<p>It seems like the social life at many LACs centers around drinking etc.</p>
<p>So, are there any LACs that come to mind as not party schools?</p>
<p>Wheaton College in Illinois is the first that comes to mind. The drinking is tame most likely due to its religious affiliation.</p>
<p>Do you mind a school being religiously affiliated?</p>
<p>I think almost every school, unless religiously affiliated, has a drinking scene. But I know there is a non-drinking scene on every campus. My son’s frat at a top LAC had several non drinking brothers. That didn’t stop them from pledged. Maybe it would in some of the other fraternities. But there is an option.</p>
<p>Each of my kids had friends that didn’t or rarely drank. Three different top schools, two LAC’s.</p>
<p>DD’s campus visits found a range. There is a party scene at every campus (the Wheatons and a few others being the rare exceptions). It’s more intense at some. Probably the only way to really tell is to do overnights.</p>
<p>I did an overnight at Haverford, and it didn’t really strike me as a party school. I wouldn’t rule out schools that you otherwise like because they have a reputation of being a party school- most colleges have substance free housing, where you’ll be able to live with people who don’t want their social life to be centered around drinking.</p>
<p>Oberlin is not a typical party school. No frats or sororities and dorms forbit alcohol, pot, and other drugs–of course it all can be found but not pervasive.</p>
<p>Ask about substance free housing at whatever schools you are considering. It tends to attract a group of kids who don’t want a social life that revolves around partying. That doesn’t mean you can’t attend those parties if you live in those dorms - but it means that when you are ready to go home, the party gets left behind.</p>
<p>I’d also say that any schools that was a religious school not long ago (i.e. Furman, which was Christian recently enough to have a bible verse up on the wall in the dining hall). They may have some, but it won’t be quite as pronounced.</p>
<p>Here’s Princeton Review’s rankings of Got Milk? which means very little, if any, beer [Got</a> Milk?](<a href=“Cancel the Keg | The Princeton Review”>Cancel the Keg | The Princeton Review)</p>
<p>And here’s there rankings of Scotch and Soda, hold the Scotch, which is very little, if any, hard liquor [Scotch</a> and Soda, hold the Scotch](<a href=“Scotch and Soda, Hold the Scotch | The Princeton Review”>Scotch and Soda, Hold the Scotch | The Princeton Review)</p>
<p>And here’s the most pertinent one (I forgot about this one) which is the ranking of Stone-Cold Sober schools, which is the least party schools [Stone-Cold</a> Sober Schools](<a href=“College Search | Find Colleges | The Princeton Review”>College Search | Find Colleges | The Princeton Review)</p>