<p>Binx -
My wife, son and I were at Miami University's Summer Orientation in late June and were told in one of the meetings that 3 students had been found with alcohol at this year's Summer Orientation, and all 3 had had their admission invitations rescinded. I really feel bad for the parents of those kids, but I agree with the University's actions.</p>
<p>dad<em>of</em>two - My D had heard rumors of that - several variations - via facebook. </p>
<p>I was hoping they would address it at our orientation, too, but they didn't (or she and I both missed it.) I wasn't sure if it were true or not.</p>
<p>I think the system at my school is one of the more lenient ones that will be posted here...</p>
<p>The school's policy is fairly realistic - they don't get involved in student's personal affairs unless they do something that endangers others. The analogs of RAs here are not tasked with patrolling or policing the student body, but rather to act as big brothers/sisters to the students, lending a helping hand or a willing ear if necessary. What the students do in their free time is their own business. There are plenty of people who drink, and plenty who don't. And the school has an extremely low occurrence of alcohol poisoning - perhaps once a year if it gets really bad. Students here are good at taking care of others and cutting them off when they've had too much.</p>
<p>Now for a little bit of honesty on my part. I am 19. I drink. And I've also smoked marijuana on a couple of occasions. I feel I'm responsible enough to handle these kinds of things, and my academic life reflects that. Currently, I've got some of the best grades in my class, and I've got plenty of extracurriculars. I'm actually not that much of a rarity at my school - plenty of the school's top students drink. But then again, there are plenty that don't.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what kind of point I was trying to make here, but I guess it's just food for thought for the rest of you. So go ahead, discuss me if you wish. I won't mind.</p>
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DD told me last night that someone she knew from a summer program had her admissions revoked during freshmen orientation because she was drinking to excess-had to go to the hospital. yikES!
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<p>Boy, is that a bad idea!</p>
<p>I'm no supporter of underage drinking, but policies like this can kill kids. Students will be a lot less likely to call for help for a friend who may be dangerously intoxicated if there are severe penalties involved.</p>
<p>"Just got back from son's orientation at Virginia Tech. There is zero tolerance for drugs-if caught you are gone. Alcohol has a 2 strike policy and after that you are gone. Now this was what parents were told, students also. Now how it is enforced I don't know. "Back in my day" there were policies also, but RA's told us what happened behind closed doors and stayed behind closed doors weren't a major concern. Wonder and hope things are different now."</p>
<p>No, this is not how it works. It's how they TOLD you it works, but not how it actually works. I'm a current student at VT, and the unwritten rule is, don't cause any problems and there won't be any problems. Keep your door shut, don't make too much noise, and as long as your roommate doesn't complain your fine. Same way with visitors of the opposite sex, actually. Sometimes an overzealous RA will actually enforce things to the letter of the law, but this is rare and tends to sort itself out. Alcohol offences generally result in you having to take a one day class, and then often times the offence is stricken from your record.</p>