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by chaostheory 4207 days ago
> rampant party culture

This greatly depends on the particular university. I really doubt there's much of a party at places like Cal Poly, Georgia Tech, or MIT when you compare them to FSU or a place like the University of Arizona.
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majormajor 4207 days ago
Can't speak for Cal Poly, but there's a lot of binge drinking at the other two on the list for sure. The parties might just be a little less fun, but just as drunk...
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chaostheory 4205 days ago
The parties at GT and MIT are more like really tame happy hours that resemble office events rather than actual parties. They don't even come close to what you get at FSU and Arizona State which is almost 24/7
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eli_gottlieb 4207 days ago
Ah. Ha. Ha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFbDZyHxL2g
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juliangregorian 4207 days ago
That's what you chose to demonstrate that MIT is a party school?
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eli_gottlieb 4207 days ago
Well there's that, and there's the fraternities. MIT, in my experience of having lived in Cambridge, is very much "work hard, play hard" for its undergrads.
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chaostheory 4205 days ago
Dude, GT also has a drinking song as it's official school song; yet there are no real parties on campus - you know regular events with tons and tons of debauchery. I think this is what you don't get if you've never experienced a real party school: there's mainly only playing hard and there's barely any work for a lot of your time there (or even all of it if you so choose). There are classes where all you have to do is show up and you'll pass...
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eli_gottlieb 4205 days ago
>I think this is what you don't get if you've never experienced a real party school: there's mainly only playing hard and there's barely any work for a lot of your time there (or even all of it if you so choose).

Funny thing: I did my undergrad at the famously party-focused UMass Amherst, and it wasn't like that at all.

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chaostheory 4203 days ago
I don't feel that party schools can exist in places that have a good amount of snow and ice but that's my opinion. It's also possible not to experience the pitfalls of a party school even if you attend one if you hang with the right crowd.
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chaostheory 4205 days ago
Unfortunately this just serves to further illustrate my point
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