<p>So basically I want to know that when people say that academics takes second priority is that just because the people choose to, or does the partying really degrade education for everyone?</p>
<p>It’s most because people ignorant of the school. You can even see in this thread, most people are saying “I heard from a friend…”. As someone who actually went to the school, the partying “DEFINITELY” didn’t take away from my education. In fact, I think the partying results in a population of students who are generally very happy and as a result do well in classes. You won’t find many people who are miserable with the campus life here (as some of my friends at UCD and UCSD mentioned, and whose grades suffered as a result).</p>