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For parties, people either go off campus or to a fraternity. I like to hang out with a group of friends I met throught the Wesley group, and they have a house off campus. It's always fun just to walk down the hall at my dorm to see what other people are doing. Thursday night I always go out with some friends to eat somewhere. We used to go to Applebee's because they had 1/2 priced appetizers on Sun-Thurs night. Also, I go to Imo's Pizza on Monday night because they have 1/2 price pizza

Intramurals are pretty big, lots of competition among fraternities and other groups. If you aren't into playing video games all night, there's a decent chance you're going to have to join a fraternity to have a social life unless you're lucky enough to find dormies who are social. St. Pats is by far the biggest tradition and consists of a week of games and celebrations. Comparable to homecoming at other schools. Engineers Without Borders is huge on campus; about 70 people have/are traveling to latin america this summer with groups doing engineering related community service work.

The design teams are big, lots of students involved. It is very political though. The Greek system is pretty big considering our size. The greeks seem to all get along, and we all know each other.

I had the unique experience of joining St Pat's Board while living in the dorms (for 2 years) and then moving off campus (3 blocks away from campus). I was on a very social floor 3NN in TJ North Tower. All of the guys got along very well and remained very social. Our floor setup a "Social Hour" that met every Sunday night to talk about the last weeks activities and tell stories and jokes and the like while enjoying a "beverage". The St Patrick celebration is by FAR the best and most unique event the campus is involved with and sets it apart from every other University in the world!

Studying is the number one consumption of time since most classes are heavily loaded. When not studying, most students are drinking. The joke "Rolla; a drinking school with an enginering problem" is not uncommon. There is always a social event taking place if one wants to find it. Since 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body is Greek, campus-wide fraternity parties are commonplace.

I was involved with the Solar Design House Team. It was time intensive. When I wasn't studying I was working on the team. It didn't leave me much time to have a social life. Athletic events are not popular. We never have guest speakers as far I as I know. I didn't go out much at the university. Since the university if mostly dudes, I didn't really have a chance to date. I went to STL on most weekends to see friends. People party here on the weekends and on Thursday nights. Wednesday can be a big night also. Students are known for drinking a lot when they do drink. If it's 2am on a Tuesday, then I am usually studying in the Civil Building.

There is a group or organization for everyone. You just have to get involved. Some students find that Greek life suits them, others do not. It's all a matter of personal preference. I came here thinking that there was no way I was getting into the Greek life-all the stereotypes that I had heard, it didn't sit comfortably with me. But when I got here, after awhile, I got settled in and started getting to know more greeks, saw that life and I discovered that I loved it, so I joined my sorority. Greeks instill a leadership aspect in your community, in your life. Greeks make up 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of our campus, but hold over 75{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of student leadership positions. The Greek community at MS&T is like none other.

Drinking ,Drinking, and Drinking.......too much drinking.

Social life either involves playing games over the high speed internet or DRINKING. I am much closer to the second. And I am not talking typical college drinking and alcohol tolerance. This is more like the drinking capabilities of Irish dock workers. One time my friends drank with some Aussies and Germans that came for some competition and even they were impressed with there abilities. Frats are a huge part of campus. Every one that does things is either in one or good friends with somebody in one. All the years events lead up to the annual St. Pat's day Celebration, which is pretty much a big drunken 2 weeks when the size of the town doubles. Every other type of social activity besides parties is pretty much nonexistent. Almost everyone who goes to a sports game is either drunk or is friends with one of the players. There is NOTHING to do in the town and it is full of backwoods hicks for lack of a better way to descibe them. You're stuck pretty much an hour and a half from anywhere fun/normal. I'm from a small town myself and didn't really think I'd mind it but it sucks.

The campus tries really hard to entertain us but we can usually find our own fun by just hanging out with our friends.