<p>Due to a medical condition and my genes making me the perfect concoction for a future alcoholic, I really want to go to a college where alcohol isn't as prevalent. This seems wildly unrealistic, but does anyone know any schools with an aversion of alcohol (preferably with an industrial design major)?</p>
<p>BYU has an industrial design program.</p>
<p>Any Christian college will not have much drinking. Commuter schools dont have partying and by extension, drinking.</p>
<p>BYU is almost completely dry. Or try Holy Cross or Trinity. Some state schools in large cities are commuter types and also lack drinking.</p>
<p>Perhaps it is more accurate to say that commuter schools have relatively little campus-oriented social life, so any drinking on the students’ part would be away from campus.</p>
<p>Holy Cross does not seem to be particularly dry:
<a href=“http://offices.holycross.edu/sccs/community-standards/alcohol-policy[/url]”>http://offices.holycross.edu/sccs/community-standards/alcohol-policy</a></p>
<p>Nor does Trinity:
<a href=“Trinity University - San Antonio, Texas”>http://web.trinity.edu/x6090.xml</a></p>
<p>Of course their policy and reality are often two different stories. The students, rather than the administration determine the drinking culture. Students at Christian colleges are going to look down on drinking.</p>
<p>I think it’s hard to find completely (and really) dry campus except for some religious schools and even there it’s only going to regulate what happens on campus…and lots of partying is off campus. You can find non-drinking friends at any school. My D2 goes to large state U that has a pretty high party ranking, yet has lots of non/light drinking friends - and they are involved in lots of things where exposure to drinking is minimal.</p>
<p>Might look for schools that are stricter about having alcohol in dorms…might keep drinking away from daily life. Also look for schools that have “substance free” housing halls.</p>
<p>I think you need to start by finding schools with the major you want and that you can afford and then start screening for this. Your major sounds like one you might not find at many smaller schools/LACs.</p>
<p>A7512MT, alcoholism runs on both sides of my family, plus I have a tendency to be obsessive with whatever I do (hobbies, eating…). I just don’t drink. Neither does my brother. It isn’t a hardship for either one of us; there is plenty else to life. Now I’m almost 50, and working in a startup company where I’ve seen people going to the company beer fridge, getting a beer, and taking it in to interview potential new employees. I admire your understanding of yourself, but my point is, it’s everywhere. You need to at some point just be stronger than peer pressure. I never would have expected to find pressure to drink on the job during business hours, but there you go.</p>
<p>What I tell people is “I don’t need to drink, I’m crazy already”. You can also think of the savings - booze is EXPENSIVE. And the humor material - you can take videos of drunk people! There are many reasons not to drink, and more in your case. You can do it. Like scmom12 said, there are always people you can hang out with who don’t drink. Just commit to yourself that you won’t go there. It isn’t difficult for me. It really never was, but when I was younger the peer pressure bothered me more. But when I was in college, and now, people just accept that about me. I’m smart, have long hair, don’t drink, have a kid… It’s just a part of me and people don’t think much of it.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Commuter colleges with Greek systems will have drinking.</p>
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<p>Not all Christians look down on drinking to the same degree. If your sample of Christians are mainly LDS, then your sample may give an inaccurate impression on this topic.</p>
<p>Also, not all Christian-affiliated colleges are filled with highly religious students.</p>
<p>BYU would be great and their ID program is superb. I’m just not LDS so I don’t know if I have any chance at all.</p>
<p>Pepperdine is a dry campus, but I don’t know about their majors.</p>