Emerson College Top Questions

Athletic events have tried to become popular but most students have never gone to a single event. The school recently built a basketball court and most students are not pleased with the schools' decision. We all wanted more performance or practice space. For me I wanted more studio space because we currently only have two television studios that are often booked up.

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EmComm-marketing organization, SGA, EAGLE (LGBT group), Athletics, Theater. Anything really.

Social life at Emerson SUCKS. If you want typical college parties, Emerson doesn't have any. Sorry, but these people are more interested in sitting in and complaining about life. Usually Emerson kids are not that into sports except for when it comes to Red Sox. Theatre and movies are definitely some of the most popular fields of activities here.

Some of the most popular organizations on campus are the EVVY Awards and Frames Per Second. The EVVY Awards are Emerson's version of the Oscars and are run almost just like them. It is an organization that focuses heavily on professionalism and commitment. There's something for people from every major to do from the Marketing Team to the Script Team to the Graphics Team to the JPR (Judges, Presenters, and Roll-Ins) Team and more. Frames Per Second is Emerson's largest filmmaking organization. They host workshops and have guest speakers, and produce 2 short films a semester, opening up every single crew position to its members. Athletics are definitely not a focus of Emerson life, but we do have some pretty good sports teams, and I'd say that I know at least one person involved in each. Emerson students tend to date other Emerson students, but with so many other schools right in the area, it's easy to met people from any of the schools. I met my closest friends because I live on the same floor with them. Other friends that I've made have been through the organizations I'm a part of. As far at parties go, there aren't any on campus. Most juniors and seniors live off campus and sometimes have parties, and BU and MIT are just a few T stops away and have frat parties. Not everyone at Emerson drinks, so you can definitely find people to hang out with on weekends if you don't.

The most popular groups and organizations on campus is SGA the student government and The Berkeley Beacon, which is Emerson's weekly newspaper. Most students leave their doors open, so I guess you could say it is a very friendly atmosphere. I have not met my closest friends yet, but I have been here for only a semester so I have time. Sororities and Fraternities are not that important, but if you have nothing to do sometimes the parties can be fun.

Most on-campus groups are related to the majors here. Whether it's film groups, tv groups, musical theater groups, literary magazines, or marketing groups, that's basically what's going on. There's a large LGBT group on campus, and one thing that I feel might be pretty rare is there's a huge amount of comedy groups. PArtying is available but not the only thing. Lots of hanging out with close friends.

Depending on what circle you run in there are going to be different organizations that are in vogue. If you're into greek life, Zeta and Kappa are the ones to join, although Greek Council makes sure everyone has a great time at the events. The professionally oriented groups (EmComm, EVVY, WERS, etc) all give you great experience for the workplace, but get in on them during your first year, otherwise you'll constantly be behind.

We're not really a big athletic school but I'm sure people come to support the games. Theater is more popular. If I'm awake at 2 am on a Tuesday I would be working on a big project or paper that is probably due the next day. I didn't really realize we had fraternities or sororities until halfway through the year.

There is really only one good fraternity, but other than that its not important. Sororities are popular but there are only 3 so, the 3 sororities are popular, if that means anything. There are not a lot of Emerson parties, I usually find myself hanging out with my friends at other Boston schools on the weekends. There are plenty of things to do no the weekends that don't involve partying, but if you are looking for a good party, make friends at BU or Northeastern.