Social Questions

FightTheTide11
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:46:56 +0000

@ptonecon16
Your style won’t be out of place at all. Not everyone is the Polos and Sperrys type, but it’s common enough that it doesn’t stand out.

Ivy typically accepts between two thirds and three quarters of bickerees. And in contrast to acrylicsalmon’s description, Ivy isn’t as elitist as it’s made out to be, and it’s changed a lot since the Fitzgerald days (Ivy has women now). Some of its attributes give it that vibe (like the seating queue, the waiters at dinner, the unique bicker process that consists of ten interviews), but most people aren’t the east coast old money type.

I’d advise against setting your sights on one specific club before you even get here, but if you’re looking for organizations associated with Ivy, you have SAE, AEPi, and a couple of other fraternities (rush will be banned, but they’ll be looking for freshmen), club sailing and ski team, varsity squash, Business Today, and several others I can’t think of right now.