Partying

In high school, I did some degree of "partying" (mostly with a few other misfits who tolerated my presence) but not a ton of it because (1) I had moved to the town where I went to high school in the middle of my freshman year and, while geographically it wasn't all that far from where I grew up, it sure seemed like it was and might as well have been the far side of the moon, as far as I was concerned and (2) I was an awkward, maladjusted, immature, hostile teenager with no social skills, and so...while I didn't get hassled a lot personally...I wasn't anybody's idea of "Mr. Popularity" and didn't get invited to many parties. Thankfully, that situation rectified itself somewhat AFTER I graduated high school, when I was able to "network" with a group of neighborhood teens as maladjusted and hostile as I was (some were even more hostile; one or 2 of the guys from that group ultimately ended up doing time for bank robbery). College, in comparison, was pretty enjoyable. For one thing, the ... Read more

Freshmen through junior year my body went through the gauntlet. Thinking back I have no Idea how I was able to do all that drinking all the time. Insane. Good times.

Sad to say...but lets all admit- was it not the best 4,5,6,7 or 8 years of your life? Senior year was the best because I knew it was all going to change next year at grad school. Oh I miss it!

As much as I liked partying, my reasons for being at college were completely upside down. I just wanted to drink, breeze through class and walk away from college with a degree. That's kind of what happened but my gpa was basically crap.

always good.

and i can thank this for my graduate school unfriendly gpa

it's good. overrated but good.

Should be kept in control, but don't overlook its importance, both for relaxation and for the social contacts. Some of the people you party with may well be important in your professional life, and it adds an interesting perspective when you can remember a investment banker or an neurosurgeon dancing in the academic quadrangle with his underwear on his head.

I must be smarter than you guys. I didn't need college to party.

HELL YEAH

Partying was definitely part of the fun, but just don't let it get out of control. My personal rule was party as much as you want on weekends, but never on a weeknight. I pulled off a 3.93 GPA, so I think it worked out just fine.

Not why I went to college but these are the best party years.  College partys are in their own league.

I never did much partying; I did more along the lines of just hanging out and going out.

I had to prioritize and achieve a good balance between partying and seious studying. That was kind of hard at times but I managed it.

You can party hard on weekends and still pull a 3.4 or above if you stay disciplined. Keep these things seperate and you will have a great time. But do indeed party. . .

At the University of Michigan; sad. I didn't like the party scene there. First of all, a lot of the kids were dorks that moved up the social ladder and now thought they were cooler than everyone else. Secondly, that whole part about meeting girls and meeting social contacts wasn't exactly true there. I met people outside of class, but please, anyone who's looking to go to college to meet contacts needs to reexamine their priorities! I mean, that's sick! It doesn't matter anyway, there were only about 6 people I knew in college I'd really care to know about after now, and even then, some of those ended up being accidental contacts. I didn't go out of my way to find these people!

Parties are useful as a time to unwind, meet girls, and network. Sometimes you've got to study, especially before midterms, finals and research paper time, but still its important to get out there and meet people. I've actually learned more outside the classroom than inside. College is about breaking through and finding yourself.

Most college parties are immoral, full of profanity, and astonishingly uncreative. They also are ill-timed and last too long into the morning hours.

Way too low on the list. This is the one thing that got me through all of the other crap. Looking forward to blowing off some steam and acting foolish and making errors in judgment that will haunt you forever....just wonderfull.