<p>How big and wild are the parties at Georgetown? Are they the dominant social event on weekends? What about people who don't party; are they excluded/ left in the minority? I'm not a very big partygoer; I don't drink much, I don't smoke, and I don't do drugs. At the GAAP open house, I got the distinct feeling that Georgetown, although a great academic school, is also a big party school.</p>
<p>Thoughts/Comments?</p>
<p>Parties, as well as clubbing, if that's your thing, make up a pretty big part of social activities on weekends. There certainly are plenty of other events - plays, performances, etc. Most of them have afterparties associated with them, of course.</p>
<p>My general response would be that, while parties of various stripes make up the majority of socializing events, you don't have to drink, smoke, do drugs to go to them and have a good time. I have a friend who doesn't drink caffeine, much less alcohol, and he's by no means excluded from anything.</p>
<p>this guy i know in one of the groups i'm in has been at every single party we've had, and I didn't know that he didn't drink until recently. Yet he still has an awesome time.</p>
<p>Drinking's big, but that doesn't mean it has to be big for you. I think Georgetown is one of the few places where you can not drink at all at any given party and most likely have as much fun, if not more, than the people who are drinking. </p>
<p>And there's a lot of other things to do on the weekends. What you do will really depend on what you want to do and who you are friends with. You could do stuff in DC every weekend and never go to an on campus party, or you could never leave campus.</p>