<p>anybody???</p>
<p>try posting in the grad school forums - i doubt any grad students frequent the "college life" forum</p>
<p>heh heh, I still look at the high school forum, and I'm a college freshman. But yes, this is defintely a grad school forum question.</p>
<p>Way old thread, I know, but there is not anywhere near the partying in grad school.</p>
<p>In undergrad, most schools have one weekday night that is a big night to go out. Most places it is Thursday, but I've heard of Mondays, and Wednesdays also being big nights out. Some schools may be big on thur - sat plus the extra night...</p>
<p>In undergrad you can get by even though you're going out three nights a week, particularly when you've gotten used to the work load.</p>
<p>I'm in medical school now and we rarely go out like we did in UG. Yes we do go out on Friday and Saturday, but it's not the same. We might go out during the week, but it'll be for a couple of beers, not to get lit. Fridays are still pretty big, but not always.</p>
<p>The only time I go big like I used to, is either after a test (my school happens to have tests on saturday mornings...we usually walk to the bar after we're done) or when I go back to my alma mater and hang out with my fraternity brothers. Otherwise it's just an overall calmer sort of partying experience.</p>
<p>The best way I can describe a grad school party is that the guys are nerdier, and the girls are way less hot.</p>
<p>Much less. The students are older (as old as in their 50s and 60s), have more responsibilities (student loans, kids, spouses) and are more serious about their studies since they know that they'll have to get a job soon (if they aren't working already), and also tend to be taking courses in fields that they have a lot of interest in. They're in grad school for themselves, not to party on their parents' dime.</p>
<p>Oh, thank God, someone said it. (Northstarmom)</p>
<p>People generally don't go to grad school unless they're serious about attaining another degree. (MA, MS, PhD, MD, MDiv, etc).</p>
<p>I plan on going to grad school for my MA and PhD. There will be no partying. That's on my dime, and my interests (Religious Studies;early Christianity) require an enormous amount of study and concentration.</p>
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My impression is that there is often more drinking in grad school, but less partying. :)</p>
<p>My first year of grad school I went to more bars than in my whole four years of undergrad combined! I tend to drink a lot more as a grad student and have more time than I had as an undergraduate (since I worked 20 hours a week on top of a full or more than full load). Right now, since I'm trying to finish up my thesis, I haven't found the time to go out as much...but my fiance and I do drink at home on the weekends (and some weekday evenings...). </p>
<p>As for actual 'partying' we don't particularly have hard core keggers or anything like that...but there have been a few doozys such as a beer party where all of the grad students brought in their favority local beers from where they were raised. They occur about once every couple of months or so...</p>