<p>Yeah, I consider myself a social person to the extent that I like people and doing stuff- but I've no real desire to get plastered, blotto, ****-faced, or any number of words used to describe that drunken stupor that comes from parties...</p>
<p>Is it possible at all to get involved without having to go insane?</p>
<p>You can still drink and have fun without getting tore up. Yes, I have gone to parties and gotten "plastered" a few times, as you put it, but more often than not, it's usually me and my good friends sitting around, hanging out having a few drinks and telling stories. Probably the most fun I've had this semester was when we all got together, had a few drinks (my friend Phil is a most excellent bartender) and played Charades.</p>
<p>It's fun and all to get hammered once in a while but it's not necessary for one to be "partying" (if it is, that puts you in the realm of alcoholics and idiot college freshmen.) Self-control is always a good thing to have. </p>
<p>Then again, college is the last time where you can get really drunk and screw and wake up not remembering anything and not be considered a festering buboe on society's armpit (because you're in college!), so... you know, live a little.</p>
<p>I'm not very interested in partying, so I'm looking for more academically focused universities rather than party schools.</p>
<p>Parties are fun a few times but I mostly just like chilling with my friends.</p>
<p>I go to a "party" school, but I have never smoked, done drugs, or had alcohol. My social life hasn't suffered at all--I have formed a lot friendships that endure even when my other friends go partying and I decide not to go. </p>
<p>You aren't alone. And you don't need drugs or alcohol to have a good time.</p>
<p>i have grown to discover that im not really into the party scene as much as i thought. i mean ive gone to parties and stuff but i dont feel all that excited to be there. id rather just be doing stuff with good friends</p>
<p>It is very hard to find an academic-oriented school without parties. At the higher-level schools, the kids work so hard that all they want to do on the weekends is let loose from all the stress and party a bit. I visit Princeton and Harvard often and see this all the time. Don't go to a school to avoid parties. Every school has kids that will party, but its not like it will engulf you in a position you don't want to be in. It all depends on the people you become friends with. I don't like partying very much personally. So I hang out with people who don't really feel the need to party much either. Problem solved. Sure, I drink sometimes with a group of buddies, but thats not really considered partying i dont think.</p>