<p>if you request substance-free housing, what dorms do you end up at? </p>
<p>and in general, how is substance-free housing viewed at Dartmouth? </p>
<p>i am not at all opposed to drinking, so i'm on the fence; i might just want to avoid crazy drunks at night, is all...</p>
<p>That would mostly be E Wheelock with spillover into specified floors in other dorms depending on the year. My DS was originally told his floor in the McLaughlin cluster would be substance free but much to his relief, it had been a mistake.</p>
<p>I think there are kids who seem to be very happy in substance free housing, I'm told that E. Wheelock is really nice. For others, maybe the more stereotypical Dartmouth student, it's considered a fate worse than death!</p>
<p>Oo didn’t know this even existed. I’ll definitely be requesting this :)</p>
<p>unless things have changed for the next year, traditionally only one of the East Wheelock dorms have been sub-free. Also sub-free are nominally one of the Choates and Judge in the River Cluster. Theoretically, I believe one floor of one of the interconnected dorms in McLaughlin.</p>
<p>Living in sub-free housing is generally not viewed in any way especially, since you can always go to other dorms to pregame or whatever before going out. A lot of people just prefer the quieter atmosphere for getting things done, or to return to after a night out; living in sub-free doesn’t mean you have to be sub-free, just the building.</p>
<p>The EW dorms are very very nice, but are kind of far from center campus and the walls are notoriously thin. Also, stereotypically the kids are somewhat oddball, but that’s definitely not the case uniformly - there are a lot of kids there that are very mainstream, but again prefer the quieter atmosphere to return home to.</p>
<p>Basically, the choice between sub-free and not sub-free is one of atmosphere in your specific dorm. There is little to no real “judging” of people based on where they live. Some people really like sub-free housing whether or not they drink or partake in other substances for the nominally quieter and calmer atmosphere, while others would not find that preferable.</p>
<p>I hope that helped, but I feel like it was a lot of nonsensical rambling.</p>
<p>no, that helped A LOT. thank you.</p>
<p>My D requested substance-free housing last year (freshman) & ended up in the Choates on a substance-free floor. She got a single (there were many singles on her floor). She had a great experience - loved her floormates (male & female). Not everyone on her floor were non-drinkers, but there was no drinking on the floor. Her floor was connected with other regular freshman floors, so they weren’t isolated at all. This year she joined a sorority, so being on a substance-free floor did not hold her back socially.</p>
<p>that’s good to know. thanks!!</p>