Weird traditions only found at American colleges

Here are the most unique campus traditions that are still happening at colleges in the United States.

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Primal Scream is a tradition that exists on many campuses, typically seeing students enjoy a period of lung-shattering screams together as they prepare for final exams.

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Bare Donut Run

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May Day

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The last day students can drop classes during spring semester, and sees a piano plummet seven stories to the delight of everyone within earshot.

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Weird traditions only found at American colleges

Here are the most unique campus traditions that are still happening at colleges in the United States.

Primal Scream is a tradition that exists on many campuses, typically seeing students enjoy a period of lung-shattering screams together as they prepare for final exams.

Primal Scream

Bare Donut Run

Nudity will be a common theme throughout many traditions highlighted here — and this is another bare tradition that comes from an Ivy League university.

May Day

May Day happens on the first day of that month and sees students welcome spring by drinking, celebrating and dancing n*ked around a maypole.

The last day students can drop classes during spring semester, and sees a piano plummet seven stories to the delight of everyone within earshot.

Baker House Piano Drop

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