The most popular activities are sports and intermurals. Theatre is very big as well. People party often. There are no fraternities or sororities. There are many school-sponsored non-drinking events on weekends, as well. Off campus you can go into downtown Providence, where there is shopping, movies, restaurants, and town events such as Waterfire. Athletic events are fun and very popular, especially the hockey and basketball games. Students in dorms often leave their doors open. People meet their closest friends in dorms and in classes.

Parietals can be a pain during freshman and sophomore years. Fire codes are a little annoying, but it makes sense due to the huge fire PC had in the 70s. I transferred to PC in the middle of my freshman year, and it was the best decision I could have made. I love PC, and I will miss it dearly. I made some great friends there and had an awesome time, and I cannot imagine having gone through college not being there. Just a word of advice- get out there and meet people, whether it be joining a club or going down your hallway introducing yourself when you first get to school. Have fun!

LOVe PC!

The school is great, the administration is annoying and difficult to deal with, but you can easily avoid working with them. I wouldn't go anywhere else.

I want to leave this place and forget i ever came here.

The Parietals SUCK. All traditional dorms are single sex, and a member of the opposite sex cannot be in the building past 12am on weekdays, and 2am on weekends. There are security guards in the girls dorms only to enforce these rules. They are easy to get around in the guy's dorms.

PC is sick!

great school.. ill miss my years there... met my husband to be at Providence College- big legacy school

Providence College is what you make out of it!

Have fun it's college just don't anything your parents didn't do in their college years.

It's either you drink or don't do anything worhtwhile. This is mainly BOP's fault. They should all be fired!

the office of residence life needs a dire reform especially its RAs

90%+ white student body mostly from MA, CT, Long Island, and Jersey

Pc is is both big and small, but more small. You will know or recognize most of your class by graduation. Students are either into drinking or going to church. Sports can be exciting given the big east affiliation , but suck because they always loose. Your surrounded by a kinda shitty neighborhood. Amenities within walking distance include a few dive bars (easy to drink with fake ID) and a few take out restaurants. The city itself is great, but is a bus ride or drive away. Academics are competitive but not too rigorous.

White, white, white.

Best thing: Good, well rounded education, good name, and good parties. One thing to Change: Way to many requirments: CIV is a four semester requirement, and about nine other required courses (in every single subject area including theology, science, social sciences etc.) I wish it was a little bigger and it was a little more diverse. School Size: It is defnitiely a community, but it fits the needs of a medium side school How people react: They usually think I am saying that i go to BC, and then when they realize they are like: Oh, well that is a religious school huh? And yes, that would be true. If they are younger people, they ask me if it is true the whole school is a bunch of drunks. And yes, that is also true. Where do I spend my time: usually in my room when studying, but library is occasionally. I work 10 horus a week at the gym for work study and eat three meals a day in Raymond Cafeteria as a freshman. College Town: There are about four bars for underage drinking, and about five streets off the main street where they have house parties (no frats or soririties) The mall and downtown is a bus ride away, but the city is certianly not Boston or New York, but it serves it purpose. Administration: Teachers are pretty cool, but the friars and nuns are a handfull. But again, it depends on the person and overall not bad Biggest COntroversy: PARIETALS on going a battle to extend them (weekdays it is 12a.m!) and becuase we "are a catholic college" we are all virgins so boys and girls together is a sin... School Pride: Yes, basketball, and drinking are pretty big...as a college we bond over that. Experience: I did alot as a freshman so i tried to take every opportunity availbale to me. Loved everything

For the most part.

LOVe PC!

Yes and no. It is true that the majority of students are white, upper-middle class kids, but that doesn't create a problem in my opinion. Diversity comes from a lot more besides race and class. While a lot of kids are very similar to eachother, obviously everybody is different in some way. When it comes to racial or social diversity, there is definitely a good representation across the board, and the school is working on improving this.

absolutely