<p>AP -- GAINESVILLE, Florida: The University of Florida is the United States' No. 1 party school.</p>
<p>Coming in second was the University of Mississippi, followed by Penn State University, West Virginia and Ohio University-Athens.</p>
<p>Florida also came in first this year in the categories of students who study the least....</p>
<p>/looks around</p>
<p>wheres tomslawsky>?</p>
<p>Princeton Review site is REALLY SLOW right now.</p>
<p>ohh man, i wonder if this is going to explode into one of those fsu/uf epic battles haha</p>
<p>Alright, here's the list:</p>
<p>1 - Florida
2 - Penn State
3 - Ole Miss
4 - West Virginia
5 - Ohio U
6 - Randolph Macon (WHAT?!)
7 - Georgia
8 - Texas
9 - UCSB
10 - Florida State
11 - New Hampshire
12 - Iowa
13 - Colorado
14 - Indiana
15 - Tulane
16 - Illinois
17 - Arizona State
18 - Tennessee
19 - Alabama
20 - Loyola U New Orleans</p>
<p>LOL @ the only two private schools on this list being in New Orleans! (I'm excluding Randolph Macon) </p>
<p>Someone needs to inform me as to what exactly Randolph Macon is. I have never heard of this school.</p>
<p>Where did Wisconsin go? I'm also sad to see Texas at 8. Wasn't it at #1 not too long ago?</p>
<p>Virginia. ................</p>
<p>The UW admin and the City have been stepping up enforcement of liquor laws by checking iDs and busting house parties. Also the better quality of students might have something to do with it.</p>
<p>Wisconsin still ranks 6th in "Lots of Beer" and 9th in "Lots of Hard Liquor".</p>
<p>Name a school that is not a party school and I will eat my hat. Kids aged 18-21 will find a way to party. Now some schools are more party oriented, that is, there is less supervision and prosecution. GENERALLY, but not exclusively, those are large state schools. The Princeton Review does this to tag schools and lots of kids seem to like it, as if getting drunk and throwing up is supposed to make them "cool." Sadly, alcohol poisoning is a serious health risk and can result in death. It happened at MIT a few years ago to a freshmen who had never consumed alcohol before going to college.</p>
<p>some schools are starting to prosecute it more and even toss kids out.</p>
<p>hell yes! :)</p>
<p>Anyone have anything to say to balance this party school view? </p>
<p>We were considering UF since they offer great scholarships to NMF but after seeing this I think we will not take a chance and just pass.</p>
<p>UF is a big school. If 80% of the kids are getting blasted every day that still leaves a ton of people who are not destroying their livers. Most colleges that give a lot of money guaranteed for NMF are going to be big state schools like Oklahoma, UF, ASU, etc.</p>
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Anyone have anything to say to balance this party school view?</p>
<p>We were considering UF since they offer great scholarships to NMF but after seeing this I think we will not take a chance and just pass.
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<p>If you want to be close-minded about things, pass on the great scholarship opportunity based on a meaningless ranking system. 7 of the schools on that list are excellent excellent excellent schools in terms of flagship state unis. THERE WILL BE PARTYING EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE. Yes, I said it. Like a poster above me said, a guy died at freakin' MIT. It's all about who you surround yourself with. At schools like Texas, Georgia, Illinois, etc. if you want to party, you can party. If you don't, there' 20,000 students there. Not all of them party. Plus, if your child is a NMF, they will probably be attending the Honors College at most of these places, no? Smaller classes and a more intimate atmosphere make honors colleges excellent places to get a degree. Please don't be close-minded about this and base your choice on a stupid PR ranking. Hell, I live in Georgia so I should take this opportunity to trash the Gators, but I can't. Don't be so quick to judge is all I'm saying. UF's 25-75 scores are something like 1200-1350 or so. It's a school on the rise that gives out pretty good merit aid.</p>
<p>"LOL @ the only two private schools on this list being in New Orleans! (I'm excluding Randolph Macon) "</p>
<p>New Orleans definitely knows how to party</p>
<p>Most big state schools are party schools. I've been to UF many times and I've never considered it to be extremely crazy (compared to other schools, at least). Not that it matters, but the #1 spot is unwarranted, so to whoever was thinking about not applying anymore shouldn't take this so seriously. But hey what can I say... it's Gainesville -- there's nothing better to do.</p>
<p>UF's 25-75 SAT scores are actually 1220 - 1400. </p>
<p>yes there are thousands of kids who don't party at all. most students here have a work hard/play hard mentality and realize that school comes before partying. I don't think you should pass on UF because of a PR ranking. your child will still get a good education. no te preoccupes ;)</p>
<p>This will ruin UF's reputation as a serious academic institution. Not good news for all the UF alumni. Who wants a diploma from the #1 Party School? Not me.</p>
<p>Don' take it so seriously. Not many people really take it very seriously. It's just an annual joke--but I'm glad UW is off of it for now. I suspect it will be back.</p>
<p>To say that this has anything to do with the schools academics is wrong. Ever consider the fact the the school has a student body larger than most American cities? So even if half of the student party hard, you still have over 25,000 dedicated students learning.
They should do away with these rankings completely. Just another tool to get people to buy magazines or view web sites.</p>