<p>I didnt see any weed at all, but on a side note I happened to head over to a room party at East Wheelock where they had actually constructed a pong table in their room and where playing. I totally agree that drinking and partying will be at every college, it may be a bigger thing at Dartmouth but I am sure you will find a group of people you will fit in with. And who knows, your opinons might change about partying when you head off to college. But as alot of other people have said, if you are having doubts seriously think if Dartmouth is the place you want to be for the next four years of your life.</p>
<p>I actually find this entire thread so interesting because when D was at Dimensions last year she didn't see first hand any drinking, any drug use, and didn't go to any frat parties. Which was probably just a function of who her hosts were and which prospies she had met right away. Now she's been exposed to all of it and has chosen her friends on the basis of what her interests are.</p>
<p>Perfect10 if you are that flipped about being 2 1/2 hours from a city you should go to Georgetown. But what is it you're going to do in the city? I went to college outside a medium size city and we almost never went there. We also didn't have a big frat scene. Instead the parties were dorm parties. Same thing, different location. I didn't like beer and they were all keg parties, so I didn't drink. Nobody gave me a hard time. I don't think things have changed that much.</p>
<p>Many city schools have clubs and bars surrounging the school where the students hang out. Because Dartmouth is so small, and the New Hampshire laws so strict, you don't find that in Hanover. But D has friends at schools in cities where the social life revolves around hanging out in these bars. Again, same activity, different location. </p>
<p>By the way, I have heard through a friend of D, that the kids at Georgetown spend lots of their time partying and are not as serious about their studies as Dartmouth students. At Dartmouth they may party hard, but they all want As. </p>
<p>The rest of you should look at the Dartmouth online. What has amazed me about Dartmouth students is how involved so many of them are in different activities, whether it be singing groups, or club sports, or student council, or religious organizations, or more academic pursuits. But frequently your activities will dictate what you are doing on weekends. You may be traveling off campus for your activity. You may be participating in a concert. I'm actually amazed at how many choral and orchestral concerts my D goes to because she is watching her friends. There are movies at the Hop, and movies at the theater in town. I'll read the Dartmouth and find out about all sorts of interesting things that went on over the weekends. And then there are the weekends before midterms when you actually will be studying. And the special tradition weekends, Homecoming, Winter Carnival, Green Key. There was the first year formal on a Saturday night. Some dorms arrange to go away together on weekends and hire a bus. And there is still plenty of time in frat basements. But it's not any more all consuming if you don't want it to be than spending every Friday and Saturday night drinking in high school if that's not your thing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/education/edlife/MAGAZINES.html?ex=1146110400&en=0899903aa9796571&ei=5087%0A%5B/url%5D">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/education/edlife/MAGAZINES.html?ex=1146110400&en=0899903aa9796571&ei=5087%0A</a> or buy this past weekend's New York Times EDUCATION</p>
<p>First of all, most of the schools mentioned in there are not Ivies. Regardless, what's the matter with colleges selling pornography? We're all adults here. It's just a different way of expressing yourself. Who are we supposed to protect?</p>