Pratt's student body tends towards the hipster - people are really into buzz bands, the majority of people here dress very well and often very uniquely, (although you can basically wear whatever you want here) and the campus culture tends towards finding off-campus parties, open-mics, galleries, and concerts. New York City's cultural resources are nearly infinite, so it is fairly easy to find stuff to do, although NYC's student scene, especially with the private colleges, is a little too insular and a little too big on name-dropping for my taste. Also, campus life is non-existent, as there's so much stuff to do in the city, especially Williamsburg and Manhattan, that the vast majority of campus social life tends to revolve around those places. This makes for a lack of community on campus, which can make adjusting to life in the city hard, but it's almost hard to care because once you do, New York City is very easy to fall in love with. Greek life exists, but it is a very very small part of the school's social scene that mostly keeps to itself. Most parties in the neighborhood have a large frat or sorority contingent, but Greeks here buck the stereotype and trend towards community service or campus involvement - despite being under 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the campus population, there is a huge Greek contingent in student leadership positions here. Most Pratt students are from commuter suburbs of New York City, although the school is geographically diverse enough to create an interesting mix of people. Pratt is somewhat diverse in terms of class and ethnic makeup, more so than most small private liberal arts colleges, but not as diverse as some larger private schools and nowhere near as diverse as most public schools or the incredibly diverse surrounding community. Alcohol is easier to obtain than fresh produce. Just about every drug you can think of is available, although weed is by far the most prevalent, and the drug scene is definitely not as in-your-face as people might expect when coming here. You can definitely stay out of it, although the majority of people on campus drink at least once a week. People are very creatively driven, and many are casually smart, though intellectually driven people are a definite minority here. Students are either completely apathetic politically (many to the point of nihilism) or are very liberal - anarchists and socialists can definitely be found here on campus. People care about community service, partly because the SGA and Greek life makes it a little more visible, but this is not a politically motivated or activist campus in any way, shape, or form. We have several activist groups that are as dedicated as their small membership allows, but we really need a change in campus culture in order to accomplish a greater number of things with a greater number of people. Extracurriculars exist, and are sometimes integrated into the community's great creative potential, (for instance, we have several awesome student-designed comic book magazines) but mostly take a back seat to work - I'm in what is generally referred to as the easiest major on campus, but one of my classes has given me up to 15 pages a week's worth of work, and if you're in foundation year or (especially) in architecture, one of the school's best departments, a lack of work ethic will destroy you. If you lack creative motivation and the discipline to make it happen, you will not be ultimately happy here, though you may enjoy first semester.