non academics

<p>Is there a lot to to do ON campus, examples? do students have fun or do they just study?</p>

<p>I think that students have a LOT of fun, though I guess it depends on the group you hang with. I'm on the ultimate team and my floor's awesome, so that helps, but it definitely is a work-hard, play-hard school from my experience. Most of the social stuff that I've seen is on campus or just outside.</p>

<p>There's a lot to do on campus...on weekends a lot of kids will either go to frat parties or host their own gatherings. Also there are usually concerts, speakers, festivals, charity events or something going on somewhere on campus, especially on the South 40 (where freshmen and many underclassmen live).</p>

<p>I agree with the work hard, play hard picture you give. Kids here study pretty hard during the week, but on the weekends they put their work on the shelves for a bit and enjoy themselves. I like it here, although at times I wish some of the underclassmen would shed the "Gotta get wasted this weekend" mentality...it gets annoying after a while, and it isn't particularly classy.</p>

<p>there's definitely a lot to do on the weekends; the frats host a number of parties and on freshmen floors ppl hav a lot of alcohol so there's a lot of drinking. When I got here i was surprised at how wet the campus is. it's a pretty liberal policy on alcohol here. and they take you to clubs in the area. there's a lot of IM sports and stuff like that. this campus is definitely social.</p>

<p>just out of curiosity, what is the policy on drinking, because my parents might be worried?</p>

<p>WashU recognizes the fact that underage possession, purchase, or consumption of alcohol is against Missouri law. However, the University treats its undergraduates as responsible adults and will therefore only intervene in cases in which a student's behavior involving alcohol is repeated, destructive, dangerous, or flagrant (ReDD Flag, as we call it here). The purpose of this policy is to promote a safe drinking environment for students because, inevitably, students will drink no matter what policies you impose on them. This policy, I guess, is in place to discourage students from simply downing 10 drinks in secret while they can avoid being watched (a risky behavior for health) and then heading around the dorm and to other places on campus, as opposed to being able to space those drinks out over the course of an evening.</p>

<p>In general, for those living on the South 40, the law will not be enforced as long as you are drinking safely in a private area, meaning in either your room or another person's room (not the hallway). Also, drinking games like beer pong and flip cup are not permitted on the 40, as the policy here considers those a risky drinking behavior. If your drinking gets out of control and it starts affecting other people around you negatively, you might have disciplinary action against you.</p>

<p>So in short, drinking is illegal here...if it brings up a ReDD Flag. Hope this helps.</p>

<p>There's also plenty to do besides drinking. I don't drink and I know a lot of people who don't either. There's tons to do on campus and in St. Louis, so if drinking isn't your thing, you can always find people who feel the same way.</p>

<p>yes. I'd like to second that. There's always something going on that doesn't involve drinking, and you will find that even if you're not on a sub-free floor, there are still plenty of people that know that there are way cooler things to do on the weekend then get plastered.......</p>

<p>None of my friends are at a school with a more lenient, open alcohol policy than Wash U.</p>