<p>i dont drink and i hear that cornellians are "ivy league geniuses by day and drunken morons by night"...i know other colleges have substance-free dorms unlike cornell...</p>
<p>1) are there any clubs or anything that are alcohol-free?</p>
<p>2) are those stereotypes true? will i be miserable ? </p>
<p>thanks a lot</p>
<p>lol there have been so many of these threads lately so search the forums...if i have time ill come back and write more. But in summary ur fine</p>
<p>I just bumped a thread on non-drinkers and frats for you to read...</p>
<p>lol, there's an alcohol free club - it's called the library. Even the local bagel and sandwich shop serves alcohol.</p>
<p>ok gomestar what the hell does that mean...if you're trying to be funny--you miserablely failed</p>
<p>Lauren, I'm the parent of a Cornell freshman who doesn't drink.</p>
<p>She says being a non-drinker is not a problem. She has friends who also don't drink, and they often do things together on the weekends. They find lots of interesting things to do on campus, and they also just spend time hanging out in each other's rooms or in dorm lounges, talking and watching DVDs, just as they would with friends at home.</p>
<p>She also says that she never sees drinking in her dorm. There are plenty of people who drink, but they do it at fraternity parties, not in the dorm. So if you want to avoid being in situations where everybody is drinking, just don't go to fraternity parties.</p>
<p>hhahah nice timducanball...</p>
<p>thanks so much marian that really helps a lot</p>
<p>Marian, I've got a question for you too: do you know if it was "easy" for your daughter to find non-drinking friends? With the "genius-by-day, drinker-by-night" personalities, it seems like it'd be difficult to meet (unawkwardly) such type of friends. I'm glad, though, that she's having a good time at Cornell.</p>
<p>Oh, I just took a look at the other thread that was bumped, and I think this thread is more about social life (non-drinking friends) in general, not frats.</p>
<p>My daughter came to Cornell already knowing a couple of people who don't drink. Her situation may therefore be atypical. I can't judge what things would be like for someone else. And I think that's all I can say. I don't want to give away any identifying information.</p>
<p>lol. You don't have to drink....if you don't want to...
idk. That's my logic.</p>
<p>"ok gomestar what the hell does that mean...if you're trying to be funny--you miserablely failed"</p>
<p>haha! But seriously, do alcohol-free clubs exist anywhere?? Let's think about this now.</p>
<p>I don't drink and I'm having a fine time, but I will say that it's pretty predominant in night life. That being said, with such a big school there's bound to be something going on - for example, last night there was ice skating after the hockey game for $5.</p>
<p>there's plenty of stuff to do on campus, it's ridiculous to think you'd be "screwed"</p>
<p>yea i guess, youd just have to find a couple of buddies to go to that stuff with you as opposed to going to parties and getting wasted...</p>
<p>and gomestar, my irritating friend, ...substance-free aliance club (i know of maybe 10 colleges and high schools that have some of the sort).</p>
<p>i wouldn't say that at all i would be screwed, i guess the right word would be uncomfortable...its a shame that cornell doesn't have some sort of club considering it looks liek a lot of people are in that position and it would be better to bring them all together</p>
<p>oh, so you mean student club?? As in - not night club? I think the vast majority of them don't drink at meetings. You don't need to join a "be substance free!" club to meet non-drinkers ... in fact, it's those whose feel the need to be a part of a crucade against those "wine at dinner" type people that might make you dabble into the long island ice teas.</p>
<p>yea i guesss</p>
<p>Just b/c u don't drink doesn't mean u can't go to frats w/ a bunch of friends and have a great time. But w/ that said there's plenty to do on such a large campus w/ so many ppl. I'm sure u'll be fine there are always events n stuff.</p>
<p>Lauren, I'd assume that you'd be able to start your own club! That's actually a really easy one to start, you could also ask for money to do non-alcohol related fun activies lol</p>
<p>I did not find it difficult to find friends who do not drink. My friends who do drink are great people, and even though I do not hang out with them whenever they ever go out to drink, I have always been able to find something to do and haven't felt left out or anything. If you're a non-drinker, you probably wouldn't be interested in frat parties and stuff anyway.</p>
<p>oh wow thats great. myarmim do you think that theres a large percentage of kids who don't drink at all? or is it a small minority?</p>