear to be much.

The only downfall about the social life at Conn is that it is a lot of the same stuff every weekend. You will always find parties, dances and concerts. We also live in a fairly small campus, so there isnt a whole lot of scenic diversity. However, students get creative here. People make up themes to their own parties. THe weekend is a great time to socialize, but, by no means, is it the only time. SOcializing at Conn is as hot as the academics. People love to talk and engage with one another.

very boring social life. no off-campus housing

We have kegs that are allowed by the school. we have a dance about every weekend and their are always bands playing on friday night. There is something for everyone and downtown New London has a great up and coming scene for those who like an adventure!

social life on weekends is generally surrounded around drinking, but there are always dances are sporting events to go see on the weekends, and there are many places off campus either close or far away that offer other outlets like concerts, coffee shops and beaches

many groups and organizations available, no greek life, weekend life is mostly on campus or in a few new london bars, kegs in common rooms and drinking in dorms