u/iListen2MathRock

Hi everyone, I’m finishing my junior year and I’ve been spending a lot of time shopping for colleges. Tulane seems like a good school for biochemistry (my intended major) and research, but I feel a bit nervous about the party culture. I’ve never been to nola, and I want to compare Tulane to my closest prestige school, WashU.

Being brutally honest, parties (at least in high school) really stress me out. I’m an introvert. I want to join a frat in college, but the stuff I’ve heard about wild mardi gras parties and such doesn’t suit me.

So I just have a few questions: is partying really as intense as people online say it is? Do a lot of people skip parties to stay in their dorms? (it seems like a rigorous school after all) Will I be left behind socially if I don’t go to these reportedly-crazy parties?

Thank you all for taking the time to read this :)

Hey guys, I'm an OOS junior in hs right now and I've been peeping uconn based on its good biochem program. I was just wondering what the social scene is like.

None of the other Reddit posts I saw on this question gave me a good answer, so I'll ask myself. I'm not really a huge party guy but is Storrs really as boring as people say it is? To be fair, the only college experiences I know are from my older brothers who both went to SEC schools, which I know their party scenes are a whole different thing. Is being in a fraternity any fun at UConn? I guess what I'm really trying to ask is if Storrs and UConn as a whole offer a traditional, fun, college-town experience.