<p>It’s not too relevant to the topic, but since BJU was brought up, I’d like to point out that Bob Jones U maintained a ban on interracial dating until the year 2000.</p>
<p>Case Western Reserve has very little drinking. Of course, it is there if you want or look for it, however it is not the primary focus of students.</p>
<p>Oberlin college</p>
<p>BYU, if or really in School in Utah. In the LDS religion you’re not supposed to drink alcohol. U of U might be a little different, but like Utah State is full of LDS kids. Of coarse theres still kids who drink, but if your going to find any town/school without a lot of it, it would be here. (I live in Utah)</p>
<p>southern methodist university in dallas?</p>
<p>Oberlin has little drinking? Whoohoo, strong academics and so much more there too!</p>
<p>I’d like to second Wheaton in IL. FOr those interested, you need a pastor’s recommendation as well.</p>
<p>Posters, please understand when people post questions like this. As is evident from mamaroneck’s previous posts, she is looking for a college where she can delve into inquiry, critical analysis, and involvement. However, she does not want to be in a culture that is dominated by alcohol. And, she does not want to be socially isolated by this choice. She wants there to be things to do on campus that do not involve alcohol.
Several posters have had good suggestions, and perhaps could take this one step further. For those who said that there is lots of drinking on their campuses but that they themselves do not drink, please tell us what you do! What alternative activities exist? Which campuses have the most alternatives to drinking, especially on Thurs. to Sat. nights? Where is mamaroneck most likely to find people with whom to socialize in a non-drinking setting, while still experiencing the critical inquiry in class that she finds important?</p>
<p>Women’s colleges generally have less. Not NONE, just less than co-ed colleges. </p>
<p>Also, colleges without Greek systems are generally a bit drier (again, not NONE, just less) than those with.</p>
<p>Pepperdine University has a no alcohol policy on campus. There are students who drink off campus, but students who choose not to drink do not feel like a minority.</p>
<p>the problem is that there are not many activites on thursday-saturday nights that do not involve drinking because most people drink. Those who dont are really in the minority. College is a time when kids go to have fun. those who dont drink are outcasts in general and not too much fun to be around, so that explains that lack of fun activities.</p>
<p>Ultimately, you decide whether or not you’ll be around people who drink. I go to NYU, supposedly one of the more “drug/alcohol-heavy” schools and none of my friends do drugs (even weed) or drink much. If who you are isn’t someone who enjoys the drinking scene, you won’t do it or make friends with people who make it their college life. Doesn’t really matter where you go.</p>
<p>Guys, come on, please refer to levirm’s post (#47)! The poster wants to find a college where drinking is not the biggest deal in the world, not dry colleges like the US Naval Academy.</p>
<p>Now, a lot of you, (romanigypsyeyes comes to mind) have said that you do other things at a wet campus. Would you say that all colleges would not consider you anti-social if you do not show up at the party scene? Also, what do you do on weekends?</p>
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<p>No. No “college” considers you anti-social if you don’t drink. Some people may, but screw 'em, they’re not going to be your friends lol. On weekends, you do lots of things- shop, go to movies, go out, play games, work, do volunteer work, etc. You just don’t drink. Even people that drink don’t drink every single day of the weekend- so what do they do on their “off” days?</p>
<p>Sorry yuechen, I have described on several different threads what people that don’t drink do on weekends. I guess it becomes tiring to be a broken record. </p>
<p>Sorry, I just thought it was common sense… activities without alcohol. <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>“Now, a lot of you, (romanigypsyeyes comes to mind) have said that you do other things at a wet campus. Would you say that all colleges would not consider you anti-social if you do not show up at the party scene? Also, what do you do on weekends?”</p>
<p>No, colleges without much else to do would probably not be the same as MSU or U of M. My sister went to a small school in the middle of nowhere and there was literally nothing else to do, so if you didn’t drink you were bored stupid and everybody knew you didn’t drink and you were the odd man out. At my school there are probably hundreds of different social things put on by the university every single day, plus the city of Ann Arbor to experience. As for what specifically I do, I imagine it’s the same as what the partiers do for fun when they aren’t at a party.</p>
<p>^ There are hundreds of different things to do here as well. I’m assuming all large universities near cities have very, very similar non-drinking hobbies.</p>
<p>SMU and Oberlin? Those posts are jokes, right?</p>
<p>When I did an overnight stay at Oberlin, I didn’t notice much of a drinking problem- however, they heavily used other illegal substances.</p>
<p>I’ve got a friend at Michigan who’s staunchly against drinking alcohol and doing drugs. He’s on a substance-free floor. You’d think that would make him miserable, but he’s actually doing very well and loves it there.</p>
<p>I’ve actually heard that since you’ve got a whole bunch of guys together in the woods at Dartmouth, drinking is almost mandatory, unless you want to be the odd man out. Is that true? (published by the Insider’s Guide to the Colleges)</p>
<p>I’m at University of Virginia, supposedly a party school. Haven’t touched alcohol since getting there, and there’s at least four or five other guys in my hall alone who share the same belief that sobriety can be more fun.</p>
<p>Granted, there’s a lot of partying, but on any given friday night there’s a good number of people just “chilling” or seeing a movie or going downtown, etc.</p>
<p>Point is…there’s no school that is drinking-free…but there’s also no such thing as a school where everyone drinks…</p>