<p>I enjoyed the reaction of my fellow UGA alumni to this ranking: From the microbiology and math PhD students to the current crop of Teach for America teachers, everyone seems quite proud and fully embraced it. Mind you, these aren’t your stereotypical party people, though the former frat members I know seem to be happy with the ranking as well. </p>
<p>I attribute the ranking partially to UGA’s party scene being rather egalitarian thanks to the huge number of bars and venues in Athens as well as the very active emphasis on the importance of a social life in general by many of the students. Top students could also be very heavy partiers- I went to plenty of parties where fine art discussions, political debates, etc. took place and the average GPA in the room was probably a 3.9+ (although I’m sure this is a minority overall). Overall, it ain’t a bad thing to learn how to get along with people imbibing and learning to balance academics with an active social life- I’d say I was better off for it.</p>
<p>And UGA is also on their list of “Green Colleges”.</p>
<p>I’m going to UGA as a freshman in the next couple of weeks, and I’m so glad this came out after my parents paid for this semester so they couldn’t think about whether or not to let me go! haha.</p>
<p>I’m amused by some of the posters on this thread who say “I can’t believe univ. X isn’t on the list!” Most posting these things are rising freshmen or early in their college years. How on earth do you think you know the party habits of X school compared to Y? Do your “in the know” friends tell you that school X is a crazy party school? Yep, that makes you an authoritive source. You can find a crazy party culture at ANY school, save a very few religious schools.</p>
<p>Well of course big state schools make the list, because they have a ton of people, and they can tailgate at games and have parties at fraternity houses. Most schools have a party scene, I don’t think there’s an objective way to survey a schools party scene.</p>
<p>Awww… Case Western… they don’t have lives…
I’m glad Ohio State didn’t make the list, maybe people will start taking my college choice seriously now.</p>
<p>UIowa is renowned for its Writer’s Workshop, arguably the best creative writing graduate program in the country. As for undergraduates, I can think of a plethora of schools with better faculty, opportunities, and so on. It’s still a good school, though.</p>
<p>“Awww… Case Western… they don’t have lives…”</p>
<p>Hahaha far from the truth. There is a very lively party scene that people never talk about. Obviously you have never been. Tons of bars with great drink specials, solid house parties. I never have trouble finding something to do. Sure, our weekend doesn’t start til Wednesday, but we make due with what we have. </p>
<p>Don’t make an assumption about Case based on what a few disgruntled students say. There is a terrific social scene and a ton to do. </p>
<p>I don’t really understand how my comment is in any way “bitter.” It’s common sense that a school with 15,000+ kids is going to have larger and more parties than a small school. Does anyone know what criteria they base this on? Just student surveys? I mean people that go to PSU brag about parties, so they are probably going to exaggerate just a bit on those surveys about how much they go out, because that party label makes them proud. Seriously, that’s all that the kids who go to PSU main talk about, which is fine. School pride is school pride.</p>