Did anyone else NOT party while they were in college?

[DerekG]

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...?

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. I was in a similar situation as you, DerekG.

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.

[LiberalVoice]

2. Still in college...Go USF!

4.0 gpa and I'm a dunk. Top that! :)

[Piltdown13]

3. Very rarely

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. :-)

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. if you define partying in College

as living in a dorm then no. But if you mean partying in College as in drinking and tomfoolery, well then you missed out.

[Zach4]

5. you might be missin out

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.....

[roguevalley]

6. Me. Didn't miss it.

[tridim]

7. Partied for the first 4 years

(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.

[ozymandius]

8. Never really "partied".

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.

[GURUving]

9. I took my finals drunk, and

ended up getting the school's one and only "vice-president" scholarship. I let someone else take it.

[MisterP]

10. moi!

[Bertha Venation]

11. I went to a Baptist college.

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.)

[cally]

12. I partied some

but not all that much. Went to a few pretty wild parties, but not every weekend.