<p>For example: UVA, UNC, UCSB (maybe?)</p>
<p>UW - Madison</p>
<p>I think of Tulane and UMiami.</p>
<p>I agree with the above, except I would say UCSD over UCSB for strength in sciences. Most schools are party schools, though. If you find a school with strong sciences (which are also a fair number) that you also think you would like in terms of size, location, etc., then chances are there will be more than enough partying to keep you happy. Let’s put it this way. If there are not decent parties at the schools you narrow it down to based on the science programs and other criteria, you will see that pretty quickly by looking at their threads on here.</p>
<p>UCONN, very big in the sciences!</p>
<p>Generally, the people who are responsible for a school’s reputation in the sciences are not the people responsible for its reputation for partying.</p>
<p>University of Colorado, Boulder</p>
<p>PS: fallenchemist, UCSB has one of the world’s best physics departments.</p>
<p>UW-Madison for sure. University of Michigan as well. Pretty much any state school is pretty good in the sciences and a party school</p>
<p>katliamom - good to know. I just knew that UCSD is very strong in chem and biochem and biology, although they are all pretty good in biology. I think in mentioning this and Colorado you being light to a good point. It really does depend on which science area(s) he is talking about.</p>
<p>Greybeard - I have to say you have no idea what you are talking about. Obviously you have never been in a bar at 2 in the morning with a bunch of chemists and physicists experimenting with the elasticity of various objects as they rebound off various walls and surfaces.</p>
<p>LOL, fallenchemist, I am choking on my wine!
Wait, the dog has brought me his football, should we rebound it off the walls?
It is below zero, so don’t want to go outside.</p>
<p>hahah fallenchemist. as for which area, im not sure, probably chem or physics. forensics would be cool too, but i dont think that many schools have majors relating to that field.</p>
<p>UCSD is extremely strong in science and engineering, but it’s not exactly a “party school” </p>
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<p>UNH, anyone? Hahaha no but fo real.</p>
<p>UCLA and UC Berkeley are both party schools too. And needless to say that they are quite strong in sciences whether that would be natural, chemical, biological or engineering science.</p>
<p>There usually are lots of parties and usually have a very high attendance rate when in schools full of frats and sororities.</p>
<p>Yes, like I said almost all schools, especially large ones, will have a decent party scene. Better to focus on finding a physics or chem department in a situation that appeals to you. However, let me be clear on that. It is true that many of these schools (UCLA, Berkeley, Wisconsin, others) have top, top chem departments (I am most familiar in that area, duh). That will make VERY little difference to you as an undergrad. In fact, I would suggest you might be better off at a school where undergrads are known to get involved in research AND can get to know their profs pretty well. That can be very important when applying to grad schools. The chemists that give UCLA and Berkeley their fame are very, very busy and have huge groups of grad students. It is more like running a company in many ways. And the course work at the undergrad level will be largely the same at most schools.</p>
<p>This is why I say what you really want to focus on is finding a school that fits you overall for size, location, sports life, Greek life, whatever. The rest will take care of itself as long as you make the effort.</p>
<p>I used to play in bar bands at various clubs in Berkeley, and on numerous occasions observed patrons conducting biochemical experiments at 2:00 a.m. Some of them had indeed contributed to various aspects of Berkeley’s reputation, but none of them, to my knowledge, had augmented appreciably its reputation for original work in the sciences. Their efforts were generally more pedestrian, verifying that the results others had previously reported from such experiments were repeatable in the laboratory, or even the lavatory.</p>
<p>LOL! So the conclusion is that nearly all college students are actually scientists?</p>
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Oh my, I have NEVER, EVER, nor will I expect to EVER hear the word Party and UCSD in the same sentence. Envision soulless, zombie, pre-med, grinding grade-grubbers fenced in by slabs of concrete.</p>
<p>Really, is UCSD that extreme in that aspect? Seems odd, given the location. Just asking, it isn’t that I don’t believe you.</p>
<p>I couldn’t understand it either Fallen until I read multiple threads on this BB titled, more or less, “is UCSD THAT boring?”. What capped it off for me was the dozens of student-written critiques found at students review dot com …Take a look and feel your jaw drop.</p>
<p>I’m convinced there’s something in the water, but in reality the dozens of reviews seem to consistently mention a combination of, in order of importance:</p>
<p>-20% pre-med/pre dental population, which is more than double that of the average school
-location 15 minute drive from the popular restaurants and bars of old-town San Diego, and nothing interesting at all in proximate La Jolla.
-the majority of UCSD students applied to, but were not accepted into, UCLA or Berkeley, creating an sense of “settling”
-Dorms spread far from each other around the perimeter of campus
-lack of sports excitement (some DIII schools like Amherst and Williams are into sports, UCSD is not, at ALL). Cal has its football stadium on campus, UCLA has Pauley Pavillion on campus, UCSD has nothing.
-very tough, inflexible core requirements in four of the six colleges
-1960s era concrete slab uber-functional architecture that would never be confused with anything inspirational or beautiful</p>