<p>With respect to the drinking culture, you may want to do more investigation of that at the schools you are considering, particularly those which have characteristics associated with higher rates of drinking and binge drinking:</p>
<ul>
<li>More prominent fraternity and sorority systems.</li>
<li>Lack of substance-free dorms.</li>
<li>School in a rural (vs. urban) area.</li>
<li>Small (vs. large) school.</li>
<li>More white (vs. black or Asian) students.</li>
<li>More prominent athletics.</li>
<li>Not a historically black school.</li>
<li>Coed (vs. all-women) school.</li>
<li>4-year (vs. 2-year) school.</li>
<li>Residential (vs. commuter) school.</li>
</ul>
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