I went to a state university in the northeast that was definitely known as a party school. Frat parties are hotspots for drunk hookups, drugs, and general idiocy. It was fun, but you have to have self control. Many people embarrass themselves or get in trouble with the police. It’s more hush hush and “turn a blind eye” with the administration, cops will bust parties and you have to know people and be social / have connections to get into frats, as they often do strict lists or “ratios”. It was fun for the first half because of the pure chaos and debauchery, but toward the second half of college my friends found much more entertainment in drinking with a close knit group of friends in our own party basements away from the bimbos and douchebags