<p>Hello Guys,</p>
<p>I am a pure vegetarian. I don't drink, use drugs, or smoke... </p>
<p>As smith is my first choice, I am planning to ED there..However, from some websites, I have heard that, smoking weeds, drinking, and using drugs is found common in Smith College..</p>
<p>I am sorry, if I heard wrong thing..</p>
<p>But I could not stop myself from asking this question to you all.</p>
<p>Is Smith really that kind of college? Will I be able to study there?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I think you will find that at any college there are likely to be kids that drink, smoke, etc. That does NOT mean it is the ‘culture’ of the college. We have one child looking at Smith and what you describe is not the impression we have gotten, solely on research. However it will be interesting to see what former or current students have to say regarding your questions.</p>
<p>Also, as a side note, I remember you posting on another thread that you intend to apply ED to Williams (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/nepal/1518866-class-2018-nepal-7.html#post16246133[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/nepal/1518866-class-2018-nepal-7.html#post16246133</a>). Unless there is a change I am unaware of, be aware that you can apply ED to only ONE college and if you are accepted, the decision is binding.
I actually was on that thread because a young man at our church is international and was trying to figure out aid and ED/EA information for US colleges.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. There are lots of great liberal arts colleges out there. I believe Smith to be one of them.</p>
<p>T</p>
<p>As mentioned above, you’ll find drinking and drugs at any college, but they will be less prevalent at women’s colleges like Smith. There are areas at Smith known for parties (like the Quad) and areas that are quiet (Green St). Students interested in serious partying can head off-campus via the free bus system to nearby colleges such as Amherst and Hampshire. But students generally come to Smith for reasons other than partying.</p>
<p>When my daughter arrived at school last year, she was able to quickly make a fairly large number of friends who also had no interest in drinking, etc. There are so many things to do at Smith and in Northampton that it’s hard to get bored. </p>
<p>It’s pretty easy to be a vegetarian at Smith. All the dining halls have vegetarian options and there’s one that’s solely vegetarian. Most of the restaurants in town have vegetarian options.</p>
<p>Dear taben1112,</p>
<p>Thank you for the reply…</p>
<p>I know that ED is binding…Actually, I have switched from williams to smith…Thats it…</p>
<p>Thank you once again!</p>
<p>Dear Photodad,</p>
<p>Your reply was very informative…</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>a lot of it also depends on the house that you are in. i do know of certain houses on the quad that party a lot in the house and some of my friends in there (who do not like partying) are thinking of moving to a quieter house on campus.</p>
<p>i’m in a house on center campus and it’s super quiet in here. it all depends on the people in the house of course, but in every house there are residence life staff who are basically students responsible for ensuring that you do not drink if you’re <21. the reslife kids in my house don’t party (or at least, they dont party in the house) so if, for example, i don’t go looking for the parties, i don’t get bothered by the drinking/smoking at all.</p>
<p>another thing i noticed is that on convocation nights when students were trying to have a party, reslife staff would crash the party and if they find alcohol in the party, they would shut the party down. i don’t know if this happens all the time or if it was only on convocation night (cos classes start the next day).</p>
<p>party scene here is pretty mild, save for room parties, probably.</p>
<p>Ok, so there is drinking, there is smoking, and there is use of drugs, but not everyone does it, and you can definitely avoid it if you want to. In my house, there are people who drink and smoke, but there are also plenty of people who don’t. I don’t, and neither do a lot of my friends. Every single college will have a party scene, but the one at Smith’s indeed pretty mild and you can avoid it if you want to. </p>
<p>And of course you’ll be able to study! The girls in my house who do enjoy partying can also be seen doing homework in our rec room throughout the day. Most people ARE serious about studying.</p>
<p>okay…Thank you</p>
<p>Changing your mind from Williams to Smith??! 
Well regardless of where you apply ED, good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>My d. turned down Williams (where she was heavily recruited) for Smith (a GREAT decision - the academics were far, far better at Smith for what she was interested in), and one of the major reasons was the much lower rates of alcohol and drug use at Smith.</p>
<p>“one of the major reasons was the much lower rates of alcohol and drug use at Smith.”</p>
<p>@mini: r there a lot more drug & alcohol consumptions at Williams?</p>
<p>HUGELY more. There really isn’t a comparison. (I don’t have time to run down the data for you - I used to work on substance abuse data for a living - but if you search College Confidential, you’ll find plenty of it.)</p>