During the cold, dark months when about 20 users meet biweekly in the Mendota lounge to discuss club things, and the football season has ended, we wax poetic on related topics.
Our previous post noted the declining academic rankings of UW-Madison, and we all know how successful the football program has become. To go with the latter, UW-Madison once again received the coveted(?) #1 ranking in the Princeton Review for TOP PARTY SCHOOL for 2016-17. We're right up there with the likes of West Virginia U., coming in at a hot #2. Where is West Virginia anyway?
Of particular interest are the criteria used by The Review in ranking party schools: "low personal daily study hours (outside of class), high usages of alcohol and drugs on campus, and high popularity on campus for frats/sororities." Given the marginal standing of the Greek system here at UW, those first two criteria must be astronomically high. Indeed, the number of people who come to class hungover or even still drunk on Friday mornings is astonishing.
Funny you never see Princeton (or Harvard, Yale, Penn, Stanford, Berkeley,...) on that list. There were some great parties when I was at Yale, but to be fair, they are better here. Well, ya go some places for academics and other places for other things.
According to the UW's own response to the Review's rankings, 34% of UW-Madison students drink themselves silly almost every night. (Thurs through Saturday anyway.)
As Homer Simpson said: "Being drunk on a boat is called 'sailing'".
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People who enjoy the fine arts and an occasional glass of wine with artisan cheese go to places that provide said pleasantries.
ReplyDeletePeople who enjoy sports and the daily 12 pak of beer with packaged mozzarella sticks go to places with said pleasantries.
UW Madison provides all of the pleasantries for the latter along with a supportive, enabling culture. Later in life, UW Madison grads can be the waitstaff for the wine and artisan cheese group. It is the natural order of things.
Heh, your statistics are way off, I had exactly 2 beers tonight, maybe three, and this is on a Saturday. I admit we also we did a round of shots. but That's still less than a six pack, I doubt many people do 12 a night.
ReplyDeletehmm, how about you take a step off your high horse because UW Madison is a top tier university. I graduated ~6 years ago, was a part of both hoofers and the sailing team, and I'm now a J. partner at BCG; none of the other partners in my office have one of your "prestigious" (pronounced 'bullshit') Yale degrees. So your argument that UW Madison is where people just go to party and do nothing successful is just false.
ReplyDeleteAlso remember, you are the one whining and bitching about a club run by people half your age, that are smarter and will be more successful in 5 years time.
BCG? That's hilarious. Are you a "Hard charger" or a "Fearless Visionary"..? Omg:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bcg.com/careers/working-at/offices/minneapolis.aspx
BCG is just the sort of place I'd expect former Hoofer "leaders" to get hired at. "Team" activities that have nothing to do with the organization's raison d'être, like paintball, bowling, etc, "bonding" retreats, people captured in compromising positions, very little actual work getting done... wow, supercreepy. Thanks for sharing that you work there.
Btw, saying that no one in your office has a degree from an Ivy League school doesn't imply what you seem to think it does. :)