Underrated state school in New Jersey. Better then montclair
state and getting up there with rutgers. William Paterson
University 4 Words related to William Paterson University This
school is definitely not known for its strong academic
standards, and the kids who go here hardly made 1000 on their
SATs, if at all. Although it can be fun from time to time
because drinking and smoking is huge in the dorms, and there's
the occasional frat party (they kick ass in the beginning of the
year, then die down), the weekends are boring because most
people go home to work or they're just bored. If more people
stayed on campus, it wouldn't be so boring, NOW would it??  The
kids here weren't the brightest of the bunch in HS (besides me -
top 10% of my class, what what!). They don't even know who
William Paterson was, or what a Pioneer (our mascot) is.
However, most of them are kick ass and chill people who know how
to have a good time when they want to. William Paterson is a
party school, a step above community college, fi