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I graduated MSU in 1982 and returned to collge to take pre-nursing classes, hoping to enter the MSU Nursing program. I am much older than most MSU students (they're 20, I'm 50). Many young people were considerate of me and even opened doors for me, even though I'm clearly healthy and able. This considerate treatment was very nice.

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A lot of people party..that is quite often what most people do for the weekends. I can find something to do on a Saturday night that doens't involve drinking, most of the time I end up hanging out in my dorm with friends. The UAB holds some events that are quite fun, especially for freshmen who do not know many people and want to not go to the party scene. It depends on where you are on campus if students leave their doors open. My freshmen year, girls didn't leave their doors open, but this last year I lived in a co-ed, upperclassmen dorm that was pretty awesome. We always left our doors open. Frats/sororities are quite important on campus. Everyobdy knows when rush is and then their bid day is. I am not part of that scene, but it seems to play a prominent role in State.

Everyone at MSU goes to the football games. I definitely recommend it because it will get you familiar with MSU traditions and build your school pride. It also provides a great way to meet people and let loose on the weekends. Another recommendation is to go to UAB (University Activity Board) activities. They happen every week and are almost always free. They are a great alcohol-free option.

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The MSU social life is a lot of fun. Depending on what you like to do, you'll find it at MSU. They're are tons of clubs on campus. MSU has free movies and activities on the weekends in case you can't find anything else to do. Even on a weeknight you can find something to do. Not everyone has the same schedule like high school, so you have ppl who stay up till 4 am on a Tues night b/c they don't have class on Wed. Especially in freshy dorms, you can always find somting going on.

great greek system, one of the largest in the nation. football games/tailgate are huge. amrtini monday, boozeday tuesday, wine wednesday, thirsty thursday, then the weekend...every day is a drinking day. you'll meet your best friends through your house if you rush one and get involved in it. if you want to get the most out of the social scene at msu go greek, you get to do so many activities that are not available to GDI's and you meet so many more people. it's a blast.

I was involved in dance mostly. A lot of students leave their doors open in their dorms, but its not smart. Basket Ball/Football games are very popular. Most of my closest friends are childhood friends, but I do have a few old roommates with whom I still remain close to. I was always awake at 2am during the week, usually talking with my roommate. There are always plenty of things to do that don't involve drinking. Sororities/fraternities were not important at all to me.

MSU is of course known as the party school!!! that is very true, there are parties everywhere and for everyone, no one is left out and they run from wed to sun.

--Sports teams are great and there are many teams that are club teams you can join if you are interested and many epople do that but that costs money. --My college life consisted of studying, hanging out with girls on my floor, flirting, and drinking --There are many things to do besides drink, which is encouraged like bowling or going to the movies that are for free and always new releases. --Frats and sororities are very popular and if you are interested you should really check it out. My major is too demanding for me to do that becase besides studying i really like doing nothing and they are pretty time demanding

There are a lot of groups you can join at MSU to help make friends. However, I am not involved in any of them. There are also lots of on campus events to go to including free movies and bowling. There are always parties at MSU and most of the time you can walk into a random house and meet somebody that you know. Frats and Sororties suck just like most schools.

Some people leave their dorm doors open. My roommate and I always said we wanted to leave our door open more, but still we didn't that often. Our neighbors did though, and so we always felt welcomed, which was their intention. They liked to feel somewhat included in what was going on in the hall and people could stop by and say hello. It was nice when people had their doors open, I wish our hall had done that more often, but it's easier to study with the door closed.... My hall was a "quiet floor" so nothing was going on in the hall much after midnight, before earlier. If people were still up, they'd have to hang out in the rooms, quietly, with the door shut. Don't get a quiet floor. I never drink, so we would stay in the dorm some weekends, doing our hair/make-up/etc. and getting all glam and then have a photoshoot. That was always fun. We'd take a walk down Grand River, watch movies, or just talk all night. We were rarely bored. I always had a lot of fun on weekends, without drinking at all.

While living in the dorm setting it is extremely common to leave room doors open while in your room so students can randomly socialize with one another. It is also common for commotion to still occur at 2 and 3 in the a.m. during the week and all through the night on the weekends.

I mean MSu's social life and activities are quite broad. In the Fall many people tailgate for the football games which can be fun and crazy and in the spring lots of students head over to the basketball games sitting in the Izone and cheering on our teams. I am involved in two different groups on campus, a group about my major and a social sorority. Marketing Mix has to do with my major and in the group we do hands on marketing with local businesses that need the help of getting there store or products out there on the market whether it be in East Lansing or a nearby town we help them market themselves and advertise to their target market. I am a par of Zeta Tau Alpha which is a social sorority where we are a part of greek life helping our philanthropy, doing mixers with fraternities and other sororities all supporting each other as a whole.

There are many activities and extracurriculars you can get involved with. Parties are a great way to meet people and let loose on the weekends after a hard week of studying or doing homework. If im awake at 2am on tuesday its because im studying or my class doesnt start till 1:00 pm the next day. I didnt get into the fraternity seen so I couldnt tell you what thats like. Some of my friends did and they like it though.

There are clubs and sports stuff, just look around for them and they will be there in one form or another. The anime club is fun to just sit around anime with some weird kids. S.W.A.T., which is club about making websites and doing fun things with cool people interested in HTML and whatever, is basically a great way to learn how to make websites and pick up some new tricks with CSS, PHP, and JavaScript.

There are so many opportunities for socializing. Honestly, you could probably find a group for just about any thing you like doing, or you could make one yourself. I myself love horses, so I joined the Horsemen's Association, and the MSU equestrian team. I also volunteer at the Student Organic Farm- are you building a picture of what kind of person I am yet? :) Next year I will be joining ECO, which is environmentally based. There is also the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, which has fantastic concerts, plays, and tons of other performances (I work there, so I get to see them for free). There really is something to do in every area, those are just the things I am interested in. There is also a salsa dancing club that I want to join next year.

There are plenty of opportunities to enhance your social life at MSU. People are generally really friendly and it is easy to meet people and develop friendship. It is also really easy to get involved in a lot of student organizations. There are countless numbers of student groups for almost every interest and major.

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