<p>Could someone please elaborate on the level of alcohol use/abuse on campus? Just saw the new Princeton Review rankings and noticed PC is pretty high on the "lots of beer" and "lots of hard liquor" lists. I visited PC last week with my child and we both loved it - great campus, strong academics, perfect size, etc.. </p>
<p>Wondering how real this drinking issue is. </p>
<p>Could someone please let me know.</p>
<p>I asked about this in an earlier post:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/providence-college/666718-ask-me-questions-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/providence-college/666718-ask-me-questions-2.html</a>
From what I’ve heard from some students, a lot do drink, a lot don’t. They are pretty strict about it and I think more drink in bars than in their dorms. My girls have no interest in drinking and aren’t intrigued by talks of drinking games, etc. and they would go to Providence if they got in and enough money (a lot of stipuations but that’s reality)
A friend of my my son’s, male, said “most” colleges have drinking, he was a bit put off by it, but you can soon find who isn’t that interested after a while.</p>
<p>I am a current PC student, and very active on campus. Providence College has been working very hard to revise our alcohol policy over the course of the last two years, including a strict restructuring of the policy in the Fall of 2008. In response to student concerns about alternate programming, the administration allocated additional funds and also expanded the student center (which will be done in the next 2 weeks) to have more 24/7 social space.</p>
<p>There is a bar on campus because it is a wet campus but hard alcohol is strictly banned as of last year. All underage drinking is taken very seriously and penalties are harsh. The campus is in the process of a “culture change”</p>
<p>Basically, wherever you do go to school, if you want it, you can find it. The difference that I have found between PC and other schools is that Providence students are accepting of those who do not drink, and when alcohol is present, they take care of eachother and make sure it is a safe environment.</p>