Social Life

bernie12
Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:32:01 +0000

@Skois07 : Vandy is actually a “true” work hard play hard school IMHO…and achieving this mainly seems to correlate with academic make-up and/or intensity of the school. Vandy has a more perfect balance there so you get a more consistently vibrant social scene. Many selective privates are pre-professional factories (as in places like WashU, Emory, and Penn have numbers of pre-meds, pre-laws, and business students that may rival much larger public schools…and we know which ones have unusual levels of intensity) or are just very academically intense or “STEMY” (places like Cornell, JHU, Stanford, MIT have these huge STEM scenes)…these places all have parties where students can let loose, but they aren’t guaranteed to be well-attended. Many more are likely to pass them up to study or other participate in other events (either intellectual, cultural, or professional development). Places like Vandy, Duke, ND, and GeorgeTown are kind of blessed with a student body not quite as high-strung as some other schools considering that you care about the party scene. You get different vibes from different schools and it is largely because of institutional character and student body make-up/attitude I guess.