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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.