Grad school vs. College Party Factor!

[Homie]

So who here have gone to college and grad school (Master`s or doctorates)? More specifically, who here went to grad school at some other school than where they got their bachelor? Was it sociable, party time and fun?

I got into UC Santa Barbara, big party school. But I didn`t go there for undergrad, so I know no one. I can`t join a frat, because that`s for undergrad only. So I`m wondering, will grad school still be fun, sociable and partying like college? Or is it all study and no play?

Please don`t just vote in the poll. Posts and personal input are welcome

 

[warpus]

I work at a University's graduate school, and over here graduate school is a lot of work. Most of our students re hardworking mofos who, from what I can tell from the students who come in to ask questions, don't party too much. I have not experienced the graduate student life first-hand. I'm sure they party a bit.

Most students do the graduate school thing not for the partying - but rather because they want to take their academic career to the next level. As such they are mostly focused on the work.

 

[Bill3000]

If you think the point of college is to socialize and party, why on earth do you think you're good for grad school?

 

[JollyRoger]

I studied and partied more once I got beyond undergrad school. Skipped a lot of class as an undergrad, but was in a serious enough relationship to not go too wild on the social side.

 

[sophie]

If you think the point of college is to socialize and party, why on earth do you think you're good for grad school?

This . Honestly I don't understand why some people essentially pay 30k a year to drink alcohol all day.

 

[warpus]

This . Honestly I don't understand why some people essentially pay 30k a year to drink alcohol all day.

Here in Canada (or at least at the university where I work), the majority of grad students end up being funded in some way - having their tuition paid, etc. But yeah, most of the grad students here don't go to grad school to party - that's what undergrad is for.

 

[sophie]

Well in California, that's fine if you're lower middle-low class, but if you're middle-upper middle class (like most of my friends are), you end up either having to pay all of it out of pocket (like my parents), or take out a loan.

 

[JollyRoger]

middle-upper middle class

The most victimized group in Ameikkka. Lower middle upper class and upper middle lower class is where the the grass is greener.

 

[sophie]

The most victimized group in Ameikkka. Lower middle upper class and upper middle lower class is where the the grass is greener.

That was pretty funny. But the hyphen denotes range here. As in Middle to Upper Middle Class. (I excluded Upper class because they generally have the money to pay out of pocket.)

 

[Perfection]

If you think the point of college is to socialize and party, why on earth do you think you're good for grad school?

Just because you're in grad school doesn't mean you're dead.

 

[dido]

You get paid in grad school, so in other words being a grad student and working your butt off is your job. If you want to party you should go apply for some undergrad program.

But then I am sure grad students still go to the bars.

And I am sure there are always some kind of frat/student org. that you can join. My frat initiated a grad student as a collegiate member last semester.

 

[amadeus]

Just because you're in grad school doesn't mean you're dead.

Just because you're not dead doesn't mean you need to go to grad school.

 

[Cheetah]

I don't get the contradiction.

We partied during undergrad.

We partied during grad school (for me, that would be NTNU (top engineering university in Norway), University of Minnesota and University of Tokyo.

And though I still have a few weeks left until I graduate (so no partying at the moment), most of my friends started working last year - many of them as consultant for Accenture, Deloitte, BearingPoint, etc; and as far as I know, they still party.

 

[Orange Seeds]

I'm with Bill on this one. I know most of the grad students in the philosophy department at my university (and a few in the Poli Sci department quite well), I don't think any of them party at all. Most of them are less social and suffering from workaholism more than I am--which is saying something.

I guess it depends on what subject/school you are going into, but i doubt you are going to be spending much time partying if you hope to gain anything from grad school. Unless you are a genius or get asininely lucky you almost certainly won't be getting a decent doctorate or a teaching job if that is what you're after.

I have to make a decision this summer to apply to Law school after my 3rd or 4th year. I won't be doing any partying (that's an understatement) and I will likely stay at my undergrad school.

 

[BSmith1068]

I will be finishing up my MBA next week… I went part time, so it has taken me 4 years to get the degree. I worked full time the entire way through. I have been married the entire time, and have had a kid half the time. I am paying for it myself (mainly through loans, but some out of pocked expenses). Partying is not really in the matrix.

One semester my group for a project in one of my classes met every week before class in a bar for a beer or two as our group meetings. That is about as close as I got to “partying” in grad school…

EDIT: I went to different schools.

 

[mrt144]

If you think the point of college is to socialize and party, why on earth do you think you're good for grad school?

Do your parents still check your college report cards?

 

[Homie]

If you think the point of college is to socialize and party, why on earth do you think you're good for grad school?

Cuz I`m smart? I`m not getting a degree for some noble goal of learning. I´m doing it to make myself more attractive in the workplace, and to have one more year of socializing and having fun with other young people in a sunny area with a beach.

You get paid in grad school, so in other words being a grad student and working your butt off is your job. If you want to party you should go apply for some undergrad program.

But then I am sure grad students still go to the bars.

And I am sure there are always some kind of frat/student org. that you can join. My frat initiated a grad student as a collegiate member last semester.

I don`t know what world you live in, but as far as I know you pay to go to grad school, you don`t GET paid. All the programs I looked at offered no funding whatsoever, I have to pay everything through loans.

But really, they initiated a grad student at your school? I didn`t think they did that. Details?

I don't get the contradiction.

We partied during undergrad.

We partied during grad school (for me, that would be NTNU (top engineering university in Norway), University of Minnesota and University of Tokyo.

And though I still have a few weeks left until I graduate (so no partying at the moment), most of my friends started working last year - many of them as consultant for Accenture, Deloitte, BearingPoint, etc; and as far as I know, they still party.

It`s different in the US from what I gather. In Norway getting a Master`s just takes longer, but the atmosphere and the experience is more or less the same. In the US I am afraid (although not sure, which is why I opened this thread) that college and grad school are two different worlds.

 

[CaptainF]

When my buddy first went to University of Montana as an undergrad he registered late and thus had to stay in grad student housing instead of the dorms. He shared a flat with ~3 grad students.

According to him they didn't really party much at all. They studied and studied and worked. Whatever free time they had usually consisted of playing video games while drinking a few beers.

Grad school over here in the states really is a different animal it seems.

 

[Homie]

When my buddy first went to University of Montana as an undergrad he registered late and thus had to stay in grad student housing instead of the dorms. He shared a flat with ~3 grad students.

According to him they didn't really party much at all. They studied and studied and worked. Whatever free time they had usually consisted of playing video games while drinking a few beers.

Grad school over here in the states really is a different animal it seems.

Crap, that`ll be my situation. I will share a flat with 3 other grad students in grad student housing.

Thanks for the input, it`s helpful.

 

[civ_king]

So who here have gone to college and grad school (Master`s or doctorates)? More specifically, who here went to grad school at some other school than where they got their bachelor? Was it sociable, party time and fun?

I got into UC Santa Barbara, big party school. But I didn`t go there for undergrad, so I know no one. I can`t join a frat, because that`s for undergrad only. So I`m wondering, will grad school still be fun, sociable and partying like college? Or is it all study and no play?

Please don`t just vote in the poll. Posts and personal input are welcome

To bad you people crushed education

The most victimized group in Ameikkka. Lower middle upper class and upper middle lower class is where the the grass is greener.

When my buddy first went to University of Montana as an undergrad he registered late and thus had to stay in grad student housing instead of the dorms. He shared a flat with ~3 grad students.

According to him they didn't really party much at all. They studied and studied and worked. Whatever free time they had usually consisted of playing video games while drinking a few beers.

Grad school over here in the states really is a different animal it seems.

sounds like the point of grad school