What is the party scene like at Tufts?

Naspy58
Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:17:11 +0000

Here’s a short answer after I consulted with my daughter, a freshman at Tufts (and she is pretty social, but not wild). it really depends on how actively you want to search for a party. If you want to find one, you will find one. The first semester this year at Tufts was especially rough because more than half of the frats were on probation, and they are generally the center of freshman (and possibly sophomore) party activity. Still, she managed to meet a lot of new people and be very social. What she likes at Tufts, even if you aren’t part of a frat or Greek house you can still attend the frat parties. My daughter rushed, but ended up not pledging and is still going to frat parties. Now that she has been to all the frats and a bunch of the athletic houses for parties, she realizes she isn’t a fan of every house or party, so when she doesn’t like the frat or the parties offered, there can seem to be a lack of things to do on campus. She may be a bit more choosy in that regard, than others. As for using a fake ID to get into bars in Somerville, I am not sure how prevalent that is. My daughter has he bartenders are very vigilant about that, because obviously everyone probably has one, and I am not sure if she’s ever tried to get a drink at a bar in Somerville. Also, being 18 and female, bars aren’t often the first place you are going to look for social activity. The on campus parties are more fun. Bottom line I would say that Tufts is moderate in this regard. She has friends at state schools (Michigan, Cal, Indiana,) and has the sense that you start drinking/partying at 10 AM on game days (every weekend) and need to be part of a Greek system or athletic group to be involved, or invited. As for other LACs, her best friend is at Wesleyan, and we hear that the partying starts on Tuesdays and goes through the weekend. For her, that’s too much. She also seems to think that the LACs in more rural areas (Kenyon, for example), there is more partying because there is less to do. At Tufts, there is Somerville, Cambridge and Boston to consider for fun, as well.