I’m most likely going to apply to Davidson! I’m not really much of a party person…will my social life be ok if I don’t want to party? I want to join clubs tho and make friends that way!
Hello! I’m not a student but my daughter is and I asked her your question. She did say lots of students do “party” but the overall scene is not raucous. Most kids want to do well academically so they work hard during the week and have fun on the weekends. However, she said there is so much to do for those who don’t want to drink/party - a lot of Davidson and club sponsored events. One Saturday night her whole hall went to the football game and came back and watched a movie. No drinking whatsoever. She said there’s plenty of space for everyone to find their people who share common social interests. Good luck. My daughter is a freshman and is very happy there.
Agree. My D is also a first year and not a big partier and she’s very happy with the social scene. The Union has big social events on weekends at night that are substance free – I think they call them After Midnight or something like that.
My daughter is a Junior and never partied in high school. She couldn’t be happier at Davidson - some kids do party but it’s a personal choice and there are plenty of things to do if that’s not how you want to spend your time. I’m not sure of your gender but the women have eating houses rather than sororities, and while they do have parties, their main focus is service to the community. From our experience Davidson is a very special place. Good luck!
Thank you all so much! This really helps a lot! 
I’m a current Davidson student who isn’t big into parties. I don’t feel like my social life suffers all that much! I still have a lot of friends and find myself doing fun things every weekend!
Sounds great maybe ya’ll could chime in on the drug culture?
My daughter did a overnight last month her hosts spoke very candidly about the prevalence and usage of drugs…major turn off for my daughter (which made me happy), but I would be interested to hear your thoughts.
I’m a current student at Davidson and I would say the drug culture there is very much under the radar and most kids choose not to be involved with it at all, so it’s surprising your daughter said that! Most people I know will just stick to alcohol, not even weed. I’m sure it’s available for those who seek it out, but if you don’t seek it out, you definitely won’t find it.