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Er, well, as far as the nerdy thing goes, I don't think the student body is nerdy, generally speaking. There's a lot of variety and diversity (it's always said by everyone at every university, but it's true) here. And I don't mean that just in the way of everyone being from different backgrounds, but I also mean that if you were to organize everyone into their respective stereotypical groups, there's a bit of everyone, even hard partiers. What I would say is that everyone, know matter the kinds of people they are, just cares about their schoolwork, but not to the extent that they have no lives. In my opinion it's just enough, and not too much. Now that I think of it, I actually don't know anyone here who studies or works excessively. Everyone I know is balanced.
On the other hand, as far as a fun party scene on weekends goes, it's... okay. Just okay, not great. Maybe on the lower end of okay. As I said, a lot of people I know commute to MIT for parties, especially on weekends. At first I thought maybe it was just underclassmen, or my dorm, or something, so I asked more people, and upperclassmen, and they said they do it too, and it's a good idea. Other older friends I asked said they just don't go out, and hang out with their friends in their rooms. There are still parties and things, most of which are themed for certain reasons, and most often associated with and thrown by social or themed houses. It depends on who you are, but they can be not fun / annoying, hard to get into, etc. There are private parties, which are better, and more fun, but they're private, so... x]
Yeah, so, big weekend party scene? No. In fact, to add to that, it's kind of dead on weekends. My roommate and I often get kind of freaked out by how there will really be no one around, even full-time undergrads it seems, and even at night, so I often go somewhere else or into the city on weekends.
Still, my roommate actually just got back from a party, which I decided not to go to so I could do some paper finessing and play my music without headphones. It was themed - anything but clothes. She said it was okay. I figured I would tell you just for fun. :]
If you were kind of thrown off, identifying other appropriate schools you might like to look at in addition to or instead of Tufts wouldn't be too hard. The choices would just depend on why you are / were attracted to Tufts, but there are definitely other schools that have bigger party scenes that offer what Tufts does and are of the same caliber. As I said, it just depends on the other things you would want in a college.
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