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small community, so you get to know people and well trusting environment, everyone leaves their stuff out the court parties are mainly focused around alcohol, but there are many many other options to have fun on the weekends

Most people are in an eating house or fraternity, and the court dominates the social scene. A lot of students are athletes as well.

The smallness of Davidson allows students to truly form their own ideas of the ideal social life. Students have just as much fun at a party as they do making gingerbread houses on a Friday night. You really choose your pick, or participate in both, it is simply the beauty of Davidson.

men's basketball is definitely the most popular. dorm rooms are usually left open. the dating scene is more on a hookup basis; i think this is mostly due to time constraints. with the small size of the school and all that we have to offer along with the academic rigors, students are left with very little time to work on new relationships. drinking helps alot for your social life here at campus...otherwise all there is is the student union with some ok events from time to time.

I hope you like to drink. Davidson is a small small town and the social life is restricted by that; but alcohol can liven just about anything and Davidson is no exception. Im not inviting anyone to get plastered and make ignorant decisions (though that can be fun too), im just admitting that it is a very good way to blow off a whole lot of steam.

for those people who want to hang out there's lots to do in terms of frat and court parties but i would say about 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body sticks to their room or the student union activties on the weekends

there are low-key fraternities and eating houses to join. they are not as intense as southern fraternities and sororities, but are very inclusive and anyone can join. there are always parties to go to thrown by the houses, and anyone is allowed to attend, whether or not they belong to the house. alcohol is definitely present - however, there is little to no hazing or pressure to drink. parties usually occur on fridays and saturday nights, as well as lower-key wednesday night parties. day parties on the weekend are occasionally thrown as well. i dont really know what people do if they dont want to party or drink - there are always activities going on at the union that are catered to people who chose not to drink.

Most people at Davidson play a sport. I think something like a quarter of our student body are division I athletes and a half participate in either club or intermural sports. So if you enjoy athletics, there are a lot of opportunities here to participate. Another popular thing on campus are frats and eating houses. We have 8 fraternities and 4 eating houses. Eating Houses are sort of like sororities but less exclusive in that the freshmen get to pick which one they'd like to be in. Each house and frat picks a charity/cause and raises money for it. Some do big events and others do year long projects, it just depends on the house. Eating houses and frats are also pretty responsible for the weekend social scene. Every weekend there is at least one party, always themed (and yes, everyone dresses up). They're like giant dance parties and so much fun. A lot of people participate in the frats and eating houses, but it's not important to do so. All of the parties are open to anyone on campus and people not affiliated with anything are always more than welcome to go eat with their friends in the houses. It really just comes down to personal preference of whether or not you want to be in one.

Patterson court pretty much dominates the social scene. there are a bunch of apt parties and parties on the court at either frat houses or eating houses. many parties are themed - davidson kids really like to dress up.

Tons of people are on athletic teams. I think about 80{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students are student-athletes and most of the campus also belongs to a fraternity or an eating house.