<p>Hi guys.</p>
<p>I'm a rising junior looking at colleges, like a lot of other people right now. I am looking at a lot of competitive schools, and I have a concern about some of them. Schools like Vandy and Tulane have a kind of "work hard play hard" atmosphere.</p>
<p>Now that may be great for some people, but I don't see it as being much fun for me. I'm a kind of nerdy person, I like to play Magic: The Gathering and Warhammer and Dungeons and Dragons. I had always expected that all of the competitive schools would have a lot of gamers because gamers tend to be smart, and smart people are who go to these schools.</p>
<p>So I guess what I'm asking is this: Are schools like Tulane or Vandy with a "party hard" mentality going to be a bad fit for someone who's quieter and prefers gaming to partying.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen and heard, it’s quite easy to avoid the partying if that isn’t your thing; on the flip side, parties can be found at any school if you work to find them.</p>
<p>I was a total gamer slacker in High school and did a huge turnaround in college. Not doing as well as of late due to difficulty, but my strategy was to totally eliminate all distractions ( First went video games, then TV, then facebook, all gone). My major is very tough so this was a necessity.</p>
<p>To get to your question, I don’t see why it would be tough. Most gamers I know here at my party-ish school just picked up alcohol with their gaming. also its not a big deal unless you live on a floor or apartment with those who don’t know when to shut up, but they will fail out VERY quickly unless they are the stereotypical business major who pulls Cs and stays to the end so he can party.</p>
<p>You can find gamers at any tier 1 school. Even Vanderbilt which is a huge “work hard/party school” has tons of kids who play video games, chess, etc.</p>
<p>You will be able to play at college, but you will also find you will start losing interest in playing as much as you do now, because there will be so many other activities that spark your interest.</p>