Can a non-partier survive at Tufts?

bluirinka
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:11:11 +0000

first of all, HAHAHAHAHHA Matt17! Aw that is so cute. No, you will not be ostracized as long as you’re a friendly person. I barely ever drink (…i weigh like 97 pounds, lol) and neither does my boyfriend, but we never lack for things to do. I agree with whoever said that joining clubs is a good idea; i made a TON of friends from joining University Chorale and Chamber Singers. It’s actually really, REALLY easy to meet people just generally if you’re sociable. But it’s a lot easier to make a facebook friend than to make a REAL friend, hahaha.

Jench, you can def. continue piano lessons here. They’re like 580 per semester, BUT if you declare a music major or minor, the music department will cover 90% of the cost, and the requirements for a music minor are very light. I have friends who did intramural soccer and dodgeball, some who are captaining these, and they loved them and are doing them again next year. It is SO easy to get involved in anything, I’m not even kidding.

I don’t think any club is really like “most popular”. If you go by sheer numbers, I think TDC (Tufts Dance Collective) is one of the biggest…but it’s more about doing what you love, and in those activities you’ll meet people with whom you have a lot in common. Also, it’s a really good idea to meet the people (…or at least the freshmen…but I’m going to be a super-friendly sophomore to anyone on 3rd floor South Hall next year, lol) on your hall. I LOVE having my best friends living in my dorm - i feel so bad for the people who made friends during pre-orientations like Wilderness, IO or FIT, and then realized that they live uphill in Wren and all their friends live downhill in Tilton. In fact, I’m glad I didn’t do a pre-or for this reason. AND I regret talking to people online in Tufts 2009’s myspace group - it was REALLY AWKWARD seeing someone and realizing you could list all their interests. And meeting someone you talked to online for hours but don’t mesh with in person is painful. lol. DON’T GET SUCKED INTO MYSPACE! Just wait for facebook, it’s worth it haha.

OFF TOPIC! Anyway. You will have a lovely social life sans the frats. In my dorm, I will every once in a while walk by a dorm door and hear people inside who are probably drinking, but why does that matter? they’re being discreet so as not to get the RA involved. I’m not sure why this was a bad thing according to one of you.