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What the the TOP party schools in the US??

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 12:06 pm: Edit

Laura, you are not even a Sophomore and you ask such deep questions! LOL Wisconsin-Madison, Colorado-Boulder and Illinois-Urbana Champaign are known for being party schools.

But then again, MIT is also know for being a party school, so you never can tell. The fact is, even schools that are known to be serious have a party scene. Afterall, anytime you have thousands of 18-23 year olds concentrated in one area, the potential for a party is great.

By Kriskrass (Kriskrass) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 02:15 pm: Edit

chico state

By Spiffygirl818 (Spiffygirl818) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 02:20 pm: Edit

Thanks. I was just wondering what they were. My friend and I were arguing over one of the tops in 2001, where she would like to go. But thanks anyways.

By Tosg (Tosg) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 02:45 pm: Edit

There are really two kinds of party schools: good schools that also have a heavy party scene (Wisconsin, Colorado, etc...), and then there are schools that are better known for their partying than for their academics (Arizona State, Northern Illinois, etc...)

Which kind are you looking for?

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 02:53 pm: Edit

Playboy magazine ranked the top 25 party schools of 2002... here is the list:

01. Arizona State
02. California State University, Chico
03. Rollins
04. Louisiana State
05. West Virginia
06. Colorado
07. Wisconsin
08. Connecticut
09. Kansas
10. San Diego State
11. Georgia
12. Ohio State
13. Iowa State
14. Florida State
15. Colorado State
16. Florida
17. Tulane
18. Washington State
19. East Carolina
20. Michigan State
21. Mississippi
22. University of California, Santa Barbara
23. Lehigh
24. Vanderbilt
25. James Madison

As Tosg said, there are very good schools that have heavy party scenes (ie. Wisconsin, Lehigh, Vanderbilt, Tulane, etc.)
And then there are, well, just plain party schools (AZ State, LSU, Chico)

By Appliedmath (Appliedmath) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 05:11 pm: Edit

Boulder's parties are way overrated. the chicks there aren't even all that hot, so you're looking for some real fun, look at the sundevils

By Stanfordman99 (Stanfordman99) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 05:20 pm: Edit

Dartmouth

By Spiffygirl818 (Spiffygirl818) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 06:25 pm: Edit

I don't want a party school, I'm not looking for one, I'm trying to avoid one.

By Kirk (Kirk) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 06:29 pm: Edit

Why,you just wanna have 4 years of non stop bore?

By Dukedreamer (Dukedreamer) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 07:07 pm: Edit

Actually, I dont want one either, but virtually every school in the nation is going to be a "party school."

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 07:27 pm: Edit

In my mind warm weather and beautiful people tend to make up the biggest party schools. UCSB, SDSU, U of Arizona and ASU dominate all, so avoid them. But of course Chico is ridiculous too! When I think of dartmouth I think of alcoholics.

By Battleofny (Battleofny) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 09:12 pm: Edit

i cant believe vandy is only #24. wtf.