<p>I know that the obvious answer is "no, just be yourself." But in reality are people that don't drink in college limited socially and/or seen as inferior because of their "inability" to handle alcohol? I'm referring to top 30 schools. Please don't consider small LACs/christian colleges in your answer.</p>
<p>Ok, I have a good friend who does not drink at all. No one cares at all. People will ask why he doesn’t drink and he simply says it’s not for him. Just don’t judge people who do drink. If you do, people will be put off by that. You may be asked to be the driver more often, but you will sometimes get a free meal out of it which isn’t too bad. There are a few fraternity brothers who do not drink at all and a dry house at my school. </p>
<p>Besides, if someone is frowning upon you for not drinking, do you really want to be their friend anyway?</p>
<p>Not at all.</p>
<p>What does matter though is that you don’t look down at people who drink, that you still attend parties like everyone else, and that you don’t ruin the mood for those who do drink. This includes being open and social even when sober.</p>
<p>Hey i dont drink either you get to sit there and what all the crap people do when they are drunk and laugh.</p>
<p>There will probably be a few people who give you a hard time about it, but for the most part, people won’t care.</p>
<p>Some people will look down on you, but some people will also look down on you if you do drink. But as long as you don’t let the lack of drinking impact your social life, and you don’t go around being self-righteous about not drinking, most people won’t care.</p>
<p>I attend a top 20 and have never received any sort of a comment, positive or negative, about my decision not to drink or hit the party scene-- except on this website. :P</p>
<p>I don’t drink a lot and have never gotten drunk. I agree with what’s been said. If they have a problem with you not drinking, they are probably not worth being your friends. Good friends won’t judge you by whether you drink or not but make sure that you don’t judge others in return or look down on people who drink.</p>
<p>There’s always gonna be some people who will judge you. But most won’t.</p>
<p>Probably the worst case scenario is you becoming the designated designated driver.</p>