Party schools that offer an excellent education?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey. I'm a sophmore in high school, and I've been thinking about schools recently. I would like to go to a college thats very large, (around 30,000 people), with D-1 sports, (I love watching college football, etc) that also has great academics, but also a huge party scene.</p>

<p>Are there any schools that fit these standards? Thank you!</p>

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<p>Wisconsin, PSU, Texas, Florida.</p>

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<p>This should pretty much cover it.</p>

<p><a href=“The Smartest Party Schools In The Country”>The Smartest Party Schools In The Country;

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<p>Syracuse University</p>

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<p>UVA and UNC jump to mind.</p>

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<p>These are some well respected party schools:</p>

<p>University of Miami
Penn State University
Ohio State University
University of California-Santa Barbara
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Syracuse University
University of Texas-Austin</p>

<p>Don’t look at the “most academic” side on that buzzfeed data. Its based on Forbes ranking LOL.</p>

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<p>Michigan and UCLA.</p>

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<p>^ Heh…</p>

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<p>Check out the top state U’s — MI, UCLA, WI, FL, Va, TX to name a few.</p>

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<p>uiuc :slight_smile:
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<p>UF
Great at D1 sports, around top 50 for academics, and large campus and student body(50k students). They’re consistently rated in the top 10 for being a party school, although I view that as a negative.</p>

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<p>I would say University of Miami. Great sports too (football team) and ranked in the top 45 on USWNR</p>

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<p>Virtually ANY school with Big Div I sports is going to have a party atmosphere.</p>

<p>what are your parents saying? Will they pay for the high costs to attend an OOS public? If not, then your choices will be more limited.</p>

<p>My kids graduated from Alabama which, of course, has big sports and a Greek scene. Are you interested in pledging?</p>

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<p>Did anyone forget…</p>

<p>Indiana University Bloomington???</p>

<p>D-1 sports
party
great majors
great campus</p>

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<p>Among the Ivy League – Princeton, Dartmouth, and UPenn have the best social life/party scene. Stanford and Duke also have D-1 sports and decent social scenes.</p>

<p>If you want complete “work hard/party hard” schools I’d check out — Vanderbilt, UVA, University of Southern California, UNC, Michigan, Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Colgate, Bucknell, Boston College, W&L, Lehigh, Tulane, Ohio State, Syracuse, Florida, Maryland, Penn State, UT-Austin, UCSB, UMiami.</p>

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<p>If you really have the stats to make it, go to Yale - it’s the only Ivy to feature on Playboy’s list of the top ten party schools in the US</p>

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<p>@timetodecide12</p>

<p>Why not IU Bloomington?</p>

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<p>UWisconsin
UMiami
USC (cal)</p>

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<p>Indiana could be included on my list, I’m sure I missed some others as well</p>

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<p>The Ivy League is an NCAA Division I sports conference.</p>