Haverford vs. Drexel

sneetch
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:57:22 +0000

If you’re looking for crazy frat-style parties, you’ll get maybe one every other month at Haverford. It’s not a complete vacuum, and personally I don’t feel like I’ve missed out on partying by being a Ford. It’s definitely about finding a group of people who like to have fun in the same ways that you do and deciding to make it a good night together- whether that means watching some reruns or going hard. It also varies week to week, month to month- sometimes there are great, fun parties happening all over the place, and sometimes campus is pretty dead. You’ve gotta be willing to roll with it.
The great thing about haverford if you DO want to party is that we have one of the most laid-back alcohol policies out there. Basically, you’re responsible for your own actions and for each other’s safety, but the school doesn’t bust people for drinking or smoking pot. The cops show up occasionally and people do get cited, but generally you’re allowed to make your own decisions.
People here aren’t as appearance-obsessed as they might be at larger schools, so it depends on what defines ‘attractive’ for you, but if you’re looking for something here you can often find it. There are both hookup and dating cultures here, as well as people who happily do neither. I’ve got no complaints on that front.
As far as partying at other schools, it’s definitely possible but it helps to know people. Bryn Mawr doesn’t have much of a party scene, partly because of their stricter atmosphere. People definitely go to Swat, especially when they get sick of seeing the same faces at Haverford over and over, but it helps to at least be a friend-of-a-friend of someone who goes there so you know when the parties are. Same with Penn, I imagine. I even have friends who go to Villanova frat parties, if you’re looking for that.