Florida Gators top the list of party schools
 

http://seventeen.princetonreview.com...dbadge=%07



The entire top 20 for those interested:

1. University of Florida
2. University of Mississippi
3. Penn State University
4. West Virginia University
5. Ohio University
6. Randolph-Macon College
7. University of Georgia
8. University of Texas
9. University of California-Santa Barbara
10. Florida State University
11. University of New Hampshire
12. University of Iowa, Iowa City
13. University of Colorado, Boulder
14. Indiana University, Bloomington
15. Tulane University, New Orleans
16. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17. Arizona State University-Tempe
18. University of Tennesseee-Knoxville
19. University of Alabama
20. Loyola Univerisity- New Orleans

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

My son is one of the managers at the bar that is on the cover!! Whoohoo!! He was pretty excited...

Woohoo!!

Go Gators!! ;)

Funny that a lot of the pics I'm seeing on the 'net, for this story, are of people who are not of typical collegiate age...but much older.

I get the feeling this thread will hurt Scandia's feelings.

Woohoo! Go Gators! (Except on August 30th) :p

Hmmm...5 are SEC schools. Imagine that?!

My son thought is was funny (but good pr) that their club was on the cover of the paper because the bar is strictly 21 and over.

They don't want the 18 and up group in there because
a)they tend to cause the most issues
b) they are trying to be more "upscale"
and c) the youngsters don't tip well;).

Most of their clientelle are professionals, people employed at the uni and others who work in Gainesville. The exciting thing is that many old "Gator" players, especially basketball, have been frequenting the club. My son calls my middle son, who is a walking sports encyclopedia, to report who's in the club:) It's a nice/fun place...

Ohio University does it again.

Back in the old days when Greek Week was sponsored by Miller, West Georgia recycled more cans and keg stickers than any other college in the country.

Replying on the video...Berie Machen has been trying to downgrade the partying since he first came to UF. He has even required all freshmen to take an online alcohol prevention course...I guess his efforts aren't working...it's Gainesville, you don't have anything else to do but party!!!:D

Aw, boo. WVU was #1 last year.

Hotty Toddy
Gosh a'mighty
Who the hell are we? Hey!

Flim flam
Bim Bam
OLE MISS, by damn!

My peeps are still making me proud!

SEC school? Wassat? :o

4 schools I'm thinking about doing my doctorate are on this list. Hmmm....

God hates party peeps. And, condemnation will befall anyone who attends a school with a partying rep. Bwaaahhhhhh.

I would just like to point out that Jesus' first miracle was providing alcohol at a party. That's all I'm sayin'.

IT WAS SARCASM. JEEZEL PETE! I think most people know about the water into wine.

My neighbor went there in the 50s, and it was known as a party school back then too. Some things never change.

My cousin's daughter is going there in the fall; no one is quite sure she will last it, and the reputation

Lol, you imagine correctly. :D God is a DJ and life is a dance floor--especially at UCSB. See?----------> http://www.pledgepark.com/images/smilies/party.gif

Mrs. DA and I were there in the 60's and oldest daughter graduated from there in 1999.

Yep, it was known as a party school then, too.

Hotty Toddy!
 

Hotty Toddy! No. 2 for two years in a row. My friend at the University of Massachusetts often regales me with tales of the zoo. I laugh them off and tell her to bring her butt down South.

I'm obvsiously late on this, but I am dumbfounded on how UF topped this list. I had to transfer out of Gainesville before I started UF because I was so bored. Maybe I wasn't there long enough to give it a chance, but that was by far the worst experience ever.

^^neither Gville or Tally have a lot going on from what I hear.

Other than the schools, not really. At least Tallahassee has FAMU as another school where things are happening.

Ahhh, but I am quite nostalgic about my days partying at UF before I was even in college! :D

I hear what you're saying, I know a few people that did the same.

And since when does The Princeton Review make the ultimate decision on which school is a party school? :confused:

Well, I think the problem with Gainesville is that all the bars are dispersed throughout downtown, so the student population is sprinkled in different places. Instead of all the students being in one general area, there are small amounts of students at different places. With the exception of Gator City and Rue Bar, I never found a full bar. The aforementioned were generally too packed to have fun. Plus, they only went out on Friday and Saturday nights, it was a ghost town during the rest of the week. The cover was AWFUL as well.

With Tallahassee, we pretty much have one block (The Strip) with about 6-7 bars, which concentrates a huge amount of students in 7ish bars all next to each other. I love the Tally party scene, it's packed virtually every night. The cover is low and you meet so many people.

The Princeton Review failed. I'm glad I made the switch.