The Daily Princetonian polled 213 undergraduate students last week about the eating clubs, academics versus activities and politics.
The poll was conducted by phone last Tuesday through Thursday between 7:45 and 10:15 p.m.
The following questions were asked of students. Beside each response is the percent of students who chose that response. The margin of error is less than 6 percent.
The 'Prince' extends its thanks to the student body for taking the time to answer these questions.
Eating Clubs
Juniors and seniors were asked which eating club, if any, they belonged to.
37% · Independent 5% · Terrace 1% · Campus 10% · Tower 4% · Quad 8% · Colonial 7% · Ivy 5% · Tiger Inn 5% · Cottage 6% · Cap 4% · Cloister 7% · Charter
How do you feel about the Bicker system as a whole?
5% · Bicker is a very good system. 25% · Bicker is a good system. 33% · No Opinion. 29% · Bicker is a bad system. 9% · Bicker is a very bad system.
Thinking about the clubs that you've hung out in, which clubs do you prefer?
24% · You primarily prefer the sign-in clubs. 20% · You primarily prefer the bicker clubs. 40% · The clubs you like are both sign-in and bicker. 17% · No opinion.
Academics and Activities
How have your nonacademic activities impacted your academic performance?
26% · It has overall helped your academic performance. 47% · It hasn't significantly impacted your academic performance. 25% · It's somewhat hurt your academic performance. 1% · It's seriously hurt your academic performance.
Think about how you prioritize your academic performance and your nonacademic activities. How would you prioritize each on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 would be the thing is not a priority at all, and 10 would be it is the only thing you care about right now. The average values for students polled:
Academic Performance: 7.83 Nonacademic Activities: 6.23
What is your primary nonacademic activity?
Politics
All in all, do you think the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over, or not?
37% · It was worth going to war. 48% · It was not worth going to war. 15% · No opinion.
Do you approve of Bush's performance as president?
28% · Approve. 58% · Disapprove. 14% · No opinion.
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