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Nah, it requires confidence. And alcohol.</p>
<p>So far, a few months into freshman year, I’ve been to one party and skipped out on several others. I don’t drink, and I don’t care to be around others who are drunk, nor do I want to shoulder the responsibility of keeping an eye on my friends while I am the only one who is sober.</p>
<p>More than the drinking though, I just don’t like spending my evenings in a giant crowd where few people seem interested in striking up casual conversation. I am much happier in smaller groups, where I can get to know other people without having to shout. It’s all contextual.</p>
<p>I was not a partier at all in high school, but I guess I could be considered one in college (FYI, LAN parties do not count as real parties). I only go to parties on Thursdays, Fridays, or Saturdays and I definitely consider them fun for the most part. Obviously, it does depend on one of several factors:</p>
<p>1) Type of Party: Frat, House, Apartment
2) Specific Type of Party: Chill-laid back (more with friends and a drinking game or two), wild dance party with lights, beer pong (or a combo of all three)<br>
3) Type of People: Sleazy, random, club/activity oriented, or friends
4) Type of Booze: Keg, Liquor, BYOB. No booze is fine as well (but is also dependent on the above factors).<br>
5) Themes (if any)
6) How far is it away from the dorms where you live (big factor on my campus, you do not want to be staggering around while the po-po are out, whether you have a car, weather considerations etc). </p>
<p>The most common types of parties
-Large, crowded Dance Party that is BYOB (normally found at a couple frats) that also has a more relaxing area to hang and play pong, with both sleazy and random people. Sometimes themed
-Small Apartment party with liquor where you actually know people. Sometimes drunken singing/karaoke and dancing occur. Often play silly drinking games, sometimes themed.
-Medium House party (With both sleazy and random people, occasionally with friends). Keg with $5 cup. Beer pong and relaxing going on. Normally to celebrate someone’s birthday, traditionally not themed</p>
<p>They all have their benefits, but typically I prefer ones where I know lots of people or where there is lots of crazy dancing…Gosh, it’s kinda scary I can go into this much detail. I am a good nerdy girl, I swear!!!</p>
<p>i love parties… all kinds. in HS i liked 15 people parties with hard alcohol flowing and some pong tables set up in a friends basement. theme parties are now my favorite. big parties are fun but i think once it gets past 30ish kids it doesnt matter who is there cause youll just stick to your friends anyway. </p>
<p>ideal weekend is thursday, friday, saturday nights combination. one chill night, just a couple of friends a pong table and background music. one bigger 30 kid dance party with mixed drinks, themed or wathever. and one night jsut watching a movie or going out somewhere completely different. big traditional college parties are a blast but not every night. goood to switch it up</p>
<p>anastasia i think you’ll find a lot of kids on CC aren’t really the “party” types but i love to party. the whole social part of it and hangin out and seriously i dunno, once u kinda experience the whole drinking thing u realize it really isnt all that bad. like i mean a rules a rule i guess so ur not supposed to do it if ur under 21 but i dunno, a good time is a good time. most college kids like to party, otherwise ud never hear about so many parties at college lol</p>
<p>Uh… I go to UW-Madison… aka biggest party school in the US, so I naturally HAVE to enjoy the partying.
I don’t like the frat scene as much as I like going downtown, because it seems conceited, and it gets too raucous.
Since I started college, I’ve only been drunk once, and I hated it, so I’ll never do it again.</p>
<p>But yes… I like to party.</p>
<p>Maybe next time you experiment with alcohol you shouldnt go all-out hammered. Try having just a few drinks until you’re more relaxed and see what happens</p>
<p>Uh, YES…</p>
<p>Huge drunken frat parties aren’t my thing. Cramped, sweaty, disgusting, blech. I like smaller parties with good music 
Alcohol is fine, but when everyone’s totally trashed and doing stupid things that aren’t even funny, it’s just lame.</p>
<p>I’m a senior in high school, but I definitely enjoy the party scene. It kind of played a part in my choice to apply to ASU.</p>
<p>I’m with fa-la-la-lena on this one. But, I’m also quite a serious student otherwise. It’s more that my friends know that if they’re going, I’m coming (though I end up taking care of them!). Small things with friends are so much better though. The only thing that I see is that when you’re such a good student in class, people tend not to understand that you don’t need to sit in the library all weekend.</p>
<p>I admit, I did party wednesday night… haha.</p>