<p>The selective clubs pick based on the underclassmen they’re friends with – usually people who are involved in the same kinds of activities and majors. For instance there is a club that has a lot of student newspaper people and improv comedy club people – they are accepted because they know the upperclassmen and already hang out with them a lot. If you don’t share interests with the members of a particular club, it’s pointless to bicker it. </p>
<p>The nonselective ones pick blocks of names out of a hat if there isn’t space for everyone at the club (blocks because you sign in or bicker as a group of friends so that no matter where you go, you won’t be split up from your buddies.) Some clubs fill in the first round (notably Terrace and Colonial), others will still have space and students who did not become members of their first choice club can still join. Ultimately, there is space for everyone who wants to join a club to join one.</p>