<p>As a freshman in the fall, how useful will a fake ID be? Are bar tenders/bouncers typically sticklers when it comes to carding? I don't really have a sense of how big the bar scene is around Penn, but I presume it's vibrant. Also I've never really had trouble getting alcohol in high school, am I right to assume that it's equally easy as a freshman at Penn?</p>
<p>A fake ID is your ticket into social events. For those that want to be active amongst the bar and club scene it’s a MUST have. Get a very good fake. If the frats don’t pay off the bouncers at clubs sometimes they can be pretty tough and a copy of a passport won’t fly. Eventually if you’re out enough you start to recognize the bouncers. Befriend them: no cover, no ID check, no worries. Also, the toughest thing about buying alcohol is actually walking there. In college you get lazy.</p>