Where the Parties Are. . .and Aren’t

“Do you know how to party?” was essentially the question asked of 56,000 college students in a recent survey. Judging from rankings released today, Caltech students answered no. “This is not the place for you if you want partying to be a major part of your college life,” said Lin Jia, 21, who graduated this year from Caltech with a degree in biology. “It’s not dead here. But it’s not like a party every third day of the week. We have our own little nutty was of enjoying ourselves.” An example: Every year on senior “ditch day,” Caltech seniors who disregard the custom of cutting classes are bound to trees with duct tape.

‘Party Schools’

1. West Virginia Univ., Morgantown

2. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

3. State Univ. of New York, Albany

4. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder

5. Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.

6. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee

7. Emory University, Atlanta

8. Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence

9. Univ. of Vermont, Burlington

10. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge

‘Stone Cold Sober Schools’

1. Caltech, Pasadea

2. Grove City College, Grove City, Pa.

3. Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga.

4. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.

5. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

6. Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.

7. Agnes Scott College, Decatur,Ga.

8. San Francisco Conservatory of Music

9. Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

10. Cooper Union, New York

Source: The Princeton Review, a New Jersey company that publishes an annual guide to colleges.