<p>I posted a thread a while back about how I can't drink alcohol because of health reasons. I thought of living in a sub-free dorm, but decided against it. I know everyone is different, but in your opinion and experience, would you say the majority of people in your dorming hall partied a lot? Would I be left out if I decided not to? Would there still be plenty of people around the halls to chat with and do stuff with while everyone is out getting crunk? Or would I hear crickets chirping on Friday and Saturday nights?</p>
<p>It depends on your floor</p>
<p>It seems as though almost all of the 40 something people on my side of the floor party. Maybe 2 or 3 people abstain from drinking entirely. People did when they first got here, but that soon ended. Friday is probably the best night to study in my hall, since everyone is out, lol.</p>
<p>I would recommend subfree housing for you, why have you decided against it?</p>
<p>aren't people in sub-free housing usually very dull and particular about the tiniest bit of noise like music and stuff. or is that just a gross generalization.</p>
<p>Dima, I've just heard a lot of first-hand accounts from friends who have chosen sub-free housing...they didn't enjoy it.</p>
<p>you could still go to parties without drinking</p>
<p>I live in sub-free housing, and I strongly encourage you not to discount it. People still have very active social lives - many go out to frats and whatnot, they just aren't vomitting in the hallway at 4 a.m. I think its a nice balance. I'd say about half of my floormates don't drink, but all of us seem to like the dorm and we've become quite close.</p>
<p>edit: i suppose it also depends on the college. At Dartmouth, about half of the freshmen-only dorms are sub-free, so its not just an anti-social fringe crowd.</p>
<p>go to a party, have one beer, and carry it around the whole time so at most you only have one beer</p>
<p>That's so lame. If you don't drink stand your ground, there's nothing wrong with not drinking. There is something wrong with pretending to be someone you're not, however.</p>
<p>No. It useful when you want people to stop asking you if you want a drink.</p>
<p>theres two types of people who carry around a beer the whole night. the ones who do that and act like they are trashed the whole night, when in reality they had like 2 or 3 beers (from my experiences, girls pretend to be drunk way more than guys) </p>
<p>the other type of people who do it just want to fit in the crowd leisurely without acting like an idiot, and i dont think its lame to do this if your uncomfortable showing up to a party without drinking</p>
<p>I would recommend living in the regular dorms instead of the substance free. You will definitely be able to find other people in your hall that dont drink. Also as i<em>wanna</em>be_brown mentioned in a previous post, you can still go to parties and not drink. People will understand and respect your decision to not drink, especially if its because of something health related</p>
<p>The few times I went out and didn't drink, I didn't carry a beer around all night, I just declined people's offers.</p>
<p>I agree with i<em>wanna</em>be_brown and garrr, all my friends who live in sub-free housing (the hall next to mine is sub-free) love it, and a little over half of them dont drink - and that you can go out to parties and not drink and you DONT need to carry around a beer all night to do it.</p>
<p>some of my college friends just don't drink. period. and they live in regular dorms and have normal social lives. so don't worry too much about this. =)</p>
<p>Regular dorms are really bad as far as party animals and beer people are concerned. It's why I left. Also, they are poorly controlled and most RAs are a joke (no offense to any RAs on here who are actually doing their job).</p>
<p>My former RA always got drunk, hung out with a pot addict, and when addressing us always used the f word! I should have filed a complaint but I knew I was leaving anyway so I didn't bother.</p>
<p>I recommend an honors dorm if you want to live on campus. I've got a friend who is in one (my old school didn't offer one) and he says it's absolutely great--and this guy doesn't party at all.</p>
<p>^
That would be a good idea, unless the OP isn't a social introvert...</p>
<p>The F-word! Oh no!</p>