<p>My life sounds pretty sad, but I don’t think I’ve been to a party for the past 2 years or so.</p>
<p>@Rashel</p>
<p>But, if you get straight As in high school you will get into a better college (and thus have better job prospects) than a person who got straight Bs. Therefore on the average the straight A student is more successful and will have a better life than a straight B student…</p>
<p>It’s perfectly possible to have fun and get straight As, it just requires a lot more commitment to time management and effective studying than most people can be bothered with. Also being at least reasonably naturally smart is probably essential.</p>
<p>I don’t drink, but I made an exception for my best friends’ 16th last week, as it was only champagne and to be polite. But it was properly gross, which was enough to put me off alcohol again.</p>
<p>No. </p>
<p>I get together with some friends but we mostly go rollerskating or play video games. I have never been to a real high school party and I’m fine with that because it takes the pressure off. I’m not a very social person so parties aren’t my scene anyway especially since my school is known in the county as the “stoner artsy school”. Yes, I’m artsy but I have no interest in the “stoner” part.</p>
<p>No. </p>
<p>The reasons:
- I don’t have friends - only acquaintances, most of whom don’t like me very much. They tell me I should go to dances with them and then they proceed to ignore me the whole time.
- I don’t really see why I would want to go to someone’s nasty house and drink cheap beer from Save-a-Lot?</p>
<p>Yes. Not always in the real sense of “party” though. Maybe once a month or once every 6 weeks me and my close friends get together and drink and hangout, but its not like its a party party. People usually only have real parties for special events such as homecoming, Halloween, New Years, etc. Most overachievers at my school do party, they just don’t get completely out of control like others.</p>
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<p>This reminded me of when the will-be-valedictorian at my school passed out at a halloween party and woke up with only his underwear on a few hours later. Maybe that’s why he got deferred from Harvard…</p>
<p>^LOLOLOL.
I party, but I guess my partying is relatively tame. It’s mostly birthday parties and occasional random parties (so maybe one party every two months?), but sweet sixteens are coming up! I hang out with a good crowd of kids, so even though we might be running around and dancing, there’s never alcohol or drugs at our parties. Lol, the parents even stay in the house (just on a different floor). I guess that’s what happens when you attend a religious private school.
But fo’ real, I love to socialize and hang out with my friends (even if it’s just trolling through the Wendy’s drive through :P) so I do it as much as possible.</p>
<p>LOL I totally party…not.
I hang out with friends and stuff a lot, but I’ve never had alcohol (well aside from a couple of sips of wine with my family for special occasions).</p>
<p>All day, errday. I know a guy who has a 2220 SAT score who got messed up the night of January 26th. I suspect that there are many on CC who have done as such, but would never admit to it.</p>
<p>^^There is totally a stigma towards partying on college confidential. I party, get drunk, and hook up a couple of times a month. And I’m a 2400 valedictorian, president of 5 clubs, varsity team captain, etc etc etc.</p>
<p>So, can you party and do well in school? Yes. Definitely.</p>
<p>I see my boyfriend for at least dinner almost every day of the week, and I’m ranked 32 in my class of 500. I don’t drink or party in the normal sense but I definitely don’t sit home and study all the time (: our top 20 doesn’t get out much at all, to my knowledge.</p>
<p>I go to parties fairly often, but usually end up being the DD for friends. There’s a big party scene at my school, and alot of the overachievers (myself included) go to parties. I stay in control of myself, never go too far, and never let it affect my studying. I have fun, and relaxing with friends - at a party or not - helps me succeed in school IMO.</p>
<p>I party 24/7! I’m the host and the only invitee though.</p>
<p>^You are my hero.</p>
<p>Not the drunk kind.</p>
<p>When I get the chance, and usually when I go to my sisters school. I hate partying with people I go to school with.</p>
<p>And we have this thing in my district called the Athletic Code (AKA A-Code) And every year, a group of people involved in sports always get trashed at a party, a teacher from school hears about it and they get A-Coded. Which means they’re suspended from their sport and can’t participate in the their sport for X amount of games in the next season. This guy got his golf scholarships from like 3 schools because of it!</p>
<p>Yes. You need a balance. You can’t have no social life, it will kill you. Don’t burn yourself out. I’ll admit, I have drank (drunk?) once. It was at a huge party, around 200+ people. A lot of people were drinking and … How do I phrase this…events were occurring between girlfriends and boyfriend (including me and my girlfriend) in that person’s house’s rooms. It’s really fun sometimes. Just try not to go too crazy, the next morning doesn’t feel great.</p>
<p>I do 
its common in my country</p>
<p>No ty. Having to work twice as hard relative to your privileged peers requires utmost focus.</p>
<p>Also, getting k grades whilst being a party animal doesn’t make you special.
Like, what do you want? A cookie?</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>Because I have some.</p>