Franklin and Marshall College Campus Life

D-Hall sounds great for the first week or two. Everyone grows tired ( EXHAUSTED) of the food and start going to the remaining dining options. However, students get tired of those too (menu stays the same most of the year). Not the worse food but variation is limited. A student can always try to cook his or her own food in their dorm house's community kitchen.

No matter the institution, college students like to complain about food options on campus. Regardless, F&M has great variety and options for everyone, such as kosher and gluten-free fare alongside the typical pasta, salad, grill, sandwich, and pizza stations. Areas where meal swipes are applicable are not just restricted to the dining hall; there is a café on campus, as well as a dining area in the Steinman College Center.

We have the dining hall, which has Kosher food, pasta, pizza, burgers, sandwiches, and a salad bar all the time. For breakfast, we have a grill which will make you any kind of pancake, french toast, or omelet you could think of. At night, in transitions to our mongolian barbecue. Theres also home style cooking and vegetarian and gluten free options. We also have a pizza place, 2 sandwich places, a mexican grill, and a cafe on campus.

There's a lot of options on campus.

The school offers several different meal plans which are all very accommodating to a person's individual needs. The dining hall serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner at certain times and sometimes have themed nights which turns to be the best nights in terms of the variety of food. For those who eat only eat Kosher food or need a gluten-free diet, d-hall has also got your back there. You will eventually get tired of the food at d-hall and will find yourself wandering off in the middle of the night to the on-campus bistro that serves lattes, flatbread and deli sandwiches. There's also a mexican grill and a panini junction whose food I never get tired of. Off-campus there are some really great restaurants that serves different ethnic style foods and some decently priced restaurants that serves great food and caters to F&M students.

As an international student, I find the food repetitive and boring. Hopefully this will change when I return next semester.

The food is not the best, but you learn to find the best out of it all

Campus dining is the pits. It's not that healthy nor that tasty. They're trying to improve it, but improvements are far down on administration's to-do list, it seems.

KIVO hummus & salads were great Pandini's is always there for crap food As soon as you're 21 - invent in refillable growlers at Iron Hill Late Night Runs to SHEETZ during study sessions is totally trashy, but completely worth it

Things are always different here and are circulated often which is good to break monotony.

60% of F&M students are involved in Greek life. This being said, Greek life in no way is an exclusive activity. It is still possible to meet people and be involved on campus even without Greek affiliation. Recruitment also happens during/at the end of the fall semester, so all students experience F&M from a non-Greek perspective before choosing to recruit/rush.

F&M offers several sororities and fraternities you can get involved in.

Greek Life is huge on campus

Join if you're a guy, unless you're on a sports team. Otherwise, good luck getting into parties.

LOVE! If you're a guy - pledge freshman year or the party scene WILL BE ROUGH for awhile. Technically past first semester freshman year, guys are not allowed into parties unless they are a brother or on the brother's guest list. As far as sororities go, I have my bias - and I always will; but joining this group of girls was the best decision I've ever made and they still hold an amazing place in my heart.

They are not on campus and are not recognized by the college but they are an active part of campus life.

Greek Life is pretty small in size - about four sororities and seven fraternities - but for the small class size, it's perfect. If you're not involved in Greek Life, it's easy to avoid, but the students involved in Greek organizations only contribute to the campus.

Be aware that Greek life takes up almost 50% of campus, with 4 sororities and 7 fraternities. Compare that to Penn State, for which Greek life only makes up about 10% of the student body. That said, members of Greek organizations don't live in houses (with 5-7 exceptions per house), so it doesn't really dominate campus as much as you would expect.

Growing on campus. I am not involved in Greek life and it doesn't affect me at all socially. But, if Greek life is for you then there are many options and great groups of people to get to know.

There are fraternities and sororities you can pledge. Many are community service oriented. You are never pressured to join anything and there is no hazing just fun activities.