Best Party Schools

[SOM]

College is about studying—and socializing. Newsweek ranks the 25 schools that take that mantra to heart.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newswee...party.all.html

[wareagle93]

Wow...Georgia, Ole Miss and Florida didn't make the cut?

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by wareagle93

Wow...Georgia, Ole Miss and Florida didn't make the cut?

EVEN ALCOHOLISM IS BETTER IN THE SOUTH

I assume you've been to WVU, Cornell, etc. so you can make such an unbiased, surely-not-based-on-reputation-and-limited-experience judgment?

[wareagle93]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

EVEN ALCOHOLISM IS BETTER IN THE SOUTH

I assume you've been to WVU, Cornell, etc. so you can make such an unbiased, surely-not-based-on-reputation-and-limited-experience judgment?

No. I never said that. I have, however, been to WVU. It gets pretty crazy there. I am just surprised because there are multiple other sites that rank the top party schools, and Ole Miss and Georgia are always in the top 10. I have 3 cousins that go to the University of Georgia, and in 2010-2011 they were named the #1 party school in the nation.

[Low C Sharp]

Ridiculous...Gators at a Cornell party would consider it a warm-up.

[WCsweet<3]

I will flat out say that University of Oregon shouldn't be on that list. Or at least it shouldn't be that high. My first university isn't on that list and the party scene is a lot bigger (and better in some opinions). Granted, I haven't been to the other universities on the list, but honestly the party scene isn't that big at UO. I'm also not sure what nightlife they are talking about. There are really mainly three bars on campus. There is little to do in Eugene.

[lovespink88]

Number #4, woo!

[christiangirl]

Texas Christian hit #7? My little cousin just committed to them. Big cousin makes frowny face.

[jenidallas]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Texas Christian hit #7? My little cousin just committed to them. Big cousin makes frowny face.

Fear not... TCU kids are amateurs at the party school thing. My alma mater Texas Tech didn't make the list so I feel like it has little credibility.

They are probably ranking the per-capita bars or something... and Fort Worth nightlife has exploded in the past two years. But very little of that overlaps with TCU who primarily stick to a very small segment of town.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by jenidallas

Fear not... TCU kids are amateurs at the party school thing. My alma mater Texas Tech didn't make the list so I feel like it has little credibility.

They are probably ranking the per-capita bars or something... and Fort Worth nightlife has exploded in the past two years. But very little of that overlaps with TCU who primarily stick to a very small segment of town.

Agreed.

[AXOmom]

Totally agree about UofO. In what freakin' world. I'm a middle aged mother and even I know better. Now, Daughter likes that it is quieter and I wouldn't say she thinks there is nothing to do (many of the things just don't involve partying), BUT there is no way it even comes close to Washington State in the partying department. They could put a Satuday night in Miami Beach to shame any day of the week...and that's the alumni for goodness sake! There really aren't many other options there.

AND where the heck is Arizona or even Arizona State!!! Not to mention CU --shoot in the Pac 12 alone there are at least 5 schools that could outdo UofO.

I think they just picked names out of a hat or names they recognized for any number of reasons. The name on the top of the list I'd agree with - WVU.

[CougADPi]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

BUT there is no way it even comes close to Washington State in the partying department. They could put a Satuday night in Miami Beach to shame any day of the week...and that's the alumni for goodness sake! There really aren't many other options there.

Part of me really wants to argue with this because from what I understand from my friends at other schools, we are pretty typical.

However, when you are surrounded by 70 miles of wheat on all sides, every little infraction seems a bit amplified. So I definitely understand our reputation. Heck, I was on campus during the riots a decade ago. (Watching safely from the house I might add )

[33girl]

Originally Posted by CougADPi

However, when you are surrounded by 70 miles of wheat on all sides, every little infraction seems a bit amplified. So I definitely understand our reputation. Heck, I was on campus during the riots a decade ago. (Watching safely from the house I might add )

This is exactly how Slippery Rock ended up in the Playboy Party School list back in the day. When the town itself is dry; when you're in PA with its arcane liquor laws, so you tend to overbuy just to be safe; and oh yeah, when you're in the middle of BFE, there just is nothing else to talk about.

[AXOmom]

CougADPi - In all fairness to WSU, I could not say how typical it is to compared to many schools in the country. I know they've tried to tone it down (a little over a decade ago they were ranked #6 by some poll - Princeton's I think).

If you put me in Pullman, I'd be drinking heavily by November (I'm a teatotaller) just because Gilligan and the 7 castaways were closer to civilization - not to mention the snow.

However, my daughter at least had some grounds for comparison and she's made the comparision - to all of her UofO friends who think THEY are crazy partiers. She attended WSU her freshman year and has gone to more than a few parties on Greek row at UW and OSU as well. Based on her own experience WSU wins w/o any of the others coming within spitting distance (she would say they are to partying what UO is to football in the NW). In order, she'd list it as WSU, UW, UO and OSU. Granted that's just her opinion, but anyone she knows who has had any experience at WSU has agreed they have earned that #1 spot for our region.


On an almost funny note, when she had her cheer team tryouts at WSU, they taught the girls a really BASIC cheer. The coach said, "I know this seems simple for college, but we have to keep it simple because most of the fans are already pretty drunk when they get to the game."

Check out the scout.com Cougar blogs on Mike Leach coming to WSU. A TT fan wrote in to say he was now a WSU fan and what should he know about them. 99% of the responses: We drink and we hate the huskies. My favorite was- We drink. A lot. Of Cheap Beer.

When she went down to UofO for orientation she was in a group of transfer students like herself. Throughout the day people would ask her what school she was coming from. When she told them WSU - every single one (no exception) said, "Oh, the party school." She said she should have just told them she went to the party school, and they would've known who she meant.

Of course, this outs exactly which school I was talking about in the recruitment story I wrote. So much for that.

[jenidallas]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

Check out the scout.com Cougar blogs on Mike Leach coming to WSU. A TT fan wrote in to say he was now a WSU fan and what should he know about them. 99% of the responses: We drink and we hate the huskies. My favorite was- We drink. A lot. Of Cheap Beer.

WSU easily gained 100k new fans with the Leach hire since we TTU alums are pretty much unanimously disgusted with our administration over that debacle. Leach has a huge fan base of his own and I don't doubt he'll interject a lot of his odd brand of energy into that program.

His press conferences (when he can be roped into doing them) are not to be missed... he's a very intelligent esoteric man known for going off onto odd but fascinating ramblings about things like the history of pirates. He's also remembered for his infamous "fat little girlfriends" rant from the 2009 season.

Man, I miss Leach.