<p>I would disagree that every school's a party school...At William&Mary, we're lucky if there's even 1 party to go to on a saturday night (and if there is, it usually sucks).</p>
<p>I agree with the statement that every school is a party school as well. Although tere might be more (and better) parties at the big state school, you can party extremely hard at any school you go to.</p>
<p>^^, There's not alot of parties at W&M?? Doesn't mean you can't party. Doesn't mean you can't go to a friends apartment (or your own) with like 10 other friends and get drunk off your ass. Maybe that really wouldn't be a big party, but the point is you can have fun at ANY college no matter what.</p>
<p>Suggestions if you want to party hard...</p>
<p>UConn
Arizona
ASU
San Diego State
Florida
FSU
WVU
UTexas
Wisconsin
Indiana
LSU
Auburn
Georgia
Miami
Syracuse
McGill
Penn State
Colorado
Nebraska
Texas Tech</p>
<p>*UCSB is an INSANE party school.</p>
<p>My friend was telling me about parties that stretch into streets...things were being lit on fire...absolute chaos and insanity.*</p>
<p>It's really kind of overrated. The only really big event is Halloween, and even in my experience, it was fairly subdued, with just hoards of people wandering around. Otherwise, on most weekends, there are people walking the streets and open house parties around Isla Vista, but I feel completely safe walking down the streets at night either way. I've noticed most of the hype of UCSB being a party school is spread by non-students.</p>
<p>Go to halloween at Chico, UCSB, or Cal Poly. Then go to halloween at Pepperdine, Berkeley or Stanford and tell me if you can see a difference. Sure there are kids who party at every school, BUT there are very distinct differences between party schools and non party schools.</p>
<p>The distinction here seems to be college town vs non college town. When you have many of the students of the school living close together, the town becomes more conducive to a party environment.</p>
<p>We aren't going by the definition of "party" that has been mentioned. The parties I used to enjoy from before college involved gathering a bunch of my friends and just hanging out, blaring the stereo, and sitting around and talking about stuff like how hot we thought our female friends were, what was wrong with our ancient cars (one of my friends had this 1982 Plymouth), and typically eating whatever I cooked (yup, I was ALWAYS the cook) washed down with a tall cool Pepsi. We didn't believe in using alcohol--none of us. The only occasional drinkers I hung out with were one guy who would have a wine with his family at special occasions and my catholic buddies who would have a really little amount of wine in church. None of us did drugs either--I think Tylenol was as hardcore as we ever got, but that was just because we all got headaches from time to time.</p>
<p>Mount Union was a big party school. If you didn't party on Friday or Saturday night you had to sit in your dorm and do nothing (like play video games). All the RA's drank, and one was a regular pot smoker. They actually admitted all of this in their online profiles. Now that is definitely not setting a good example. I had a good buddy who never drank, never did drugs, and never got laid before marriage. I'm surprised he didn't want to transfer either.</p>
<p>I escaped Mount without drinking or drugging or getting laid before marriage, without ever setting foot in one of those parties where all people wanted a booze and a lay, and without corrupting my image. People rave about Mount and say it's a great liberal arts school, but really, it's just a place where the alcohol and immorality flow rampant. I'm home now and can go to the mall on Friday and Saturday nights, or maybe to the Pirates game with a few buddies who go to school around here.</p>
<h1>42 - That's true, and I can actually procure alcohol fairly easily, and there is no pressure to drink, which is nice.</h1>
<p>I still wish I brag about the "wicked sick parties" at my school to my friends though.</p>
<p>-Rc251, you have it right. If the town is a college town the kids are more likely to party because they aren't driving home each night. I'm sure the schools that are in big cities would have amazing parties if the kids lived there. I actually have heard some intense party stories of the dorms in San Francisco State. I think another difference is the kids who go to the school. Atleast at my high school the kids who get into Stanford and Berkeley don't simply have time to party. While the kids who get a C average in high school have nothing better to do.</p>
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<p>you obviously don't know BYU. Partying (excluding getting together to jump on the tramp(oline)) gets you kicked out, because it violates the "honor code."</p>
<p>-Rc251, you have it right. If the town is a college town the kids are more likely to party because they aren't driving home each night. I'm sure the schools that are in big cities would have amazing parties if the kids lived there. I actually have heard some intense party stories of the dorms in San Francisco State. I think another difference is the kids who go to the school. Atleast at my high school the kids who get into Stanford and Berkeley don't simply have time to party. While the kids who get a C average in high school have nothing better to do.</p>
<p>I think it's not only kids going home, but also that everyone lives together. In schools in urban centers, you have students scattered around in various areas and suburbs around the campus, compared to UCSB for example, where 80% of the student population is essentially within walking distance of each other.</p>
<p>U of Mich is definitely underrated.</p>
<p>If you want to party hard at the University of Nebraska you have to go greek, otherwise you will find yourself sitting alone in a dorm on a friday night wondering why you didn't choose a university in a more interesting setting. However unlike many colleges frat boys at UNL aren't jerks there's something for everyone. Everyone has fun during Husker football season.</p>
<p>I'm surprised ohio u hasn't been said...at least where I live, it's considered a bigger party school than any other college in oh. we just view THE ohio state university as a bunch of weirdos obsessed with their football.</p>
<p>college kids + no parents + opportunity = PARTY regardless of the location in the united states and if the cops are *******s or not, college kids are known to find a way around and party harderrr</p>
<p>^ Haha, or get busted right before you return to your apartment like I did. :P</p>
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<p>Any LAC with frats in an isolated area will probably have good parties.</p>
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<p>That's Washington and Lee in a nutshell. Oh, and tonight is tear night - craziest night of the year.</p>
<p>University of Delaware...</p>
<p>UGA probably, they have some of the hottest girls which should automatically mean they have good parties.</p>
<p>At my school most people go home. Not sure why they do it every weekend.</p>
<p>We have kickass parties here at UC Santa Cruz.</p>
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<p>very true. dont assume that since you're going to a school for smart people there will be no parties lol. i live in an honors students dorm where some ppl drink everynite lol.</p>
<p>"a school for smart people"...that just sounds funny.</p>