Campus Life

Several dining options that are yummy

Not the best food, but that's expected from campus food. There are pretty good vegan/vegetarian/kosher options available.

There's a different variety of food: burgers, Asian Japanese food, salmon, rice, salad, and a buffet. However, there's not much to choose from after you eat there for so long.

Options have increased over the years, but if you are vegan, you may have a hard time finding things to eat here. Luckily, you can move off-campus after your first year, or starting your junior year, you can live in a dorm with a kitchen and get off the meal plan.

Each dining hall has ample options for everyone: kosher, gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, and ethnic options.

There are two dining halls on campus. There's a relatively wide variety of food options, but it is still typical college food. Some of the food can be relatively expensive for an average quality, which can get fairly frustrating.

The food is... okay. The two main dining halls are Sherman and Usdan. Sherman takes more of a quantity over quality mentality; you can eat as much food as you want (pizza, burgers, pasta, salad, ice cream, etc.) and it's not bad, but it's not great either. They DO have special theme nights sometimes, though, and the food at those is much better than the typical fare. Usdan takes the opposite approach; the food is better than what you'll find at Sherman, but it's a la carte, so you have to pay for everything individually. Also worth mentioning is the dining plan: depending on which one you sign up for, you'll get meals or points. A meal is worth a set dollar amount, and that amount changes depending on the time of day; in the morning it's worth around $4, and at night it's worth roughly $8. You can use a meal to buy food worth up to that amount in Usdan, or you can use one to sit down at Sherman. Most people save their meals for Sherman, because that's the best deal. Points are

One dining hall is not very good because of a lack of variety and quality, but the other is really delicious, healthy, and has a wide variety. There's also convenience stores, a bagel place, and small food stands around campus.

The food tastes good enough, but variety is lacking.

Einsteins is amazing! As is the faculty club. Sherman is all you can eat, but the food is of a lower quality than Usdan, which is cooked once you order. Sherman has a Kosher kitchen, while Usdan offers few Kosher options.

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Greek life is not officially recognized by the university, but it is fairly prevalent. There are three sororities and five fraternities on campus, and they throw some pretty decent parties throughout the year!

While the university doesn't officially recognize the existence of frats/sororities, they do exist, just outside of campus. The vast majority of students aren't involved in Greek life, but if you're interested, they're there. The frat houses throw some of the better parties on the weekends, if that's something you're into, but beyond that they don't have a very large presence on campus. It's the sort of thing where if you want to find it, you don't have to look far, but at the same time, if you're not interested, nobody's going to try to force you to join.

Uhm, well, they're not recognized. But we have a few, and 10% of students are a part of Greek life.

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Greek life exists but is not the main social scene on campus.

It's there. I'm not involved in it but I have a lot of fun and know other people involved that have a lot of fun.

Greek life is not recognized by Brandeis or the town it is in because it goes against Brandeis' ideal of community. It is definitely there though and if a student is interested it isn't hard to find. It definitely isn't part of the Brandeis community though.

fortunately, the greek life isn't acknowledged by brandeis because they feel in its existence, it purports exclusion based on whatever (religion, race, social standing, what-have-you), but it does exist. we have i think three sororities and four fraternities and they throw decent parties... usually.