<p>I don’t like the dichotomy being drawn between “academically minded students” and partiers. It’s a bit elitist to presume that the best students are the ones who stay in the library every weekend. One of my friends who had a 4.0 freshman year (yes, a 4.0 at Yale) also spent every other weekend blackout (sure, a really bad life decision, but it didn’t influence his academic performance). I know many students with 3.7+ GPAs who also go out every weekend or every few weekends. Almost everyone at Yale is academically minded; about half party, to varying extents.</p>