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Greek life is pretty big, the sporting culture is obviously huge, and the club/intramural sport attendance is fairly significant

Greek life seems fairly popular, I like it. Also club and intramural sports have quite a few people involved

Athletic events are of course big here. The student activites board is always put on free/cheap events for students. Being in a big city, tons of places are open late. The bar scene is pretty good too.

There are so many popular groups on campus. I really like the Scholars Programs. I am a Health Science Scholar. In this organization I can make great connections and have awesome resources! However, sport activities are common too! I play intramural volleyball which is lots of fun. We have sports from club soccer to quiddich! Even if you're not an athlete, there is a level for you.

There are so many popular groups on campus. I really like the Scholars Programs. I am a Health Science Scholar. In this organization I can make great connections and have awesome resources! However, sport activities are common too! I play intramural volleyball which is lots of fun. We have sports from club soccer to quiddich! Even if you're not an athlete, there is a level for you.

I am a little biased here because I was involved in numerous organizations but I would have to say the most popular are OUAB (the group that plans all the cool concerts and speakers), Greek Life, Block O (the athletic appreciation/support group) and maybe the student governments because they have so much money. But overall there is so much to do here and every major has its own student groups (SO FUN) so thats a great way to liven up your classes. People go out all the time, you would have to lock yourself in your room not to make friends. Even the library and the gym are social activities.

There are over 900 student organizations on campus at Ohio State and the application for new organizations is pretty easy. Chances are if you want to do something on campus, Ohio State will have the opportunity. One club that I'm involved with is FisherCares, a service oriented group through the business school. This past year I went once a week to an elementary school in downtown Columbus to tutor students in a variety of subjects. Also, the Business Honors Learning Community (BHLC) was a great opportunity that I participated in. This past year we teamed up with executives and recruiters from PriceWaterHouseCoopers for weekly activities and speaker series. We also participated in a case competition and a business etiquette dinner at The Blackwell Hotel. I met my closest friends in the BHLC and through my classes and dorm. This coming year a group of us are moving off campus to townhouses, which are amazing! OSU students definitely know how to party. 15th street, Frats and Sororities, is always a good time and house parties are everywhere. North campus is probably the best place to live if you want to be in control of your own sleep schedule. South campus is known for being more wild, but North Campus kids can always walk down.

OSU football is a staple of Fall Quarter. It is pretty important. There is a very active social life. There are also 800 organizations to join at OSU. There is everything from a Kendo club to a Free Pizza club. Generally, the best way to meet people the first week is to have your dorm door open. People will go around and meet people. We usually have our door open. There are parties every weekend, starting Thursday night. However, if you don't want to go to a party, there is usually some sort of free event on campus as well. Last year I went to COSI and the Columbus Museum of Art for free. There are also many other things to do like movies, shopping, theater, art galleries, conventions in downtown Columbus, and most other things you can imagine. The dating scene is very relaxed. People generally don't care who you're with and it's not about superficial standards. OSU is the place for all the non-academic activities anyone would like to enjoy and really, it is impossible to do everything offered.

Religion is popular at OSU...check out Brother Jed on the Oval or join one of the forty or more religious organizations. Sports is also huge. Frat and sorority life is pretty big also. Lots of drinking everynight of the week. Parties all the time. If you are awake at 2am on tuesday, you are probably drinking.

There is hardly any college dating. I've been asked on a real date only once here at school. Freshman year in the dorms a common past time is hanging out watching movies. Here, it's more than normal to watch a movie with a guy friend. After the dorms, though, when everyone's in a house or apartment, if a guy asks you over to watch a movie he's going to hit on you. He has expectations more than just enjoying watching a good movie in your company. Be warned. All my closest friends are from my dorm. All but 2 lived on the same floor. Our floor was really friendly and we always had our doors open. Ground floor had a few pot heads, so they were the strange floor. Floor 2 was the quiet floor that kept to themselves; their doors were normally shut. Floor 3 was very similar to my floor and a lot of us all hung out. They were even bigger partiers than we were. It all depends on luck, and living on a floor with closed doors will be a completely different experience than one with open doors.

First off south campus is the more social/party area of campus while north campus is the smarter/studious area of campus. The study activities board gets the best people from around the country to do concerts and shows at OSU. Once a quarter they'll have some big event thats always free for students and its always awesome. Examples: concert featuring M.I.A. and Soulja Boy, Will Ferrel's funny or die comedy tour (Z.Galfinakis, D.Martin, N.Swardson), Dave Chappelle, Dane Cook, huge dance parties (some of the best times on campus). We've had Al Gore and Alberto Gonzales speak (on different occasions). Frats are fun but usually difficult to get into. Off campus theres a ton of bars, shows, sporting events, art galleries, nice restraunts, whatever. Theres a huge city to experience. The Easton shopping center is one of the best shopping centers in the country. Its about a 15-30 minutes away from campus. The South Campus Gateway right off campus is awesome. Theres shops, bars, places to eat, and a movie theater.

If partying is your scene, there are multiple parties just about every weekend. Lots of the bars also are 18 and up. There are tons of other activities too. You can go to the RPAC and go off the high dive, swim laps, go to the indoor driving range, play racquetball, play squash, play pool, go to the ARC and rock climb, work out at one of the J.O. gyms which include basketball courts and ping pong tables, join a club or two, watch a movie in the gateway, or just hang out in the dorms and watch one of the free movies available in the lobby.

There are a lot of things to do downtown in Columbus. I like to go to musicals like Spamalot, Avenue Q, and Wicked. The Ohio Union sells these tickets at about half price for students. There are a lot of festivals downtown in the summer too.

OSU is a pretty big party school. There is ALWAYS something to do, or someone to do something with. As for athletics, OSU is one of the best (if not the best) schools in the country for athletics. Every year we expect top notch teams competing for National Championships, and for the most part OSU does not disappoint.

The out-of-class experiences at OSU have been my favorite part of being here. We have access to a lot of free concerts, talks, events, traditions. Beat M*ch!g@n Week is the best week of the year. Everyone unites over one thing: Beating That School Up North. What's really cool about the week though is that many groups and events are about helping others too. For example, the Blood Battle with UofM helps save lives through blood donations.

I am involved in Real Life, Buckeye Leadership Society,and the HSS Scholars Programs here at OSU. These are all fun groups and help us get more connected to other people when we have the chance to. The question is how dedicated one is to the groups. Students in the dorms tend to leave the door open depending on the situation. There are plenty of activities and buzz around campus all the time because OSU has so much life. It is wild and crazy. Athletics are huge at OSU as OSU is at the top of many sports in the country. The parties are wild and crazy and some are fun to go to, but plenty of them get way too rowdy.

Fairly open, can be as active or inactive as you choose.

Because I don't care for partying and drinking, I'll offer up a few alternatives for those like me. Out of all my weekends here, many of them have been spent hanging out with friends doing a variety of things that don't involve partying. Although, avoiding the parties on Michigan weekend is almost impossible, so be prepared for that! I have spent several weekends at my friend's suite in Morrill Tower, where we watch movies, go to the RPAC for smoothies, or just talk. Sometimes my friends and I go down to South Campus Gateway to the Drexel Gateway Theater for a movie, or we go across the Olentangy to Lennox to go shopping at Target or Old Navy. With Newport Hall right on High Street, it's easy to know when bands you like might be putting on a concert there. My sister lives in Pickerington, which is about 20 minutes away; I've gone over there to spend time with her. You can go bowling, go to dance clubs, or even go to cultural events. The Wexner Center for the Arts often has new exhibitions, and they show interesting documentaries fairly often, too. We get weekly newsletters that include campus and Columbus events for the week to keep students updated. There is plenty to do around here if you don't want to go to parties!

I've been active in the Pre-optometry club for almost 2 1/2 years. I think that my involvement in this club contributed in a large part to my acceptances in multiple optometry schools. The club gave lots of background on the profession and allowed me to make contacts within the optometry community. I could speak knowledgably about the profession during my interviews. The club also helped solidify my desire to become an optometrist.

everything you could want is available if they are involved its cuz they aint trying!