<p>Thanks Brooklyn. I want to do engineering and was comapring the Engineering unis to some of the other larger unis such as Michigan, Wisconsin - Madison and UT- Austin</p>
<p>No problem. Let me know if you wind up attending.</p>
<p>University of Iowa. There is a detox center in the middle of campus.</p>
<p>bgrill, do you have an easy class load on Friday? I too am going to Duke next year and I cannot wait.</p>
<p>What can you guys tell me about Arizona State,Tennessee and Vanderbilt in terms of partying since I'm going to one of these 3 schools.</p>
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All of them have hot girls and parties. ASU is more like Girls Gone Wild Hot and Vandy is more like Classy Girl Hot.</p>
<p>Sweet,what else can you guys tell me about ASU,UT or Vandy?</p>
<p>Vandy girls are attractive and smart...but I am one, so I might be biased.</p>
<p>What do you guys know about University of Oregon and University of Arizona?</p>
<p>This semester I did, but next semester I won't. Luckily, my MWF classes don't start till noon, and I have no classes on Tuesdays or Thursdays. So I can still go out, as long as I can wake up by 11 or so. But next semester is rush/pledging, so I'll probably die (in a good way).</p>
<p>Do you guys know anything about Sigma Phi Epsilon? Also, the university I attend isn't known for its Greek system, would that effect my experience?</p>
<p>how are parties at USC?? good i hear...but are they all centered around Greek life?</p>
<p>I guess I've sort of become the Greek life ambassador around here, so here goes. :)</p>
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<p>I can't vouch for USC, but in my experience, there is little to no difference between Greek parties and apartment/house parties. Frat parties are usually bigger, more organized (music, themes, etc), and have more alcohol. House parties are more intimate and more centered around drinking games like Kings, Never Have I Ever, and Quarters. While Greek organizations have some events, like formals, mixers, and date functions, that are only for other Greeks or a specific sorority or fraternity, they also have a lot of open parties (at least my school) which any student can attend.</p>
<p>USC is reknowned for being a party school as well as a big Greek school so my guess would be that the parties are pretty good.</p>
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<p>"Spee" or Sig Ep is what we call it around here. Like any frat, it's reputation is different at every school, and it's reputation is only a partially true oversimplified (or sometimes just flat-out unfounded) estimation of its true personality. Since your school doesn't have a big Greek system, it'll probably be fairly easy for you to get a bid there if that's what you want, and you are less likely to be hazed or undergo any embarassing rituals. At the same time, you probably won't enjoy the same perks and pride and sense of entitlement one gets from being a member of a large, elite frat at a more Greek-oriented school. My guess is just that all-around, being in a frat at a non-Greek-dominated school would be laid-back and chill, and probably a good way to meet some new guys and get invited to few extra parties.</p>
<p>briansteffy,</p>
<p>it is possible to get away with partying without damaging your GPA. It just takes time management. I'm a freshman in engineering at Cornell. I partied consistently at least three nights a week w/o any problems grade-wise.</p>
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<p>I go to Tennessee, so I can help you out of this one. There is always a party going on somewhere. No matter what night of the week. It's really crazy during football season, there are those that pre-game and then all the parties after the games. Thursday night is a college night at one of the clubs here, so lots of people go to that (personally, I've never been, but some of my friends have and they always seem have a good time.) Basically if you want to party, you can. It's usually not hard to find one.</p>
<p>I agree with people that say that you can find parties at almost any school, except for religious schools. Schools with prominent Greek systems often have big themed parties. But let me tell you from personal experience that you can get burned out on huge crazy parties every weekend - or people trying to have a huge crazy party when its really pretty lame. Give me a deck of cards, a beer pong table, some cool people and plenty to drink and that's a great party in my book - compared to a packed frat house where no one talks to each other. Though a theme party is fun every now and then.</p>