Most Underrated Party Schools

[BubbaWilliams]

MU got #6, but there was no mention of Jim's Time Out...
http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/super-page/the-10-most-underrated-party-schools-in-america/

[warriorchick]

"Marquette suffers the misfortune as being in the same state as that other school from Wisconsin (Wisconsin), but even though the kids in Milwaukee might not be able to measure up to the ones over in Madison, they’re still probably the least socially inept Catholic school in the nation (which is the party school equivalent of being the smartest kid on the short bus, but still, credit where credit is due). In the past couple years people have started to complain about the administration and campus police trying to crack down on the party scene, but when half of the student body lives off campus there’s only so much they can do. A reaction like that means that the kids at Marquette are doing something right."

Wow, kind of a backhanded compliment if you ask me.  What exactly do they mean by "least socially inept Catholic school"?

[MUfan12]

What exactly do they mean by "least socially inept Catholic school"?

Well... that is a group that includes Notre Dame, after all. They're bringing down the rest of us.

[Lennys Tap]

"In the past couple years people have started to complain about the administration and campus police tryiny to crack down on the party scene"....

Pilarz and LW trying to make MU the SLU of party schools.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

My younger brother went to Marquette also.  After I graduated, I brought a few of our friends from Connecticut out to visit him for a long weekend for what was their Spring Break.  (Marquette's break was the week prior.)  One friend went to UConn and the other to Bryant College.  I was in the working world.    They were blown away by what was a typical Marquette party weekend.  They were criticized by friends at their respective schools for heading to Milwaukee for Spring Break, but they had the funnest time and swear they made a great call on the visit.  We also made them Real Chili converts.

[Galway Eagle]

I've been here for 4 years and the quality and quantity of parties has unbelievably dropped since my freshman year.  I can't believe we're still getting these accolades. 

[chapman]

Wow, kind of a backhanded compliment if you ask me.  What exactly do they mean by "least socially inept Catholic school"?

The "are you kidding me?" reaction many of us had upon meeting the many people who went to all boys/girls high schools before they came to MU.

[Goose]

Well played, Lenny. That made me laugh out loud.

[Ari Gold]

how come, on all of these lists MU is the one with the craptiest pictures?

[real chili 83]

Anyone remember the exact quote from playboy back in the 70's when they rated MU and UW as party schools?

[Goose]

Real

UW was classified as professional at the time.

[real chili 83]

.....and MU?

[Goose]

Real

Do not remember MU ranking but Playboy put UW in class of their own.

[warriorchick]

Real

Do not remember MU ranking but Playboy put UW in class of their own.

I think that is an urban legend.  Someone needs to find the actual article.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Someone needs to find the actual article.

The rest of the magazine wouldn't be too bad to look at, either.

[mufib]

I've been here for 4 years and the quality and quantity of parties has unbelievably dropped since my freshman year.  I can't believe we're still getting these accolades. 

Perhaps it is time for you and your friends as seniors to step it up...

[frozena pizza]

Marquette is not a great party school by any standard.  Maybe 30 years ago but not now.  There I said it.

[muzzwilliams]

I loved my years at MU. The women weren't the best looking, the beer wasn't always the finest, the weather wasn't very pretty but I made due and partied my d**k off. Best years of my life

[muzzwilliams]

And simultaneously I received a quality education.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

The rest of the magazine wouldn't be too bad to look at, either.

probably a lot of big bush.

[Sir Lawrence]

I think that is an urban legend.  Someone needs to find the actual article.

It is an urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/playboy.asp

[Galway Eagle]

Perhaps it is time for you and your friends as seniors to step it up...

I used to throw a fair amount of parties as a Junior, but Renee Row isn't exactly made for huge public ragers. 

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I used to throw a fair amount of parties as a Junior, but Renee Row isn't exactly made for huge public ragers. 

B.S. 

Reference apt 201 circa 1999-2000.  That crib was out of hand.

Dudes even had a over sized NCAA bracket on an entire wall.

[Chili]

B.S. 

Reference apt 201 circa 1999-2000.  That crib was out of hand.

Dudes even had a over sized NCAA bracket on an entire wall.

Yup. The courtyard parties there were always a good time.

[Galway Eagle]

Yup. The courtyard parties there were always a good time.

Can't throw courtyard parties anymore.

[Galway Eagle]

B.S. 

Reference apt 201 circa 1999-2000.  That crib was out of hand.

Dudes even had a over sized NCAA bracket on an entire wall.

BS to that we threw all sorts of parties or that they were public?  By the time all my friends and the hockey team (roommate's the goalie) and all their close friends showed up itd be packed tight.  Too tight to open our door to freshmen. 

[reinko]

Can't throw courtyard parties anymore.

Sorry, from earlier classes.  I guess this is why we can't have nice things.

21st and Michigan houses still throw big parties?

[swoopem]

Sorry, from earlier classes.  I guess this is why we can't have nice things.

21st and Michigan houses still throw big parties?

I lived at 20th and Michigan in the house with the big deck and we had no issues throwing parties; other than when the swat team raided our house because they thought my roommates stuck a gun to a cabbies head and stole $500. What they actually did was ditch the cab and then he called the cops and got a felony charge for filing a false police report.

[4everwarriors]

probably a lot of big bush.

With fruit flies hovering above.

[MU82]

I used to see these rankings all the time and couldn't imagine being at a school where kids partied more than my friends and I did. Seriously. And I'm talkin' pretty much every night, not just on weekends.

The school fostered the culture. There would be signs in the dorms near the elevators encouraging us to have keggers and there was a lot of price competition on kegs in the neighborhood. The school-sponsored bar, the Mugrack, was in the student union and they'd bring in bands and make it a party atmosphere, all with Fr. Raynor's blessing.

I'd think, "Really? There are places where the kids get even more drunk than we do?"

One of my friends and I used to dream about owning a campus bar because there'd be no way even a couple of clowns like us could screw that up ... and then the drinking age went to 21.

I have often wondered how much things changed after 18, 19 and 20 year olds no longer could drink legally.

[Galway Eagle]

I have often wondered how much things changed after 18, 19 and 20 year olds no longer could drink legally.

It's necessary to have a fake ID if you're under age now hence the bunch of kids being caught at Victor's.  It's ruined the campus and around campus social life. 

[BubbaWilliams]

I think that the dream is still alive and well. Every generation feels that they "partied harder" then the ones who came after them.
Think about it though, our #1 attraction is our basketball games, where they sell 24 oz beers for $7.25. People put down 72 oz of beer before half time... and thats just in the BC.

[MerrittsMustache]

It's necessary to have a fake ID if you're under age now hence the bunch of kids being caught at Victor's.  It's ruined the campus and around campus social life.  

If a minor can't come up with an ID, he or she simply isn't putting forth effort. Typical laziness from that generation.