<p>You know, I can’t imagine 4 years of swilling beer and talking basketball either. But there’s a flip side to the coin. Instead of asking others to serve social activities to you on a silver platter (though there are decidedly many social/activity groups for all interests on campus), have you thought about taking the initiative and imagining how you can make a contribution by creating something new? </p>
<p>As an example, during my time at Duke, my friend found a group of friends and introduced them to his passion for all things involving nerf guns. Then he made running around campus in nerf battlegear for epic skirmishes a semi-regular event on the weekends for us. While that may sound incredibly nerdy, he managed to create something that he enjoyed when he couldn’t find it on campus. </p>
<p>So instead of asking where the non-beer-swilling, non-basketball-obsessed people are, why not start with yourself and try to see if you can find something that you can pursue at Duke? Then try basing your decision off that. As cliche as it sounds, college is in many ways what you make of it, so stop trying to find others to prepackage it into what you want. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>