<p>Wow that was immature. In my opinion, of course.</p>
<p>I don’t see what’s wrong with a person partying on the weekends, as long as it doesn’t interfere with their studies; and it shouldn’t. Also, I know partying isn’t for everyone - but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be social (outside of the ec’s that look good on resumes, I mean) either. Personally, I don’t want to look back at my four years and think of countless nights spent in my room alone.</p>
<p>The OP’s original post seriously annoyed me, and I’m not even a partier! Seriously, watch how you come across over the internet. As you can see, it made some people concentrate more on how you said things than what you actually said.</p>
<p>Soulless automatons like the O.P., particularly ones that can’t effectively win friends and influence people, will be doing menial, repetitive tasks for the rest of their lives. </p>
<p>The sort of rigid, “only do what is prudent” attitude the O.P. displays produces unexceptional worker bees, a dime a dozen. Since when is simply following directions and not veering from the course an indication of greatness? Why do you think MBA programs care more about leadership ability than grades?</p>
<p>BTW, I’m NOT an advocate of excessive drinking/drugs. Alcoholism and drug abuse has seriously hurt me and many of my friends, but that’s when taken to extremes.</p>
<p>I work hard on weekdays and weekend mornings, then have fun with friends at night to blow off steam and recharge. </p>
<p>But to all posters, to him we’ll just seem as ‘the bad bunch’ trying to corrupt him. Whatever, let him do what he wants. Good luck in making more than an entry level position in your future job. =)</p>
<p>Drinking in moderation when you have your responsibilities covered will not hinder your academic performance With that said, there are far more people who do not drink in this manner.</p>
<p>For the people in high school, college does not require you to study all day every day in order to succeed, especially lower division, and will soon learn it is very easy to have free time on weekend if you are organized. At SDSU my first year of college Sunday-Thursday i studied a lot, and by Thursday night I was easily able to go out to a party.</p>
<p>Now I can accept something like, “There’s more to life than just studying” as a fair remark. But if you’re going to talk about post-graduation prospects, actually know what you’re talking about before you post.</p>
<p>I think balance is the most important thing, really. It keeps you grounded. </p>
<p>Besides, if all you have to do on a friday night is study or work on an ec, well… that’s kind of lame. I’m not saying you should go out and binge drink or anything, but find some friends and just go hang out.</p>
<p>drinking on Saturday night doesn’t preclude you from spending 8 hours in the library on Sunday. There are probably more people that have schedules like that you think</p>
<p>humans need social interaction. Like the last poster said, you don’t have to drink or whatever on the weekends, but you should still make time to hang out with your friends.</p>
<p>"I decided to seek input from Carl Schramm, who is probably the world’s leading expert on entrepreneurship and education. Schramm heads the Kauffman Foundation, which focuses on advancing entrepreneurship and improving the education of children and youth. It has supported my work. Schramm says that venture capitalists look for talent in the wrong places; they even hire the wrong people in their own firms by focusing just on pedigree. </p>
<p>The university that produces the most blue chip CEOs and university professors, the most Peace Corps volunteers, and the most productive and long-running patents isn’t Stanford or MIT—it’s the University of Wisconsin. Students “who do the prestige MBA route find it hard to shake the huge offers and end up becoming risk-averse,” Schramm says. Graduates of elite schools tend to be book-smart and have incredible SAT scores, but they often lack street smarts and creativity, he says. Plus, they tend to have a sense of entitlement and superiority that leads to not working well with others, he notes"</p>
<p>Playboy’s Top Party Schools 2006
The fine folks at SIonCampus have managed to sneak behind the gates at the Playboy Mansion and pull in the early edition of the 2006 Playboy’s Top Party Schools. Some highlights:</p>
<ol>
<li>Arizona State </li>
<li>Wisconsin, Madison</li>
<li>San Diego State</li>
<li>Florida State</li>
<li>Santa Barbara</li>
<li>Georgia</li>
<li>Tennessee</li>
<li>Indiana</li>
<li>Ohio University</li>
<li>McGill</li>
</ol>
<p>barrons, that study could be a huge joke. Stanford and MIT are much smaller than UW. Per student, I am sure MIT and Stanford place better than Wisconsin. Both have great connections on the street (just one example) and other top grad schools.</p>
<p>OSUforME, the study proved exactly what it wanted to prove - that on an absolute basis, there are more of those types of people at UW. I don’t see what’s the joke here.</p>
<p>Yes, big brother, but on absolute basis there are simply more people at Wisconsin (tens of thousands). It’s also pretty obvious that you just try to instigate arguments and then sit back and laugh.</p>
<p>MIT has Bill Gates, Bose, Texas Instruments, HP just to mention a few.</p>
<p>I realize what you’re trying to say OSU, and it’s a fact that I have pointed out before. But that’s neither here, nor there. I still don’t see what this “huge joke” is all about.</p>
<p>Now you could say that it’s effective advertising to compare MIT and UW by the absolute numbers, but that’s far different from calling the study a “huge joke”. The comparison showed what the authors wanted it to show - nothing more, nothing less.</p>
<p>I also see that you’ve failed to distinguish between the finance sector and corporate management. Touche.</p>
<p>Actually, Bill Gates went to UC Riverside. One night at a party, Bill Gates and Al Gore got together and invented the internet after smoking a fat sack of meth.</p>
<p>I think it’s safe to assert that, for most students, the number of consecutive hours spent working/studying is inversely related to the quality and quantity of work produced. In other words, humans are not machines–our efficiency is severely limited when we are not happy. If studying and doing schoolwork alone can keep you satisfied, then I salute you. Unfortunately, the same does not apply for most of us.</p>
<p>My philosophy is… why work your ass off in high school to get into a good college, and then work your ass off at college to get a good job, and then work your ass off at work to make a lot of money, when you’re going to die eventually anyway? I mean, sure, I want to be reasonably rich eventually, but only so I can afford to enjoy myself. You only live once.</p>