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<p>Certainly! Great school with plenty of serious students. One of my former post-college apartment mates and an older cousin are both proud alums. :)</p>
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<p>He would have certainly hated Oberlin when I attended, then. </p>
<p>Comparatively speaking, the Tufts students I met among friends and touring the campus were pretty laid back and mellow in comparison. Nowhere near as much political bickering/heated debating in and out of class or playing “Who’s leftier than thou” games compared with my undergrad experience.</p>
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<p>That’s probably a cultural shock that takes some getting used to. I experienced the reverse with the local town residents in the town of Oberlin where complete strangers will say hello to you in a friendly manner every day. A weird experience in the beginning for someone who grew up in the NYC of the '80s and early '90s. </p>
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<p>Definitions of partiers will also vary depending on the prevailing campus culture of a given college and take on different forms. For instance, the ones at my private midwest LAC when I attended either kept to themselves while being stoned on weed & psychedelics or organized/participated in campuswide on-campus and off-campus political protests. </p>
<p>We also had dorm/house parties…but they were very tame compared with the parties I’ve been invited to/crashed in the Boston area where alcohol flowed and undergrads got much more carried away with its effects.</p>
<p>Incidentally, the Tufts students I knew tended to go off to MIT or Boston for parties as there weren’t as many when they attended.</p>