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Social Life compared with similar schools in class. |
Quotes touching on Social Life | “... Socially, you must look for places to get involved ...” |
| “... social life is exceptional once u find niche ...” |
| “... So the social activities, parties, and whatever else pretty much end around november ...” |
| “... You will find cool very cool and down to earth people here unlike most social based schools ...” |
| “... As for the social life, I don't know about what other people might say but it totally and unequivically sucks, the social scene is more of a joke...” |
| “... It has great offerings like music at eastman, events such as Meliora Weekend, Dandelion Day aka Drinking Day, The Hive (on site pub), lots of org...” |
| “... Socially, it's a little lacking, but it's not very hard to find a group of people to relate to ...” |
| “... Studying will take up most of your time, and more than likely YOU WILL NOT HAVE MUCH OF A SOCIAL LIFE ...” |
| “... The social life absolutely sucked ...” |
| “... while i've really enjoyed my classes and the academic atmosphere of this school, the social life of this place makes it hell ...” |
| “... The social scene works well for ME ...” |
| “... Although many of my fellow commenters opinions are true (the weather sucks, social life is iffy), I would like to add that it's very important to ...” |
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The social life at U of R is highly problematic ...” |
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A lot of people moan about the social life ...” |
| “... If you want a social life to go with your degree, Rochester is not the place for you ...” |
| “... and the social scene, while it won't get ranked as a top ten party school, definitely has things going on ...” |
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STUDENT ATTITUDE/SOCIAL SCENE
I wish I had understood how the college social scene works before coming to school ...” |
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Objectively though, this is a great university with a top-notch faculty, gorgeous (if usually snow-covered) campus, and ample social/athletic ...” |
| “... The U of R provided me with fond memories of socialization but far fewer memories of academic achievement ...” |
| “... A lot of people have said that UR's social life sucks but I simply did not find this to be true ...” |
| “... ), the social life really lacks, and the city is a run-down, shutdown place ...” |
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The social scene is what you make of it ...” |
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The "Ivy Leauge reject", "homesick New Yorker", bad weather, poor social life, cutthroat, etc ...” |
| “... I wish the social scene was a little more exciting at times, but I find myself always finding a party to go to or a campus event ...” |
| “... The River Campus social scene very much revolved around Greek Life, which I was not part of nor had the time since I was an engineering student ....” |
| “... Other than that, there's a Crew team that's a big social bang around here, and Frisbee (Whoa, I know) is also big here ...” |
| “... The social scene does leave something to be desired, but UR does try to keep its students entertained with school-sponsored parties and a very act...” |
| “... I tried joining clubs, but they weren't actually very socially inviting to me as a freshman, so I pledged a fraternity my freshman year, which wa...” |
| “... Social life is good for those who make something of it ...” |
| “... If you like the snow, you'll love it, however the weather has a huge impact on the social life here ...” |
| “... The social life isn't fantastic, but I was never at a loss for a good party, or for a bunch of folks to rage with ...” |
| “... Socially, if you're looking for a place to meet and hook up with new people every weekend, you'll find yourself disappointed after the first year...” |
| “... There really isn't a social life ...” |
| “... I am also a transfer student and commuter, so my experience at UofR tends to be much more academic as opposed to social, since I have a social l...” |
| “... It's true that the social life here and surrouding city is not that good, comparing with big international cities ...” |
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I can personally say that other departments aren't nearly as challenging, namely within the social sciences ...” |
| “... The social scene is fine, Eastman School of Music is awesome, and frats are popular ...” |
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“... COMMENTS:
Social life on campus is whatever you want it to be ...” |
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No, the social scene is not the center of the rochester experience, but why should it be ...” |
| “... everyone is anti-social ...” |
| “... They basically take a social science and kick in the research opportunities of a natural science ...” |
| “... Social Life" This is not a HUGE party school that is going to have people come into your dorm room and pull you out to the party ...” |
| “... If you feel that you're more into the social sciences (economics, psychology, poli sci) or humanities (language, arts, history), go to a liberal ...” |
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Another reason for transferring is that the social life is average at best ...” |
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-Science-bent school with weaker departments in most of the humanities (Social sciences are very strong, though, except maybe Anthropology and...” |
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