<p>I have pretty much never been a party-goer in high school, but I would like to be involved in Greek life and enjoy the entire college experience, including all the college parties. I was just wondering... typically for incoming USC freshmen, do the most of the party-goers have lots of experiences in partying in HS already? (Seems unlikely considering how selective USC is... your academics need to be pretty darn good to get in, which would leave you little time for partying in HS)</p>
<p>As a kid who mostly stayed out of trouble in high school, will I be able to fit in to USC's 'work hard, play hard' lifestyle?</p>
<p>At any college today there is drinking. SC has such diversity you can find students who party and students who never touch alcohol. </p>
<p>There are so many things to do in Los Angeles a student can find friends who are hikers, surfers, film buffs, musicians, writers, skiiers and others who are just not interested in the “party scene”.</p>
<p>haha this is a good question. I’ll be honest here. I have heard stories of kids who were sheltered and never had a drink before, but once they reached college they went crazy. These are usually the kids who end up making fools out of themselves because they never did it before, so they usually reach for everything once they have the chance to do it. </p>
<p>If you never had a drink in your life before, I would advice to go easy at first because in reality who wants to be the annoying drunk person who gets drunk at every party and throws up everywhere. That’s just frowned upon. Just a thought.</p>
<p>That said it’s also very possible to find a balance. It’s ultimately up to you when and how hard you party. =P You can be absolutely crazy on a Saturday night and sober up for weekdays and do just fine in school.</p>
<p>If you do want to be a part of the party scene on weekends or whenever, it’s really easy to just pop in and integrate. You do have to regulate yourself, though.</p>
<p>You dont’ want to become part of the statistics,…so love and value yourself!
Best wishes as a Freshman…you should be looking for a learning experience not to participate in “all college parties”. </p>
<p>Please be aware about the conclusion in studies concerning drinking in colleges:
studies:</p>
<p>"… a new study revealed that drinking by college students contributes to an astonishing 1,400 student deaths, 500,000 injuries, and 70,000 cases of other horrible experiences…</p>
<p>People who’ve never drank before shouldn’t reach for the grey goose or bacardi 151 right off the bat. They gotta work their way up - start with Smirnoff Ice and other light drinks first.</p>
<p>if you have no experience with alcohol do not experiment with it for the first time at a large party. have fun with a small group (~10) of friends who you trust will take care of you lol.</p>
<p>lol ahh i think those of us who’ve never partied would probably only have one or two drinks at first and work our way up. : ] just gotta be smart about it and have self-discipline</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s obvious who has never had a sip of alcohol in their life during the first few weeks of school when they go crazy, get wasted, throw up – those who generally cannot handle themselves. If you really haven’t found your limit during your high school years, just be careful and smart about it when you get to college. It’s going to be SO tempting to keep drinking when, most likely, you will be around people who have been drinking for awhile (especially in the Greek system) and they’ll want to keep taking shot after shot, but you just have to learn to say no. Don’t feel bad because you’re “inexperienced” because there are lots of people in the same boat!</p>
<p>Hi, crazi4uni…you are right!! LOL- No one has really answered your question concerning “do the most of the party-goers have lots of experiences in partying in HS already?"</p>
<p>All the answers focus in advice about parties. We can conclude that there are a lot of good people here that wants to protect your future.</p>
<p>Any HS students with party experiences, please answer the question?</p>
<p>I don’t know how much my input matters, but i’m an incoming freshman who hasn’t touched anything ever/has stayed out of trouble/been a nerdy goody-goody. I’m not going greek, only because it’d be hard to do that as a gay guy. I definitely will be going to parties, but I don’t feel like I need “experience” to do that - what’s so hard about partying? The only thing I have to be careful about is drinking, which I don’t really care about, but if I needed to put on an appearance, I could pass with a glass of soda in my hand. Also, I > peer pressure. I feel like a lot of us will be in the same boat, and we’ll get to know each other and trust each other and just have fun!</p>
<p>I am an incoming freshman with party experience, and I would think its about 50/50. However, I am used to relatively small parties, with like 10 or less people and partied mostly with people outside of my HS. I want to join greek life as well, and my advice would be to get at least a little experience under your belt before you come to USC, but if you can’t, don’t sweat it. Everyone was a noob once, and as long as you can laugh at yourself and don’t try to act more experienced than you are you’ll get by fine. I personally don’t care if you’re a noob or Keith Richards, you can come party with me.</p>
<p>students come in to college with all sorts of experiences. Just because it is college does not mean you need to change your value system. If you don’t like to drink, then don’t. If you like to study, then study. You have to live with your choices. So…do MOST kids come to USC “knowing” how to party?.. USC is a diverse family…some party, some don’t, some are smarter than others, some like math, some like film, and yes, some come in to college “knowing” how to party…MOST??? Maybe the partiers are just louder and it appears that way. Just go wanting to have fun. If you don’t want to party find someone to do one of the 1000’s of other things to do in LA. Don’t worry…you will fit in…even if you don’t “party”.</p>
<p>No offense, but most people involved in greek life were “party-go-ers” in high school - most likely why they fit in at a school such as USC with the work hard, party harder attitude. </p>
<p>But, do not stray away from something you want to be apart of. I suggest you experiment by yourself just to know your limit. Please, please, please, take not of how different you become when you’re drunk. Do not become the obnoxious idiot at parties who won’t shut up and talks too loud. Be cool and don’t barf.</p>
<p>I dunno man…seems like if you want to party, then party (drink, drink, drink!)
But of course there’s no problem socializing sober. I’m missing the point of it though since everyone else is at a different level than you since you’re sober.
Is your religion holding you back?</p>