<p>There are frats with alcohol free pledges.</p>
<p>I hope to attend college next year and I'm worried becaue im not very good at starting conversations. I have had the same 3 or 4 close friends(none are girls) for the last couple of years. I dont drink or anything and when a college has the vast majority of people participating in greek life..it seems like ill have a hard time making friends. The 2 times i've spent the night at college it seems wierd b/c im the only one w/o a beer in my hand.</p>
<p>You never know how you'll feel once your there. I always felt I was social but still didn't have many close friends in HS (I had a lot of friends but lost many senior year due to the fact I didn't drink). I got to college and it is a whole new world. I didn't drink at first but now I don't mind. I was so against it from losing all of my jerk "friends" to it too. Now I still have my best friend from high school and see maybe two others infrequently and a couple cool girls that live in my dorm but otherwise it is a completely different world. Keep telling yourself that. And no it won't seem weird being without a drink. You may not have as much fun (I think being sober at a drunk party is frustrating and annoying b/c drunk people are annoying to a certain degree after they go past that intial funny stage to the help me out or take care of me stage) but then again you may not mind. Keep in mind that they will be many people who will feel the same exact way you do. Also which college are you going to? It may not be as dominated by Greek life as you think.</p>
<p>What do you have against drinking? College is one of the last times where you can cut loose and get drunk with few consequences before adulthood. After college, the real world kicks you in the ass and you have to get a job. If you're idea of college is spending four years in the library to get a 4.0 then you are seriously missing out. Get drunk, join a frat, have fun, you'll regret it later if you don't.</p>
<p>I want thank you all again for you imput. It means a lot.</p>
<p>I made a promise to myself that i wouldn't set a #1 school (no EA/ED either), because i know i would be devestated if I didnt get in that school. I truly would be happy at any school that I applied to.</p>
<p>I dont like alcohol. It goes against my moral and religious beliefs. I was raised to not do it, and i dont plan on doing it. Even with the peer pressure in hs i still detest it. The last party I went to was in 6th grade birthday party where there was the traditional cake, candles, gifts, pin the tail on the donkey, etc. </p>
<p>My main objective in college is not to spend 4 years in the library, or get a 4.0, or be able to say I went to such and such, or guarantee myself a job after grad... I go to learn. Dont get me wrong, I want to have fun of course...but I dont need alcohol to do it.</p>
<p>I go to a religiously affiliated college with a dry campus. There are fraternities here, and all of their parties involve alcohol. Yes, it's against the rules and yes, it still happens. </p>
<p>Some of the guys don't drink at all, but there are quite a few who do. Many of my best friends just pledged this last semester, and some of them have changed their anti-alcohol stance and are now sipping a beer or two at the parties. Some of them have remained true to their convictions and haven't drunk at all. Either way, I think the best fraternities accept you for who you are, regardless of whether or not you drink.</p>