<p>I'm sorry if the title came off bluntly, I wasn't sure how else to phrase it. The fact is that Syracuse is one of the country's "top party schools" according to a lot of different lists. I'm a hard worker and good student- would I find that fellow students are simply at Syracuse for the party experience and are not serious about their schoolwork?</p>
<p>I was accepted to Newhouse, which I've heard is like a different school altogether, but I would still have to take liberal arts courses outside of Newhouse obviously. </p>
<p>Hi! I was just accepted to Newhouse as well, so maybe we’ll be students there together. 
The impression I’ve gotten from reading student reviews is that most of campus is dominated by the Greek system and party culture (their sorority girls in particular have an awful reputation). </p>
<p>Since Newhouse is so well-respected nationally, I’m sure that people within the school will be much more serious and intelligent in comparison to the rest of the university. If you’ve been accepted to the Honors program, that will also help you to meet like-minded students, but the odds are high that you’d have to deal with idiots in your GE courses and on campus in general. </p>
<p>I’m a pretty serious student, and I have no interest in partying-- most of my friends in high school have been kind of chill intellectual types. If I do attend Syracuse, the best I’ll really hope for is having a cool, smart group of friends from Newhouse and the Honors program while trying to ignore everyone else. </p>
<p>Alliedg and Natanne, </p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I had exactly the same apprehensions. I am currently a freshman at Newhouse and was at first intimidated by Syracuse’s party atmosphere. I didn’t party in high school, and had no interest in going Greek. My advice to you would be to find your niche at Cuse. Not everyone is here to party, but you have to get involved to find the people you’ll get along with. For me, I joined band and The Daily Orange. Those are the two best decisions I’ve made here. I’ve made all my best friends in these extracurriculars, and have found people who enjoy partying, but can also take weekends to relax and just spend time with friends. Newhouse is an incredible school, and I guarantee you will come to love SU and find your place as long as you get involved! </p>
<p>You mention that being in Newhouse will help; however, if I’m more interested in sciences, and I therefore am not in that, would I still be ok with finding people similar to me (not a party type, more intellectual), as in the Honors program? </p>