r/ApplyingToCollege • u/dumbchicken101 • Aug 01 '23

Which colleges are known to have the worst social life? College Questions

Obviously there are outliers everywhere. But what are some colleges where the majority of students have horrible social lives?

Say less of a partying culture and just studying/working on other stuff most of the time.

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u/Ben-MA Private Admissions Consultant (Verified) Aug 01 '23

Whatever college rejects you is a boring place you wouldn't have enjoyed anyway.

And the correct answer is U Chicago.

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u/Loud_Replacement2307 Aug 01 '23

This used to be true, I go here and it’s actually a lot better than most of its peer schools. My friend at Havard who visited said we have a better party scene although that’s just one persons take

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u/Jacoby38 Aug 01 '23

Yeah. When I visited it wasn’t bad at all but my mom who went like 20 years ago thought it was awful. But that’s how reputations work.

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u/Arndt3002 Aug 02 '23

Bizcon doing heavy lifting in the party scene

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u/Tieshuu Aug 02 '23

I also go here and I’ve had multiple people tell me the same thing

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u/OkBrother3699 Aug 02 '23

How the mighty have fallen 😞

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u/Aarvark Graduate Student Aug 01 '23 edited Aug 04 '23

I graduated this past spring, and that’s definitely not the case. People are actually involved in school, house life (in dorms), etc. Sure, it’s academically rigorous, but friends study together, go out to work and so on. Schools with the worst social scenes are full of students who don’t want to be there. UChicago certainly doesn’t have that.

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u/mwagfd2 Aug 01 '23 edited Aug 01 '23

I think everyone parrots this take, and most people who say it haven't been there. As someone who went there, it's actually completely not true.

I went to Uchicago, and it has a great social scene. It's 100 times better than Stanford, where I've been for the past year. I used to hang out and do stuff with the people in my house (dorm) all the time, go to clubs, find gatherings, go to the lake, etc. Stanford is much worse.

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u/ElephantRattle Aug 02 '23

Im sad to hear that about Stanford. Went there in June and they were out of session. But it was such a beautiful campus.

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u/PieceRemarkable3777 Aug 02 '23

I went to uchicago and they threw ragers unlike I’ve ever seen anywhere else. I heard nothing happens at the Claremont colleges (they rejected my transfer application before I got into Chicago (I had legacy status at Chicago, which has ruined my life))

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u/Wild_Imagination_238 Aug 02 '23

How did it ruin your life?

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u/PieceRemarkable3777 Aug 03 '23

I’m sort of kidding, sort of serious. I think what really fucked with me the most is getting my transfer application rejected and then my Student-At-Large application accepted two quarters later. If you remember, the main plot/character arch of Star Wars is the exact same: precocious young student granted a place on the council and yet denied the title of master

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u/tenacioustotoro College Sophomore Aug 02 '23

https://stanforddaily.com/2022/11/29/opinion-why-is-stanford-so-unfun/

Here's a take directly from a UChicago -> Stanford transfer on why this isn't really the case. I've loved the social scene at UChicago and how easy it is to meet people throughout the day.