Ranking Private Universities in terms of Social Life

College Search & Selection
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<p>How would you guys rank private universities in terms of social life? Most guidebooks focus solely on public schools or non-competitive schools when ranking schools with active social scenes. Many students want to find schools with balance and there will probably be many helpful opinions on these board.</p>

<p>1.) University of Southern California (#30)
2.) University of Miami (#55)
3.) Vanderbilt (#18)
4.) Boston College (#40)
5.) Lehigh (#32)
6.) Syracuse (#50)
7.) Tulane (#43)
8.) Wake Forest (#27)
9.) Notre Dame (#18)
10.) Georgetown (#23)
11.) Duke (#5)
12.) Penn (#4)
13.) Stanford (#5)
14.) Dartmouth (#9)
15.) Northwestern (#12)
16.) WashU (#27)
17.) GWU (#53)
18.) Brown (#15)
19.) Boston University (#60)
20.) Emory (#18)
21.) New York University (#37)
22.) Princeton (#1)
23.) Tufts (#27)
24.) Cornell (#13)
25.) Pepperdine (#55)<br>
26.) U. Rochester (#34)
27.) Yale (#3)
28.) Columbia (#9)
29.) Rice (#17)
30.) Brandeis (34)
31.) Harvard (#1)
32.) MIT (#7)
33.) U. Chicago (#15)
34.) Carnegie Mellon (#22)
36.) John Hopkins (#13)
37.) Case Western (#37)
38.) Caltech (#7)</p>

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<p>Sweet, Im going to USC. I like the list</p>

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<h1>19 my butt :P</h1>

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<p>i agree with USC being #1 but that is only if you are in the greek system</p>

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<p>It's gotta be brutal to see your school score lower than U of Chicago on the Fun-o-meter.</p>

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<p>yeah, that's kinda sad.</p>

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<p>where are all the top LAC's? caltech as number 38? are you kidding...caltech has no social life to speal of. W&L's social life is much more active than many even the top of that list.</p>

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<p>The rankings are based on testimony from my friends. BU is low because they are pretty strict but you are in the middle of Boston so obviously you can have a good time. Caltech is last, W&L would dominate a liberal arts list but I'm too lazy to make it.</p>

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<p>Strict doesnt mean ****. They still do everything any other school does, they just have to be more careful about RAs.</p>

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<p>I'd argue with Tulane, as New Orleans is still rebuilding</p>

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<p>Why is cal-tech on that list?????</p>

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<p>Neither U Chicago nor Cal Tech belong on that list.</p>

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<p>Can we stop using outdated stereotypes please? Have any one of you guys actually been to UChicago within the last year? There's a frat party going on every single night of the week....</p>

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<p>Dima, they are in dead last. The list is private universities in the USNEWS Top 60. Caltech and Case are at the bottom -- meaning they are NOT social schools.</p>

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<p>i think boston college should be a little lower, and miami isn't as fun as everybody thinks it is but yet in terms of privates it should be high on the list.</p>

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<p>Boston College doesn't have frats, but it's got a rollicking social scene and tons of bars not too far away.</p>

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<p>Wouldn't it be better to just skip college and spend the money on booze instead?</p>

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<p>5.) Lehigh (#32)
10.) Georgetown (#23)
11.) Duke (#5)
12.) Penn (#4)
14.) Dartmouth (#9)
15.) Northwestern (#12)
16.) WashU (#27)</p>

<p>those r my favorites...</p>

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<p>Interesteddad, they will be able to buy more and better booze in the long run if they get an education and a good job. Plus, I think everybody will agree that booze in isolation is a bit of a bore. The joy of booze is when it's booze as opposed to studying, and booze as a means of celebrating a successful exam.</p>

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<p>Also -- if you are interested in i-banking connections are crucial. My friend's dad got me an internship for a super-bulge bracket company this summer. People on this board underestimate social skills/connections as a necessity in the business world.</p>