<p>I've applied to transfer to Duke for Fall 2011. One of the biggest reasons I'm transferring is the fact that my current school is a HUGE party school...no matter the day of the week, I always find myself overhearing someone talk about how wasted they got the night before. I want to go to a school where the students care about more than going out on the weekends.</p>
<p>So I was wondering, can any current Duke students tell my about the party scene? Will I be able to find a group of people who don't like go out every night of the weekend?</p>
<p>In my experience, there are people who go out every night of the week (yes week, not weekend), and those who don’t go out at all. and of course, everywhere in between. this being college, you’re bound to overhear talk of parties and getting drunk every once in a while, but it’s very easy to avoid that scene if you’re not into it.</p>
<p>A very small percentage of Duke students go out every night. A relatively small percentage of students never go out. The vast majority of students are in between. You should be fine. Duke is not a party school in the traditional sense compared to most institutions, but certainly students are much more of the partying type then at say, CalTech. You shouldn’t have trouble finding Duke students who have a similar mentality as you at all, though.</p>
<p>Take what I say with a grain of salt, but from my understanding (friend goes to Duke and I fin out if I will as well Wednesday), but I hear there is a thriving drinking, partying, drug, and sex scene at Duke for those of us wishing to indulge, but not so much that it interfears with those who don’t. Once again though, I don’t go there… I’m trapped in the land where the most exciting thing is the seasonal high school house parties.</p>
<p>There are always parties, but Duke students know how to partake in moderation. There are, of course, those superhumans who go out each night and still manage to pull off an amazing midterm score. Orientation week is crazy, at least it was this year for me as a freshman. There were parties every night. But during the actual school year, the majority of people I know only go out on the weekends. I personally am not much of a heavy partyer, so it’s easy for me to avoid the scene should I wish it.</p>
<p>Bottom line: we know how to have fun, but it doesn’t interfere with our academics or responsibilities. Also, if you don’t go out, you’re not judged as a bore or whatever. People understand that you have work to do.</p>
<p>I know a couple kids who go there. It could be described as a party school–by top academic school standards. They say that most students are focused on academics during the week and that it is very “work hard play hard” with lots of partying on the weekend. If you want to black out and hook up all the time you can (think Karen Owen). If you want to avoid the party scene altogether you can; there is a contingent of non-partiers. I hope you end up liking Duke!</p>
<p>Sharkie you’ll definitely be able to party if you so desire. Maybe not as much as your Trinity Pscyh major friends but friday and saturday for sure. If your major is so hard for you that you can’t go out friday and saturday night then you probably don’t belong in the major</p>
<p>I completely agree with Massgirl92. It’s very easy to get involved in <em>most</em> of the party scenes here, but that’s only if you want your experience to be like that. While some people in my hall party Thursday through Saturday (and sometimes even Wednesday), the majority usually goes out to party once a week, or finds other ways of having fun (dorm movie nights/mini-road trips/free movie/sing-a-long night at DUU/concerts etc). </p>
<p>For freshmen, there are Devil after Dark events every week, where this committee sponsors events to happen on Thursday-Saturday nights on campus for people who don’t feel like going out to party. They can be anything from a night devoted to eating free chocolate, to playing capture the flag or doing karaoke with caramel apples in one of the dorms. Simple, but another alternative to going off campus and a way to meet new people. </p>
<p>We’re smart kids. We know when to party and when to study hard.</p>