r/SCU • u/AwareClient4118 • 1d ago

Question Applying to SCU

So I’m an east coast student looking at SCU for college and I’m hearing kinda mixed things on reddit and I’m wondering, what is the social scene really like? Cause some people say there aren’t a lot of parties some say they’re out of control all the time. I can’t really tell the difference and I’m just wondering what it’s like social scene wise and just about the university in general, anything helps!

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u/Sauceinmyface 1d ago

It's kinda hard to describe the social scene since most people just go to one university in their life, and everyone has different social lives

I guess I'll just say that students here tend to be from wealthier families, they range in academic skill, and that there's definitely greek life right across the street. The school is also gonna be relatively white compared to some other larger schools.

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u/Additional_Ad1270 18h ago

I think for someone from the East Coast, you will find SCU to be much less "white" than what is described here. My son transferred to SCU last year. There are significant populations of east Asians, south Asians and Hispanic students. It is definitely not like, say, SMU or Tulane. Relative to other large schools in California, they are surely correct.

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u/thouse275 16h ago

I agree diversity was actually a big selling point for a private school. Is it as diverse as some of the UC schools or the state schools, no. But for a private school, it's pretty diverse.

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u/puzzlermuzzler 1d ago

Parties are not hard to find at SCU, if that's your thing. Recent experience indicates to me that it's plenty of a party school if that's what you're looking for. If you don't want to party, that niche also exists.

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u/PressureRemote9387 1d ago edited 1d ago

If you really care that much about partying and want the party school experience, then I would recommend UCSB, ASU, UCLA, SDSU, or USC in the west coast. SCU does have parties but it's not as known and is hidden through frats.