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In my country, many colleges are named as "party schools",but they are different from ones in western countries. I want to know any information about party schools. Who can give me the information about them? What knid of schools belong to party schools? Thank you!

I recommend the universities of Camford, and that of Sconebakeshire. Their linguistics departments especially are world-renowned for partying like mad cows and getting precious little research done (and when the government inspectors do come snooping around, the staff can claim, like everywhere else, to have been working on UG etc).

Can you tell me some features about party school? Or can you give me some introduction to party schools?

Would it offend you if I stated the obvious and said that the most important thing about a university is its academic reputation, and that whatever potential it has for partying on down is strictly an added bonus?

That being said, it is possible to party relentlessly (if you so desire) and fail academically at even the best, seemingly most boring college, and to actually get a respectable amount of halfway decent work done despite ending up at a frat house like Delta in Animal House.

mengxiangwu wrote:Can you tell me some features about party school? Or can you give me some introduction to party schools?

Do you not understand what the meaning is? Or are you looking for a school that isn't famous for academics and just has a reputation of students' who don't study?

If it's not literally party, what else could it be? CCP schools?! Oh, how I tear my fur out in the name of AL.

Ah, he meant Party schools! And here's silly me thinking he's referring to the Skull and Bones and the Bullingdon.

In fact, I want to know more information on party schools because I donot know what knid of schools belong to party schools. I want to get an overall description of them. In my country, there are many schools named as party schools, but i know they are different from ones in western countries. In my country, many party schools are somewhat colleges, the students are also different from ones in many universities or colleges.

Okay I think you have no idea. In the U.S. no school wants to be known as "a party school." "Party" in this case means "have a good time going to parties." The idea is that students at these schools do not take their education seriously. Instead, they go to have parties and a good time. I wouldn't want my kids to go to a "party" school. It has no other meaning for us. I doubt if the "party schools" you talk about are anything like this. You are probably thinking of "The Communist party" schools or something. That would be quite different.

I wouldn't want to offend anyone, but I think that the above discussion is funny

I'm not sure who is not being serious and when

Party schools in China are communist party, and no fun at all. Party schools in the west? Do we have them? If western political parties have schools I suppose they would be just as dull.

In a moment of pure, brilliant inspiration, it occured to me to do what is known as Google the phrases "party school" and "party schools". It was very...educational?
http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/playboy.asp
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/ ... 9804.shtml
etc etc.

It is definitely more of an American than a British thing (not only the phrase, but what it entails - endless drink, drugs, bowling etc), but even Lori (our resident US expert) seemed a bit hesitant about the term at first, which implies that you really do need to be a braindead wannabe fratboi stoner for it to be in your "essential" vocabulary.

There were plenty of drink and drugs and parties where I went, but not a lot of in-party bowling it must be said. Americans must party in very long thin rooms.

It's a shame British people don't publish such a list, if they did I could finally say "I went to the highest ranked university in Cambridge!".

Actually, it seems looking at those sites that the concept of party school ranking is reasonably familiar in the US. Why is this forum so British? Cos with our detestable Simon Cowell like harshness we Brits scare everyone else off? Or because other nationalities have better things to do?

Aww, you didn't go to Camford, woody. Ah well, at least you graced Sconebakeshire with your presence, albeit momentarily, before you were shipped out to some tropical hellhole where your British stiff upper lip saved many a day (and now it is being put to good use here on Dave's).

Thank you all! In China, Party schools are really "communist party" schools. Many government officers go there to further their studies, they learn many knids of knowledge in order to develop themselves to fulfill their duties better.