<p>Hey guys! My friend was wondering that if she chooses to stay overnight in a Williams dorm during the preview days, will there be parties to go to (like other prefrosh weekends)? Like social mixers/adult beverages/etc? Any information on what you do at night when choosing to stay with a host will be appreciated:) thanks!!!</p>
<p>I would caution you to stay away from alcohol and other such substances, lest you get caught and have your admission rescinded.</p>
<p>My son went to a preview weekend in October at Amherst and the dorm he was in decided to have a party. He’s not a partyer, just not interested, so he grabbed his book and sat in a corner to read it. Sometime later, someone came along and wrote up all of those who had been drinking. A write-up when you’re not yet an active student could mean serious trouble.</p>
<p>I’m not a prude, btw, I couldn’t care less if my son wanted to try drinking, but you should always consider the risk/reward ratio.</p>
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<p>During an unofficial dorm party at college, composed of loud music and drinking. Is it awkward? Why? He didn’t really know anyone. I think it shows a certain maturity, being away from home alone and not doing something you’re not interested in just to “fit in” because some older kids are doing it.</p>
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<p>Gee, I like fun, too, but vodka does nothing for me. LSD, now that’s an experience! Or bungie jumping. Or going on an African safari at night. Or watching the stage shows in Bangkok’s red light district. But alcohol? Meh!</p>
<p>F-yea!!! I want to party with you!!! Screw the vodka!!</p>
<p>i wouldn’t have been able to get much reading done at a party, tbh, but i also wouldn’t be drinking before i’m even a student at said school.
not awkward, wisely cautious.</p>
<p>yea above posts just prove that williams just isn’t a fun school. almost as nerdy as swat or amherst in all honesty</p>
<p>you’re right, because all of those posters are clearly current williams students and represent exactly what every kid at williams is like. i definitely think it’s fair to say that those 2 or 3 posts discouraging drinking by people who happen to be on the williams board “prove” for sure that it just isn’t a fun school. </p>
<p>in all seriousness, whether or not someone chooses to drink on a visit up to school is their decision, and certainly says nothing about the school. i stayed overnight at williams on a saturday this past fall for an athletic recruiting visit, and we went to a party at night and the kid that was hosting me told me that it was totally fine if i drank, which i did and i had a great time. i really liked the school as a whole, but one main thing i actually learned from my visit was that they do hav a lot of fun there, contrary to what some people (like you) may believe.</p>
<p>i guess it’s possible that it’s primarily the athletic teams doing this, but i got the sense that it was a pretty fun school to go to overall.</p>
<p>polka2015 (and anyone else): If your idea of “fun” is limited to drinking at parties, please don’t come to Williams. Not because there aren’t opportunities to do that, but that’s just not the sort of student we need any more of. There’s nothing wrong with drinking, and most Williams students do drink to some degree (some much more than others, of course) and enjoy it, but if you can’t respect that there are a lot of enjoyable things in life that don’t involve alcohol, then you’re probably not a good fit for Williams. </p>
<p>That said, depending on your host, there will probably be chances to drink during the preview weekend. I can’t imagine anyone would revoke your admission just for having a beer at a party, even if you get caught which is unlikely. But if you’re stupid and drink to excess because you’re trying to impress people, and you end up in the hospital, then you’ll a) cause Williams a lot of bad press, and b) almost certainly get your admission revoked. So use basic common sense and don’t go beyond your comfort zone - there’ll be plenty of chances for that next year.</p>
<p>here are my thoughts on this:</p>
<p>If parties are given, the potential Williams student should not shy away from them. However, the potential Williams student should not drink at the party. What should be done is to observe the Williams students at the party and imagine if these are the types of students that you would like to socialize with. Go ask them questions. Enjoy the night…and if there are other parties with different themes - go attend them and observe observe observe…</p>
<p>this will give you a good feeling for what these students are like when they let their hair down…</p>
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<p>jeke, who in the world do you think you are to say this to a potential Williams student?</p>
<p>who are you to say what is the right way for a student to have fun?</p>
<p>some students have fun by playing video games
some students have fun by chasing girls or boys
some students have fun by reading a good book
some students have fun by seeing a good movie
some students have fun by just hanging around with their friends</p>
<p>but who in the world are YOU to judge what a student should or not do to have fun?</p>
<p>amazing</p>
<p>truly amazing!</p>
<p>japanoko: Of course there are lots of ways to have fun, drinking of course among them. But if someone’s idea of fun is <em>limited</em> to drinking at parties – if they can’t appreciate that different people enjoy different things for entirely legitimate reasons, and they think people who don’t drink constantly “aren’t normal” and “don’t like fun” – then that’s not a perspective that needs any more representation at Williams than it currently has (thankfully, not much), and in any case they’d probably have a much better time at many other schools.</p>
<p>jeke, obsly people kno to respect others, im not sayin the only way to have fun is drink… i get that obviously</p>
<p>but lets be real… some kids are just soft and u really dont wanna be hanging out with them cuz they just aren’t that cool. its like the kid in high school no one liked, you know? i kinda see the average williams kids like that, at least when i visited</p>
<p>like there was a lotta book reading going on during college parties, and thats just soft. </p>
<p>i really dont want to have book reading parties at college, i do that enough in A.P. English, you know what i’m sayin?</p>
<p>Let’s be honest: previews is on sunday/monday…there won’t be any major parties.</p>
<p>My s on a preview had to sign a “code of conduct” pledge at W when I dropped him off. He decided that drinking was not worth it.
He was at a party where there was etoh and politely declined. No one cared.
He is now at Midd. Team members consider a kid on a preview who is overly eager to “party hard” a red flag.</p>
<p>did he go to midd because they have better parties/more fun school with cooler kids who are just as smart but not awkward/weird?</p>
<p>thats what ive heard</p>
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<p>Polka, should you ever – horrors! – find yourself stuck at a book party rather than a vodka party, might I suggest you take a little time to read Dale Carnegie’s fine classic?</p>
<p>There is a 0% chance of any prefrosh getting written up during Previews. (even Williams students never get “written up”)</p>
<p>There will absolutely be opportunities to party.</p>
<p>You will also be entirely happy / occupied if you choose not to partake in said partying.</p>
<p>Previews on Sunday/Monday = no big all-campus parties, but still opportunities for drinking popping up specifically around the fact that some Freshman entries are bound to throw Previews parties for prefrosh.</p>
<p>Wait… Previews is Monday/Tuesday. </p>
<p>Or am I completely insane?</p>
<p>You are not insane. Previews are Monday and Tuesday.</p>
<p>Just curious. Where do said parties take place?</p>