Please tell me all the fun isn't dead!

blueskyforsale
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:58:05 +0000

Current UChicago freshman speaking - there’s frat parties and open apartment parties aplenty every weekend, and one of the frats does bar night every Wednesday. Everything I’ve been to (and I go out 90% of weekends) has been well attended. I also know that a thirsty thursday exists, although I’ve never been, and once you start making friends with upperclassmen you’ll probably get invited to a few smaller parties as well. But fear not, though UChicago may be a group of dorky and driven 18-22 year olds, it is still a group of 18-22 year olds and that age group pretty much universally wants to drink and hookup. If you want to party and be social though, I’d recommend rooming in either Max P or South - not that people from the other dorms aren’t social as well, but those dorms tend to facilitate it better. There’s dorks in Max and party animals in Snitchcock but for the most part the dorm stereotypes exist for a reason.

About the boys - while I’ve visited friends who go to state school and the boys there are, on average, better looking, there are definitely good-looking guys here too. I guess the difference tends to be that there are a lot of guys here put the time that most guys would put into their appearance into their studies - there’s quite a few guys in my year who are dorky now but will probs be cute by the time they graduate.