How To Choose a Party School
- December 10, 2007
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When you look ahead to college, do you yearn for an Animal House experience? Here’s how to make it a reality.
You Will Need
- Time to research
- Pen and paper
- And an ability to hoodwink your parents
Step 1: Don't consider Brigham Young
Do not even consider Brigham Young University. Not only is it a dry school, you can’t even get a cup of joe!
Step 2: Do research
Search online for lists from the last few years of top party schools and top drinking schools. Check out the bookstore for guides to colleges, some of which are even dedicated just to party schools.
Step 3: Ask around
Ask older siblings, family friends, or recent grads from your high school about their college and what they’ve heard about other schools.
Step 4: Cross off pipe dreams
Cross off the colleges that you don’t have a prayer of getting into.
Just to make sure there are no slipups, search for a list of sober schools and crosscheck your list!
Step 5: Research drinking laws
Look up the drinking laws in each area that has a party school you are considering, and put those with the strictest regulations at the bottom of your list.
If you’re considering a Canadian or foreign school, the drinking age might be 18—in which case, move it to the top!
Step 6: Determine if you could get an education
Go to the websites of the schools that have made the cut and determine which would enable you to have a good time and get a reasonable education.
Step 7: Double check with students
Once you’ve narrowed your choices down, join some online college groups to ask current students how much fun their school is.
If your parents find out you’re applying to notorious party schools, lead them to believe that you will live in the university’s “dry” dorm.
Step 8: Research successful graduates
Research your schools’ most successful graduates, so you’ll be equipped to defend your choices. Even the lamest school manages to pop out a self-made billionaire or a Nobel Prize winner every now and again.
According to one survey, the University of Texas at Austin was ranked the #1 party school.
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