Be on social fringes if you don't party?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Dartmouth College
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<p>I just read a Dartmouth visit report on CC. It says, "if you don't like to party all the time, expect to be on the social fringes". </p>

<p>Current students, is this true?</p>

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<p>No.</p>

<p>more letters.</p>

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<p>Short answer - i'm not fully sure, but I feel like that might be true.</p>

<p>Long answer - there are, of course, alternatives to partying like the varieties of events and such that happen on campus. There exists a large group of people who don't party and participate in those kinds of things. However, a very large portion of the population does party and get involved in the greek scene. One of the big draws of Dartmouth is that it is much more community oriented and close knit than most other schools. If you don't party, you'll be alienated, even if only to a small degree, from a large portion of your classmates.</p>

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<p>It's not really true, because you're not going to be the only one who doesn't party/doesn't party a lot. Also, if you're referring to excessive drinking, etc., then in this case you may develop an even stronger network of friends, because people who have alcohol problems tend not to make the best friends.</p>

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<p>first of all, i dont think people who like to go out and party have "alcohol problems". also, i think that if youdont party you just have to go to more lengths to prove that youre not a little weird. people will wonder whats wrong with you that you dont go out but if you are a chill person then they wont care</p>

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<p>I said excessive drnking; social drinking is a totally different thing.</p>

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<p>cool thanks, kudos on repeating my opening phrase
really effective rhetoric!</p>

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<p>Worry less about rhetoric and more about content please.</p>

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<p>i figured you didnt value content since you skipped out on most of it in your post</p>

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<p>Do you want me to explain more? Drinking a couple of drinks with a few friends, especially over a full stomach, is safe and part of an acceptable social activity. However, once you start to engage in binge drinking, thereby experiencing blackouts, etc., you start to run into health and social hazards. Additionaly, a person engaged in this type of drinking could be a bad friend for two reasons. They may either cause direct damage on the friendship as a result of the drinking or may be involved in binge drinking because of a character flaw which could also undermine the friendship.</p>