<p>I'm a high school senior strongly considering applying to Wash U early decision. I think the school is perfect for me in every way. It's just the right size, near a good city, academically challenging, and in the midwest. However the only thing holding me back is the social side of things. From my visit a few weeks ago I got the sense that not a lot of fun goes on. It seemed like kids spent a lot of time studying rather than partying/having fun. I'm just worried that if I go there I will get bored quickly.</p>
<p>Also, I really don't want to sound superficial but this IS a factor, nearly all of the girls I saw on my visit were not too cute. I've heard Wash U doesn't attract a lot of pretty girls. Can anybody tell me if that's true or not?</p>
<p>Anyway thanks a ton. Any advice is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Hahaha, you can find almost every kind of person at WashU. You just have to look. True, there are a lot of students who spend a lot of time studying, but there are SO many others who like partying/having a good time. WashU has a ton of sororities and almost every club at WashU throws parties pretty often. So you just have to look for what you want, it’s not really hard to find. Did you go to a frat party during your visit? The crowd at those parties is slightly different.</p>
<p>@griffin74 I assure you there are lots of pretty girls at WashU. And the students have all kinds of fun. I visited a close friend who goes there and she does tons of fun things.</p>
<p>@KCTaxGuy
I might be wrong on this so don’t quote me:
I think that the female population is naturally higher than male population as boys are ever-so-slightly more likely to die before reaching adulthood than girls (something about the XX and XY chromosomes I believe)</p>
<p>I’m a current WashU freshman who applied ED last year. (for some perspective)</p>
<p>A proportion of the students certainly do study a lot of the time, but like others in the thread have said you just need to find your niche of friends that enjoys doing what you do. That’s one of the aspects of WashU that I love - the huge variance of different types of people you meet. I know that in high school I didn’t meet nearly the amount of cool, interesting people that I have here. People just have different preferences about what they like doing to have fun.</p>
<p>And about the cute/pretty girls comment, I would definitely have to disagree.</p>
<p>Hi, I am a current Wash U freshman. Coming into Wash U I thought there would be a lot of focus on studying and there would be little social life, well I was completely wrong. The first couple of weeks of school there are a lot of dorm parties because the frats are not open yet. Wash U has a very relaxed alcohol policy where students can drink as long as they have their doors open and do not take shots or play drinking games. Then in the second or third week frats open up and almost every weekend a frat has an open party and these are very fun. If frats are not popping students go to bars or clubs or we just hang out and drink in the dorms with friends which is really fun. It is obviously nothing compared to a state school but there is definitely a fun social life. If you are not into the party scene there are a lot of fun things to do around St. Louis. Some nights we go to the Loop for a nice dinner or other things. </p>
<p>As for the girls, I am a girl myself so I am biased. But personally I think Wash U attracts some very pretty girls and almost all of them are very fit. Almost every girl works out often and they also all make an effort to dress nice to class and stuff. </p>