DerekG
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Fri Dec-19-03 09:27 PM
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Did anyone else NOT party while they were in college? |
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I understand that most kids party for the duration of their four year experience, and that's fine with me. But I'm a commuter who has responsibilities at home and work. And frankly, I don't think I've missed anything by not living in a dorm room or adjourning to keg parties. I'm just grateful that I have amassed such a wealth of knowledge, had some wonderful discussions with many professors, and maintained a 3.89 GPA.
Anyone else...?
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Fri Dec-19-03 09:29 PM
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1. I was in a similar situation as you, DerekG. |
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Also, I graduated in 1971 during the height of the Vietnam War, so things were a tad activist on campus back then. Also, I worked a part-time job and mostly partied with my work friends. And I had responsibilities at home. Who, I might add, were quite a bit older than I was, if ya know what I mean.
Excellent re the 3.89 GPA.
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LiberalVoice
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Fri Dec-19-03 09:30 PM
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2. Still in college...Go USF! |
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4.0 gpa and I'm a dunk. Top that! :)
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Fri Dec-19-03 09:34 PM
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Edited on Fri Dec-19-03 09:39 PM by Piltdown13
And then only during my senior year (that's right, I actually didn't drink while underage); my college had pretty strict alcohol enforcement (I lived in dorms all four years), and I didn't think the benefits were worth the risks, especially being on scholarship.
I do think that living in the dorms was a worthwhile experience, just in terms of making friends with (in some cases, learning how to put up with) all different kinds of people. Of course, I switched from the typical "freshman zoo" to a suite-style residence after my first year, and lived in a single-rooms-only upperclassmen's dorm my last year, so I limited my exposure to the really disruptive aspects of campus living to just my first, academically least-rigorous year.
All this is not to say that I didn't occasionally cut loose during that last year, especially after finishing and then defending my B. A. honors thesis!
On edit -- I have to say, I think a lot depends on the atmosphere at a particular school. It's definitely not the case that "most" students at every school party their entire four years; in fact, during my undergrad years I knew very few people who pushed the "party lifestyle," so to speak, past mid-sophomore year. I was admittedly a little unusual in that I didn't drink at all my first three years, but the really hard partiers weren't all that common after the first year or so (maybe they mostly flunked out). I suspect the partying is somewhat more common where I am now, despite it supposedly being a dry campus. :-)
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Fri Dec-19-03 09:36 PM
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4. if you define partying in College |
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as living in a dorm then no. But if you mean partying in College as in drinking and tomfoolery, well then you missed out.
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Zach4
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Fri Dec-19-03 09:42 PM
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5. you might be missin out |
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Hey you are only young once. If you have to ask others if what you are doing with your youth is right, you might need to look a little closer in the mirror and do what YOU think YOU need or want to do. But, I could be wrong.....
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Fri Dec-19-03 09:51 PM
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7. Partied for the first 4 years |
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(of a 5 year degree) and then cracked down the last year and studied really hard. I never really drank all that much or ingested too many psychotropic substances, but I loved getting crazy at house parties especially when a live band was playing. I still miss it 10 years later.
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Fri Dec-19-03 10:01 PM
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8. Never really "partied". |
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Didn't care for many of the people my age. With my friends in graduate school, I was a quiet drunk who spent too much time in bars.
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Fri Dec-19-03 10:04 PM
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9. I took my finals drunk, and |
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ended up getting the school's one and only "vice-president" scholarship. I let someone else take it.
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Fri Dec-19-03 10:12 PM
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11. I went to a Baptist college. |
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The rowdiest it ever got was when some other girls knocked at my dorm room door at 1:00 AM <gasp>, yelling "Hey, Kimbo, wanna play Skip-bo?" On any other campus that would've indicated drunkenness. But since every student had to sign a pledge of no drinking, no drugs, no smoking, no movies, no theater, no rock & roll, no dancing, no games using a 52-card deck, etc.... :shrug:
Of course, it was on that campus that I had my first lover. Go figure. (I don't remember "no sex" being in the pledge. Since we were all virgins waiting for marriage, I guess the school figured they could take that one for granted.)
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Fri Dec-19-03 10:32 PM
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but not all that much. Went to a few pretty wild parties, but not every weekend.
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