party schools

[Anonymous]

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

[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]

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?

[Anonymous]

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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.

Aren't they worried their kid won't get a job after graduation? I thought a lot of employers refuse to hire Libarty grads.

[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.

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

Seems like you are personally offended because your kid attends. It’s not just my opinion, try google.

[Anonymous]

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

But it is essentially saying an actual magazine has not been found and it may have been one of the editors free lancing on the footnote.

[Anonymous]

Beyond Bob Jones and a few others, are there actually schools that don't party?

[Anonymous]

American is a big party school; always has been.