Princeton Review - Greek Life & Party Rankings

[migreek]

Originally Posted by Pike4Life

The Princeton Review just released their rankings of Colleges and Universitie. Included in the "Parties" category are the top 20 party schools and the top 20 "major fraternity and sorority scene." There are a variety of categories (acdemics, quality of life, etc.). The rankings are based on surveys of current students. For more information go to:
http://www.review.com/college/rankings.cfm

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Parties: Major frat and sorority scene

1. Washington and Lee University
2. DePauw University
3. Centre College
4. Pennsylvania State University
5. University of Michigan
6. Michigan State University
7. Ohio University-Athens
8. University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
9. Florida State University
10. University of Texas-Austin
11. Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge
12. University of Colorado-Boulder
13. University of Florida
14. University of Tennessee-Knoxville
15. University of Georgia
16. Lafayette College
17. Vanderbilt University
18. University of Mississippi
19. Colgate University
20. Southern Methodist University

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Top Party Schools:

1. University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2. Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge
3. University of California-Santa Cruz
4. Florida State University
5. University of Colorado-Boulder
6. University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
7. Saint Bonaventure University
8. Ohio State University-Columbus
9. University of Wisconsin-Madison
10. University of Florida
11. University of New Hampshire
12. University of Georgia
13. University of Texas-Austin
14. Tulane University
15. Lehigh University
16. New York University
17. Colgate University
18. University of Vermont
19. Southern Methodist University
20. University of California-Santa Barbara

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Any Comments?

List looks a lot different now.

[carnation]

LOL, I knew it had to be an old list because Pike4Life, who lives here in this town, hasn't been on GC in a zillion years.

[migreek]

Top 6 now ( according to princeton review)

1.Birmingham- Southern College
2.Wofford College
3.Bucknell University
4.Translyvania University
5. University of Mississippi
6. Pennslyvania State University- University Park

[carnation]

Oh, you are kidding me. Little Birmingham Southern? Nope, I'll put Auburn and Bama's Greeks before them any day party-wise.

[barbino]

What's not weird is that both lists have a Kentucky school (first list, Centre College and second list, Transylvania University). When I was at UK, I was told that UK had been ranked the #1 party school in the US at some point in the 1950's. Then again, when I was at UK, Centre was just getting sororities. Fraternities have always been strong there.

As for the University of Wisconsin, sure, it's really cold and there is not much else to do but drink/party-or study. I keep track of Madison because two of my three brothers now live around Madison and I'm there a few times a year. But being from the north (Chicago) and having gone to college in the south, I learned firsthand that southerners can party in ways that northerners would not even think of.