Partying at marist

kaf910
Fri, 08 May 2015 15:14:05 +0000

I’m a current Freshman at Marist and you asked a really great question; so I’ll just say a few things about my experience here.
First, if you don’t want to be involved in partying, you don’t have to be. We have tons of things to do on the weekend so if you don’t want to go out, there is always something to do on campus. For me personally, I only go out once in a while and I’m never bored or feel like I’m missing out by staying on campus. A lot of my friends do the same thing where sometimes they stay in, and sometimes they go out. The friends you make will probably have very similar philosophies to you on going out or staying in, so I wouldn’t worry if you don’t want to go out because you won’t feel pressured to do so. Honestly, some of my favorite nights on campus have been when I stayed in. For example last weekend my friends and I stayed in, played basketball, and then just hung out and ordered food. I’ve never laughed so hard in my life and those are the nights where you kind of realize how awesome college is. Being able to hang out with a ton of people until four in the morning on a Thursday or Friday night isn’t something that typically happens in high school. So like I said, you can have a lot of fun by just staying on campus because so many kids opt to do so.
That being said, this is college so kids do go out and party. You will talk to some kids who go out four nights a week and others who just go out on a Friday night. As for Marist being a “bar school” I think that this is a generalization to some extent. There are a few bars that underclassman do go to, so some kids do have fake IDs but you don’t need one to party. Some of the bars have 18+ nights so you can go out to a bar with your friends, but don’t need a fake ID because won’t be drinking. But, there are also off campus parties that occur on the weekends which wouldn’t require a fake ID, so by no means do you need one. Like I said before, this is college so at any college that you look at, alcohol will be accessible.
Different schools are going to have different opportunities for nightlife and some schools do get stereotypes (frat school, bar school, jock school, etc.) but this is all very subjective. Most statements like this are merely generalizations about a school’s nightlife and don’t address all the opportunities that are available to you. I guess what I’m trying to say is that whatever you feel comfortable doing with your time on the weekends, you will be able to do here at Marist.
Hope this helped!