Social life questions, while we're waiting

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northeastern University
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<p>So while we're waiting for the EA decisions... I haven't been able to think about anything but this school for the last few days, so I've been through pages and pages of CC threads. This is my number one school, but I think going through so much info on here is scaring me, specifically in terms of social life. </p>

<p>I want to make sure I have fun at this school. I haven't had too much fun at my high school, so I definitely want to go to at least some parties on weekends, make lots of friends, etc. </p>

<p>Not to be superficial, but a fun college environment with parties is important to me, and it's definitely a factor in my decision for next year. Basically, I just want to make sure that I would have a good college experience, of course getting a good education, while still having fun and going a little crazy on the weekends sometimes. I hope people don't take this the wrong way.</p>

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<p>you go to college to learn. partying should be your last priority</p>

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<p>I know kids that go there, they have fun.</p>

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<p>There are parties. I hear of them. I don’t go to them. I also read in the crime log about the drunk people who do stupid things.
Honestly, any school you go to is going to have parties. And NEU is in Boston, so there’s always stuff going on; it’s the ultimate college town. And if that’s not enough, Cambridge is just across the river and apparently MIT and Harvard have good parties. Or so I’ve heard.
You’ll definitely make friends, as long as you don’t become a hermit in your dorm room. Don’t stress out about it too much.</p>

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<p>I keep reading posts on here about the school being career-oriented, less of a party school, blah blah blah. Recently there have been plenty of posts around (not on this thread yet, but on others) about social life outside of partying, and they’ve been SO different than my experience. so I’ll finally chime in about NEU as someone who likes the party scene.</p>

<p>I had a great time and a great social life in college. I partied as much as I wanted. Sometimes this meant thurs, fri, sat every week. Sometimes a lot less. Unlike some big party schools, not many people party more than this. </p>

<p>As a freshman it takes some time to find a great niche. Usually it takes people most of 1st semester to really find a social group and reliable parties, sometimes even longer. But it’s there! I promise! I started having regular parties to go to around early 2nd semester. Once I was a sophomore, I had a lot more options because kids move out of frosh dorms and into upperclassman suites with kitchens. Once you’re 21, obviously, there’s also an awesome nightlife in boston, and it’s a sick city for running around to bars.</p>

<p>I had so, so many late nights and ridiculous stereotypical college-party moments. I don’t think I missed out on the college party thing. I partied with lots of different groups, went to lots of apartments and bars, and had a great time. You just have to be social, you have to be willing to put yourself out there, meet new people, etc etc etc.</p>

<p>Of course, there were also nights where I chose to just hang out with my roommates and watch TV, or where I sat around watching my guy friends play FIFA. Or times when I went out to dinner and JP Licks for ice cream. Or went to hockey games, or to concerts, or various other non-party social outings. Or, since I was a science major, times when I just stayed home to review some chemistry and lay around.</p>

<p>If you aren’t looking for the party scene, you can find plenty of other things to entertain yourself and have fun. You’ll find plenty of non-partiers. If you ARE looking to party, it’s there, you just have to tap into it by being social.</p>

<p>If anyone tries to tell you NEU kids don’t party, then they haven’t hung around Symphony st at 1am on a friday, and definitely haven’t been into Symphony 8 or Our House (both NEU bars) on a saturday (or thursday!) night.</p>