<p>sarebeth, your SAT and ACT scores are identical with mine 
We should shake hands. I think everyone else covered everything, so good luck!</p>
<p>I agree sara, I think the Ivies are in reach. I would apply to them, the four I mentioned are great college experiences. UNC is a must apply, its active every night!</p>
<p>Not only are your stats Ivy level, but your “let’s have some fun” attitude is very attractive and will likely win you kudos if it comes through on your application, much to the consternation of grinds everywhere.</p>
<p>The only thing I’d watch out for is you don’t want the party scene to be the <em>only</em> reason you want to go to a particular school. </p>
<p>I went to Cornell, back in the old days when the drinking age was 18. Pretty much partied all weekend. Got good grades, went to medical school. Leaned the meaning of work after medical school, though I thought med school was work at the time.</p>
<p>Study hard, party hard, enjoy life. College is a great time because the only responsiblity you really have is to get decent grades. That’s not hard. </p>
<p>Real responiblity for other people, co-workers, children, your spouse, day after day. That’s much harder. Ultimately more rewarding, but harder.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=239844[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=239844</a></p>
<p>There’s one.</p>
<p>I no longer have access to the vast number of non-biomedical scholarly journals since I’m no longer in undergrad, and my medical school library does not have subscriptions to many of the social science journals that are out there. I promise you though that if you in through something like Academic Search Premier through your University Library and type “alcohol” “earnings” (or wealth) or “social capital” and you’ll pull up many of the articles I mention.</p>
<p>And there is a big difference between addiction and having fun at parties, come on, be reasonable.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, Stanford, Duke, Colgate, Bucknell, Washington & Lee, Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>I’ve got similar stats man and I’;m looking for alot of the same as you, I’m looking to have just as much fun as I did in high school and then some :p. Anyway my choices:
University of miami (this is the school I want to go too): Beatiful weather, great city, great women, its a great place to study cuz they’ve got the great academics and great social scene.</p>
<p>USC You’re going to be in southern california, at a school that’s football team is consistently dominating on the field. Not to mention it’s something like 27th in Newsweek Ratings IIRC.</p>
<p>UT - Austin/Uni of Arizona/University of Wisconsin Madison/any other lage state universities. With some of the biggest public populations in the nation coupled with the state funding that makes for great education (at last for a public university) is sure to get points from your mom.</p>
<p>Places I might not suggest:</p>
<p>NYU : You don’t have your own campus per se, and yea, you are in the city, but trust me it gets old fast.</p>
<p>I can’t say cornell is bad, but I’ve got an older friend that went and said that the parties were terrible and the women weren’t all that great (and don’t gimme an e lecture about talking about women, he’s going to be in college of course its a factor). </p>
<p>Alot of the ivies. I mean not that they can’t throw a good party, but it’s not an every weekend thing that you’re looking for.</p>
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<p>Couldn’t have said it better :-)</p>
<p>harvard, and yale but not princeton.</p>
<p>Actually that’s not true at all. Princeton is MUCH more social than Harvard and Yale.</p>
<p>From my experience, I would agree with slipper on the above post.</p>
<p>My son is going to Vanderbilt and a large part of the attraction for him was the school’s balance of excellent academics and strong, vibrant social life.<br>
Other schools that he visited and considered most strongly due to their academic/social balance were the University of Virginia, Princeton, and Dartmouth. The kids at all of these schools are very bright and many of them like to have a very, very good time as well. </p>
<p>I couldn’t agree more with the other posters who promote the high, positive value of a social experience while in college. College is about a lot more than the classroom and your college friends will likely be your friends for the rest of your life. You will have the rest of your life to work, but you only go to college once. As for the future work front, I guarantee you that the vast majority of employers want employees who are smart and socially well adjusted. </p>
<p>And I couldn’t disagree more with the characterizations of some in this thread that academics and social life can’t successfully co-exist. My college roommate had a 4.0, was head of the Honor Committee, participated on a varsity athletic team and NEVER missed a party at the fraternity house. If you are disciplined and manage your time well, you can definitely do both.</p>
<p>The same kids on here who complain about having to have higher stats to get into college because of their bland personality are the same people who pontificate about the dangers of having fun. Fun is good for you! My 80 yr. old grandpa told me if he could change anything about his life, he would have partied more and slept with more women. Not making more money/having more degrees was not something he regretted.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I will say to stay away from certain things. Don’t get sucked into the drug underworld, cuz its not fun and ultimately its very alienating. Cocaine is not something to play around with, and I wouldn’t reccommend doing large amounts of X, as the neurological effects can last forever. Also, addiction is a real phenomenon that plauges many college age students, a lot of which is genetically predetermined. If you are a genetic alcoholic, I wouldn’t reccommend drinking either. Otherwsie, have a good time and just be responsible.</p>
<p>UT Austin, USC, UNC- CH, UVA, UMich</p>
<p>But I HIGHLY recommend UT Austin if you want a great balance of academics and social life, especially the honors programs (esp. business honors & plan II honors, both are pretty prestigious). UT Austin is the #1 party school in the nation with top programs (engineering, business, journalism) and a great music scene. You’re literally in the middle of Austin with great shopping & bars/clubs (6th street…).</p>
<p><a href=“http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_partyheartyschools/that_party_the_heartiest.html[/url]”>http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_partyheartyschools/that_party_the_heartiest.html</a></p>
<p>I don’t know abou UT as #1, Iowa and UW-Mad party like it’s a business. Even the geeks there party, heh. OP, maybe you’re interested in a certain field, and that could maybe narrow down the choices.</p>
<p>hm yeah i think im interested in engineering but i don’t want to go to like a technical school since im not completely sure that’s what i want to do.
i was also thinking of maybe a slightly smaller school? I don’t know though</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=3&topicID=26[/url]”>http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=3&topicID=26</a></p>
<p>go there and find out
ask around
see for urself</p>
<p>According to the princeton review, </p>
<p>Penn State-University Park
UMASS- Amherst</p>
<p>are good schools, they both rank on US News better univeristies.</p>
<p>Indiana university Bloo. very good academics and very very beautiful girls, UC boulder seemed prety fun when i visited…UIUC strong academics and wild parties.</p>
<p>I can’t say I reccomend attending a college for the party scene, but since you mention it… UMass (aka ‘Zoomass’) is notorious as a party school in Massachussetts. U Virginia is also well-known for partying. Come to think of it, many universities in the south have very large Greek populations. The University of Kentucky comes to mind–any of the SEC schools actually (besides maybe Vanderbilt). I actually visited a smaller–but very high quality–college in Kentucky with a 50% Greek population.</p>
<p>So yeah, they’re around.</p>