Undergrad Party schools

[KababMD]

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Hey, who here attends a undergrad university which is a big party school...how do you keep sane, when you are the one NOT partying, and everyone else is partying, theres a ton of 'pre-meds' here that really dont belong becuase their main concern is getting drunk tonight or not, and not about their studies. I know it might be a general statement, but trust me exam averages speak!!! What do you guys do who dont party, nor associate with people like such to keep sane...it seems like the only way to have fun at this school is to party, so your either of 2 crowds, those who party or those who dont. Currently I hate it, as I never party, and really feel i had gone somewhere else for undergrad...

What do you guys do??

And lol, please dont assume im anti-social because that isnt the case, I just wish there were more people that I could relate to on my level...those who prioritized studies first!

 

[BlitzSleep]

I find that studying while being drunk is more effective.

 

[GoldShadow]

Find a couple fun people that like to do the same things as you.

I'm in a similar position (non-partier)... I have friends that'll go out and party now and then, but we also go out and watch movies and stuff on weekends, or play video games and the like.

 

[Cegar]

Live off campus.

 

[UofM527]

Do you attend a smaller undergrad school?? I mean, I went to a very large school, and there were plenty of every type of person available to associate with...personally, I put studies first, and many people at my school seemed too, but I had no problem with those that didn't...I actually lived in a fraternity house for two years...sure, some people are going to party/drink all the time...and it is great to have those friends for when you feel like doing the same...for other times when you need to study, I found these cool places called libraries which tended to be packed with similarly minded students/many other friends...I really don't understand why you even care/are bothered by what everyone else is doing??

 

[eight sat up]

I party, I study, I get good grades, and I have fun. My school definitely knows how to party, but we know how to get things done when we have to. It's a fine balance, but it took me a year to figure it out.

 

[littlealex]

Partying is fine as long as you keep up with school work. Most fraternities have higher GPA averages than the university-wide average. Work hard during the week, party all night, and wake up in the afternoon and keep studying.

If that's not an option for you, find activities that you're actually interested in. Join clubs, swing dance lessons, music groups, anything. Participate in activities that you're interested in and you'll meet like-minded people who'd be up for hanging out on the weekends.

And dude, let's see. 1) Your exam averages make you better than other kids who drink, they don't belong, 2) you don't associate with those who party. You sound antisocial enough to me, I hope we never hang out. Lot's of people who party and hang out get amazing grades. You can choose to not go out to parties, but to categorically reject spending time with everyone that goes out on Friday nights is just immature.

 

[MichiganEMTInt]

I go to Michigan State University. Enough said.

Transfer here. A lot of pre-meds here are complete *****s and their BAL is consistently above 9.5.

I apologize to any MSU pre-med reading this...this does not apply to you if you take your work seriously.

Take the work hardER - play hard approach. As long as you have a good balance of activities and are serious about your work and prioritize correctly you are fine.

 

[SStorm]

I went to Wisconsin and I agree with what MichiganEMTInt said. I learned (to my own detriment) that partying too hard is bad. But if you're serious, go ahead and party a bit, but just remember that you're at college to study. It also helped that I surrounded myself with other premeds by my junior year. And no matter where you go, other students will understand if you have to study. If not, so be it. Either you study enough to do well or you don't get into medical school.

 

[172858]

UT-Austin. Number 1 Party School in America.

Being pre-med at UT is work in and of itself, but I think those weekend releases were what helped me keep an even keel.

 

[BMBPSU2008]

I'm an outcast and proud of it. There are people who think the same way you do.

 

[scowdeva]

I go to Michigan State University. Enough said.

Transfer here. A lot of pre-meds here are complete *****s and their BAL is consistently above 9.5.

I apologize to any MSU pre-med reading this...this does not apply to you if you take your work seriously.

Take the work hardER - play hard approach. As long as you have a good balance of activities and are serious about your work and prioritize correctly you are fine.

I second the MSU comment...loved every minute of it! Sure, my grades are a little lower than if I would have stayed at a more boring school, but I like to think I made up for it in life experience. Everything you do is up to you- if you need to stay home one night to get stuff done, then do it. Just remember to have fun, too. You only get to be an undergrad once. Don't leave it behind with regrets!

The point I wanted to make to the OP is this: people tend to grow out of the partying a bit. If it's not your thing, that's ok. It was majorly my thing, and here I am at home on a Saturday night now that I am the ripe old age of 22. Went out last night, that was enough for me. You'll find your way. Don't feel like you need to fit into any kind of mold. Just be who you want to be, and do what makes you happy. At the end of the day, you need to be happy with yourself for you.

Haha, and yes, I was one of the ***** premeds! But I think I've turned out OK so far....

 

[BigEast55]

I definetly go to a Work Hard, Party Hard school (in the middle of no where none the less). And that I particularly enjoy getting drunk, I still go out Friday nights and Sat nights to chill with friends... I mean really, if you go to a party school and need to study to get good grades and its not the MCAT you're studying for idk, maybe you need to reasses the way you study.

 

[emttim]

Honestly, that's not why I'm going to UCSB, however, I plan to embrace it instead of distance myself from it. Why is it a bad thing if the curves won't be ridiculously unforgiving because the pre-meds were out getting plastered instead of studying 356464 hours so they could get that 100% on the exam?

And I agree with the statement, studying while drunk does seem to help, as long as you're not /too/ drunk. And I dunno about you guys, but usually, I need a friggin' beer or shot of rum or two or three or ten after some days, so if nobody looks twice at me cause I'm hung over because it's the norm at that school, well...best to fly under the radar anyway...

 

[seraph524]

I go to Michigan State University. Enough said.

Transfer here. A lot of pre-meds here are complete *****s and their BAL is consistently above 9.5.

I apologize to any MSU pre-med reading this...this does not apply to you if you take your work seriously.

Take the work hardER - play hard approach. As long as you have a good balance of activities and are serious about your work and prioritize correctly you are fine.

Michigan State University here as well. But I'm not cool enough to know where the parties are.

 

[osumc2014]

Considering I go to the largest school in the US there are tons of ppl who party. But if you surround your self with friends who dont do that theres tons of fun things to do on weekends, I personally dont find any interest in getting drunk every weekend so we choose to do many other things like playing sports, watching movies, video games, etc... Also our school provides many activities every week just so ppl can do something other than get trashed.

 

[Instatewaiter]

Currently I hate it, as I never party, and really feel i had gone somewhere else for undergrad...

You wouldnt have much of a different experience anywhere else. My advice to you is make sure you have fun. Get your work done but don't work too hard. It's only college. No other time in your life will you be able to do pretty much anything you want without major consequences.

Med school will not give you the free time that you have in college. If you are under the mentality that, "things will change when I get to med school" you are not going to be pleasantly surprised.

 

[186321]

UT-Austin. Number 1 Party School in America.

Being pre-med at UT is work in and of itself, but I think those weekend releases were what helped me keep an even keel.

First of all, if you're going by Princeton Review rankings your at #3. Next, those rankings are horribly inconsistent. The top 1-5 party schools every year usually don't even make the top 20 the next year.. how is that possible? Also, I've heard that their surveys are conducted for "on campus" partying. And that its not "real" partying if its at off-campus housing.

 

[annndyr]

Keep it on topic people... ^^

And lol, please dont assume im anti-social because that isnt the case, I just wish there were more people that I could relate to on my level...those who prioritized studies first!

That's a pretty judgemental statement, yes? There are plenty of 'pre-meds' who did party all four years and could run laps around you in any college course while getting drunk every night. Something more like, "What do you guys do for fun other than partying?" would be better.

Anyways, if you attend a large university, then (as mentioned above) there are plenty of people who would fit into any category in which you'd like to create. I found a lot of friends in college through on-campus organizations and club sports. Within those groups you'll likely find several people who like to have fun, study hard, and enjoy their weekends sans alcohol.

 

[links01]

I also go to a really big party school there are not days that I dont hear and see people partying as I walk back from the library. You have to know your limits, and what is going to suffer if you go out every night of the week. The pre-meds here study and party together. We study at lot, and we have fun at lot. Comparative Anatomy and Orgo II would suck a lot more if we didnt think that we were going out after the exams. If you dont want to party then dont, but just know that you can party and do well in school.
And when you say party, what exactly do you mean, are you talking about going out to a club/bar getting drunk and not remembering what you did, or just going to a friends house, playing beer pong, hanging out and coming home at 11pm?

 

[SStorm]

Well, I just looked at the princeton review rankings and I am disappointed. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has taken an unfortunate fall in the hard liquor and party rankings (though we're still #1 for Beer).

Does anyone actually know how they compile these rankings?

 

[Heyeon]

My school is not the party hard kinds but neither is it boring. Yes there are a LOT of sororities and frats and a lot of drinking and loud music in the surrounding neighbourhood but I think how you take it depends on ur attitude. it has its up and downside. Personally since I dont like getting wasted, I try to hang out with like minded ppl and altho we dont end up being drunk, we still hv a gr888 time! So yeah in a way we 'party' hard since we enjoy in our own way 😀

 

[Jolie South]

First of all, if you're going by Princeton Review rankings your at #3. Next, those rankings are horribly inconsistent. The top 1-5 party schools every year usually don't even make the top 20 the next year.. how is that possible? Also, I've heard that their surveys are conducted for "on campus" partying. And that its not "real" partying if its at off-campus housing.

i'm not lending any credence to the "party school" rankings, but UT has consistently been in the top 10 at least since I started undergrad 10 years ago.

there also weren't parties on campus. in the dorms? those are the only buildings where a party could conceivably be had and i'm not sure how that would even work.

 

[MichiganEMTInt]

Since I became a Resident Assistant...the parties in a certain residence hall have decreased. So have the number of pre-meds because I try to end their lives. It's the only way. I'm sure you understand.

 

[GoldShadow]

So have the number of pre-meds because I try to end their lives. It's the only way. I'm sure you understand.

It's a necessary evil. You're doing the world a favor.

 

[xiaoyi666]

I live where you vacation. Weekend starts on thursday and ends on wednesday. party? whats that? 🙂

 

[H2O Chica]

UCSD = U Can Study Drunk

 

[flaahless]

TO the OP, you can party and be social without having to get wasted or compromise your values. There are plenty of things to do. Instead of being condescending toward your partying pre-meds, try respecting them and embracing them. Who knows, you may open up a bit yourself.

 

[flaahless]

UCSD = U Can Study Drunk

From my personal experience, SDSU was much more of a party school.

 

[daman4886]

UCSD = U Can Study Drunk

UCSD is NOT a party school, its practically the opposite, UCSB on the other hand...halloween speaks for itself

 

[emttim]

UCSD is NOT a party school, its practically the opposite, UCSB on the other hand...halloween speaks for itself

Oh good, so I might be able to get away with my idea of dressing up like Jack Sparrow and staggering around drunkenly with a bottle of rum in one hand? Excellent...

 

[TheRealMD]

UT-Austin. Number 1 Party School in America.

Being pre-med at UT is work in and of itself, but I think those weekend releases were what helped me keep an even keel.

To add to this...


Party after being accepted. It's the best 0-8 months of your life!

 

[MossPoh]

Partying is fine as long as you keep up with school work. Most fraternities have higher GPA averages than the university-wide average. Work hard during the week, party all night, and wake up in the afternoon and keep studying.

Yes, but sometimes the reasons for that aren't always kosher, or it is an artificial sampling. I have friends in a few frats and sororities and they have huge banks of past tests for every class, not to mention nearly every person is some bs business, psych, or whatever class requires no work major. It always depends on the school. I have a hard time believing it is "most" when my friend just pledged her sorority and they forced her to do a bunch of crap every other night during the week. She actually tanked because of it. Most science majors don't party extremely hard AND pull awesome gpas. My idea of partying extremely hard involves getting back at 6 a.m. and 15-20 drinks though. (I'm a big guy) Once a week is my limit for going out. If I wake up hungover then it demolishes the rest of my day. Sleeping in for me, even after a night of drinking, is about 9 a.m.

It is perfectly doable. I live across from the main strip here and do just fine.

 

[andymac08]

LSU here... when im not having fun i goto a coffee shop away from campus- even our library becomes a pseudo-club, so I can't go there either. good luck

 

[Lawliet2008]

A friend of mine goes to University of Western Ontario in London. I was visiting her once, and this school has the well-deserved reputation of being the biggest party school in Canada.

Let's just say that they took St.Patrick's day very seriously

 

[HawkeyePierce]

To say that people who's main concern is to go out and get drunk precludes them from being good pre-meds is a little presumptious and perhaps insulting. I partied a very good amount and still kept everything straight in my classes (well for the most part). Some of my best friends in med school are damn strong partiers. We just keep things together on both ends.

I mean, if it doesn't bring you joy, don't do it. Join a club, volunteer, make a few friends, but don't judge other people. Exam averages may not lie, but you never know if the drunk fratboy or sorority girl happened to be the one who set the curve.

And to AndyMac08, another LSU grad here. Hopefully your experience was as good as mine. If you get a chance, fly down for some home games. I did and it was completely worth it. Oh, and go to Bogies as much as possible. You'll miss it. I promise.

Geaux Tigers,
Hawkeye

 

[nu2004]

i gotta tell ya man, it was really hard to keep focused here at Northwestern. crazy. just crazy. every once in a while, some students would go out dancing. i couldn't believe it, but some of the girls would show their legs. and, i know you aren't going to find this story credible, but there were even rumors that some students drank beer.

my advice to you is just stay indoors after dark and try to focus on your work. if you really feel the urge to go out and "party," read the Psalms. it worked for me at crazy, crazy Northwestern.

 

[nu2004]

To say that people who's main concern is to go out and get drunk precludes them from being good pre-meds is a little presumptious and perhaps insulting.

no, it isn't. if the assumption (people whose main concern is to go out and get drunk) is correct, it is true that they are precluded from being good pre-meds. in fact, they're precluded from being good for much at all.

the assumption itself is fallacious; the conclusion is pretty spot on.

 

[SgtDoc]

UCSB = University of Casual Sex and Beer

 

[HawkeyePierce]

Ahhh...sorry about the comma to the top/pronoun mistakes, nu2004. But since I did put a pretty big emphasis on partying and making friends, I guess I was never much use anyway. Glad medical schools saw it differently.

 

[Food]

You aren't the only one. i think knowing that helped me get through it without bothering much. I had a good friend going through the same thing, and I knew that most of the people I was competing with were also doing the same.

I guess I had to adopt a sort of "I am better than you, because I am working more constructively than you" sort of attitude that is probably not fair/accurate, but you do what you need to do. Plus if you go to the library you see all these other pre-meds going through the same ****, and you don't feel half as bad.

 

[BassPlease]

I definitely am a work hard play hard type of person. For example, I had ridiculous biochem exam a few weeks back. I studied hard with a few other classmates (none of whom are premed) and immediately afterwards we went out for drinks. Nice way to celebrate a test you rocked or to forget a test you bombed!

-BP

 

[diagnodent]

UCSB= U can study baked

thats its actual motto from back in the day when the halloween party was huge

 

[dawg2008]

It is definitely possible to be a great pre-med and party your brains out. Personally some of the best students I know drink the most. Heck I've personally seen a Rhodes scholar pre-med who could hold his own. Anyway, partying for me is necessary to maintain sanity and it hasn't hurt my GPA one bit thus far (and this is my last semester.) I'm headed to med-school next year and wouldn't change a thing about my undergrad.

 

[172858]

i'm not lending any credence to the "party school" rankings, but UT has consistently been in the top 10 at least since I started undergrad 10 years ago.

there also weren't parties on campus. in the dorms? those are the only buildings where a party could conceivably be had and i'm not sure how that would even work.

Just to add to this --

When I lived on campus at UT fish year (San Jac Dorms), my roommate and I would sneak a mini-keg and two handles of booze into our room once a week. Totally against the rules, but slipping the RA a case of beer each week as a bribe helped make our room the place to be. Once, we got 30 people into our dorm room for a fiesta. Cramped, but very nice!

And yea - UT's one of the best schools in the country, but I partied hard until hitting upperclassman classes. Especially when I found out you could get beer on campus at the Student Union Underground. 😀

 

[Jolie South]

Just to add to this --

When I lived on campus at UT fish year (San Jac Dorms), my roommate and I would sneak a mini-keg and two handles of booze into our room once a week. Totally against the rules, but slipping the RA a case of beer each week as a bribe helped make our room the place to be. Once, we got 30 people into our dorm room for a fiesta. Cramped, but very nice!

And yea - UT's one of the best schools in the country, but I partied hard until hitting upperclassman classes. Especially when I found out you could get beer on campus at the Student Union Underground. 😀

funny, there were never parties in my dorm, but then again i did live in kinsolving. we'd just go to whoever lived the closest off campus, and there were plenty of those folks around.

 

[ryandote]

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[DMacNeuro]

Hey, who here attends a undergrad university which is a big party school...how do you keep sane, when you are the one NOT partying, and everyone else is partying, theres a ton of 'pre-meds' here that really dont belong becuase their main concern is getting drunk tonight or not, and not about their studies. I know it might be a general statement, but trust me exam averages speak!!! What do you guys do who dont party, nor associate with people like such to keep sane...it seems like the only way to have fun at this school is to party, so your either of 2 crowds, those who party or those who dont. Currently I hate it, as I never party, and really feel i had gone somewhere else for undergrad...

What do you guys do??

And lol, please dont assume im anti-social because that isnt the case, I just wish there were more people that I could relate to on my level...those who prioritized studies first!

Evaluate why you chose not to engage in partying. Are you nervous about not being able to succeed academically if you apply yourself socially?

This is my reasoning. I'm a badass. However, after getting a 3.1 first semester (1st year) I realized I needed to stop being high everyday/drunk every sat/sun morning.

If this is the case, you should hold those partiers that keep up with you academically in high regard. Those students that are pre-med with 3.0 gpa's won't succeed (unless they make changes); but, it isn't your place to look at them in condescension. They're figuring things out just as you are, but from the opposite side of the spectrum.

Are you truly comfortable without partying? If so, don't worry about not being the status quo undergrad drunkard.

p.s. - 75% of Pre-Meds don't get into school. Many will drop the concentration 2nd or 3rd year when they realize they just aren't up to snuff.

p.p.s. - Don't quote me on that.

-Best of luck

 

[nu2004]

Ahhh...sorry about the comma to the top/pronoun mistakes, nu2004. But since I did put a pretty big emphasis on partying and making friends, I guess I was never much use anyway. Glad medical schools saw it differently.

cheers, dude. glad you got in. 👍

 

[sunnyskies]

Transfer to Georgia Tech. You'd have a hard time even finding a party Monday - Thursday, at least on campus. I'll admit it did make it less miserable to study late hours when you knew that the rest of campus was in the same boat.

I'm sorry to hear that you think Tech is like that! I probably go out 4-5 times a week. But that's to bars and such, so maybe that's why you aren't finding weekday shenanigans to get into.