party schools

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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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.

[Anonymous]

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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.

https://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/columns/doug-moe-madison/uw-s-cherished-playboy-party-school-myth/article_51c9b37d-fb0e-531c-9d7c-ba5d9401bd28.html

[Anonymous]

Aren't they all party schools by default and it's the outliers that are not party schools?

[Anonymous]

UVA has always been a party school. That is why the Greek system is so active.

[Anonymous]

UCSB and Tulane

[Anonymous]

Haha you wish. West Virginia parties harder. Much harder. So does Tech, and we love it!

[Anonymous]

Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, & Colgate are work hard/party hard schools.

[Anonymous]

So the link seems to indicate that the Wisconsin story could be true.

[Anonymous]

Wisconsin is definitely a party school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren't they all party schools by default and it's the outliers that are not party schools?

Sure, you can find parties anywhere, but some environments, heavy STEM schools, for example, have a more dominant study culture that waters down the nightly party scene. Some of the schools mentioned above might have more party minded students as a majority. Easier academics = more time for parties!

[Anonymous]

No Clemson yet?