<p>I know Boston College offers Healthy Alternatives lifestyle floors for students interested in living in an environment free of alcohol, tobacco, & other substances. </p>
<p>Can anyone on here elaborate more on this experience?
What kind of students typically sign up for this?<br>
Are students on these floors ostracized in any way?
Do students on these floors ever regret this choice? </p>
<p>All thoughts & opinions are encouraged!</p>
<p>Healthy living floors are designed so that the hall is relatively more quiet than other ones, especially on weekends. They have a larger budget for floor activities, which include things like yoga, books or great vegan food. The girls who usually sign up for this: many females at BC like to go out, party, nothing out of the ordinary; most females who sign up usually want a quieter college experience, although they’re not more or less introverted or extroverted. The guys who sign up for this floor are more likely than not introverted, but not all are to be fair. There isn’t what I would call a stigma, but if you’re part of the floor, unless you drink (drinking is the primary “healthy” thing, and most college students don’t do drugs so that’s not as big of a deal in terms of being a “healthy” floor) you never feel like you quite belong. This is at least my personal experience. It’s mainly because of a certain camaraderie around drinking and most social activities on the weekends center around it. I never regretted it, per say, but I also wondered what if. That’s my 2 cents</p>