party schools

[Anonymous]

Can't believe no has mentioned LSU or Arizona State yet. Such disrespect.

I like you. I visited a good friend at ASU and wow, they party hard. I never visited, but LSU's lazy river just screams party time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of whether or not their admissions statistics and student demographics are changing, what schools come to mind when you think of big party campuses?

UMiami does not fit this definition. The campus is not big, the student population is not huge, the immediate area is not a bar hangout college town. Sure, it's fun but it's not the raging party school everyone loves to assume.

[Anonymous]

Back in the 70s or 80s Playboy magazine ranked the top party schools. Madison was not on the list but there was an asterisk which mentioned that Wisconsin could not be included in the poll because it was considered “professional” and could not be ranked among the amateurs…based on my son’s recent this may still be true.

[Anonymous]

Most state schools. UCLA, Michigan, and Rutgers for sure. Of course some are harder academically than others

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Anonymous wrote:MIT

Stem kids know how to partay!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NEU, UChicago, WashU

Each time you interject NEU into so many posts, it shows that you have never been that campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost every school can be a party school if a student chooses to focus on partying. The Liberty/Bob Jones type schools aside.

I have a friend whose child attends Liberty and there are indeed parties there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of whether or not their admissions statistics and student demographics are changing, what schools come to mind when you think of big party campuses?

UMiami does not fit this definition. The campus is not big, the student population is not huge, the immediate area is not a bar hangout college town. Sure, it's fun but it's not the raging party school everyone loves to assume.

Huh, kids Uber and Miami is a party city. My dd has friends there and the partying the kids do is off the chart. Like every school, I’m sure there are kids who aren’t partiers, but on the whole, school is on another level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back in the 70s or 80s Playboy magazine ranked the top party schools. Madison was not on the list but there was an asterisk which mentioned that Wisconsin could not be included in the poll because it was considered “professional” and could not be ranked among the amateurs…based on my son’s recent this may still be true.

UVA was #2 around that time. It led the administration to crack down and "Easters" and other well known events were gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of whether or not their admissions statistics and student demographics are changing, what schools come to mind when you think of big party campuses?

UMiami does not fit this definition. The campus is not big, the student population is not huge, the immediate area is not a bar hangout college town. Sure, it's fun but it's not the raging party school everyone loves to assume.

Huh, kids Uber and Miami is a party city. My dd has friends there and the partying the kids do is off the chart. Like every school, I’m sure there are kids who aren’t partiers, but on the whole, school is on another level.

DP here. Seems FL and parts of the south have schools that attract the party scene moreso than other parts of the country, IME.

[Anonymous]

I did go to a party at Harvard- and it was wild. Lots of drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of whether or not their admissions statistics and student demographics are changing, what schools come to mind when you think of big party campuses?

UMiami does not fit this definition. The campus is not big, the student population is not huge, the immediate area is not a bar hangout college town. Sure, it's fun but it's not the raging party school everyone loves to assume.

Huh, kids Uber and Miami is a party city. My dd has friends there and the partying the kids do is off the chart. Like every school, I’m sure there are kids who aren’t partiers, but on the whole, school is on another level.

DP here. Seems FL and parts of the south have schools that attract the party scene moreso than other parts of the country, IME.

You’re forgetting about UCLA, Wisconsin, Indiana, Penn State, Syracuse, Michigan, Ohio, and many more that are not in the south. Party schools are all over the place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Back in the 70s or 80s Playboy magazine ranked the top party schools. Madison was not on the list but there was an asterisk which mentioned that Wisconsin could not be included in the poll because it was considered “professional” and could not be ranked among the amateurs…based on my son’s recent this may still be true.

I have heard this story about numerous schools, including Penn State and UVA. This all may be apocryphal.

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth inspired Animal House, so there's that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of whether or not their admissions statistics and student demographics are changing, what schools come to mind when you think of big party campuses?

UMiami does not fit this definition. The campus is not big, the student population is not huge, the immediate area is not a bar hangout college town. Sure, it's fun but it's not the raging party school everyone loves to assume.

Huh, kids Uber and Miami is a party city. My dd has friends there and the partying the kids do is off the chart. Like every school, I’m sure there are kids who aren’t partiers, but on the whole, school is on another level.

When your kid's friends equal "on the whole" conclusion.