<p>Whoa sorry didn't know it would come up as asterisks. :O</p>
<p>I see nothing wrong with drinking, it's just you have to realize it can't be this major force in your life forever</p>
<p>For me, getting drunk is the fun part, the morning after is the reason I've only gotten drunk twice in my life ;)</p>
<p>During freshman orientation my frosh group was called the "Iron livers" so that gives you a clue of what we ended up doing for a week....the school got a liquor license for the field (keep in mind that 18 is the legal drinking age here), and every night was an outing to a club. I usually would have a beer or two during the day, and then maybe a fancy drink at the club (though sometimes not). I hung out with other lighter drinkers, and you know what? one of those people I met is now my boyfriend, some of the others are my best friends. However the crazy drinking I saw during frosh ceased soon afterward.</p>
<p>An interesting observation is because it's legal to drink here, I see less rampant "getting drunk" than I've heard about at other schools. A lot of people, myself included, engage in social drinking, but get drunk only on certain occasions.</p>
<p>I am 17, applying to college now, and I don't drink. Not only do I dislike the taste, I don't do it because it is, as of yet, illegal, a fact I feel should not be taken lightly. I've made it a point to apply schools in small cities (small just cause I don't like big cities) where there are other options available, for people like mself. I am a little worried that when I arrive on campus, i won't have anything to do if I'm not the sort of person who enjoys partying/drinking/etc, but hopefully, I'll find a school where this is less of an issue.</p>
<p>A bit of advice:</p>
<p>i say that if your friends have to get drunk to enjoy you, then you need new friends. stay away from those.</p>
<p>what turns people off about alchohol? Getting ripped at a party every once in a while isnt that bad is it? I mean the fun that you will have should far outweigh the effects that it will have on your body... Getting drunk once a month won't kill you.</p>
<p>good point</p>
<p>i go to school in DC (on a "dry" campus) and people get ridiculously drunk all the time for no reason here too... you'd think they'd look around and realize how many other things there are to do in a city like this..</p>
<p>but honestly unless you go to one of those schools with really ridiculous rules like what you can wear, curfews, etc... i think every school has this problem</p>
<p>Only drink if you're a funny drunk.</p>
<p>"people get ridiculously drunk all the time for no reason here"</p>
<p>wow.....its college buddy. yea, they should be taking more advantage of DC, but theres nothing wrong with college students getting wasted on a regular basis, if anything, its great</p>
<p>think about it. when you're drunk, you don't have any problems in life</p>
<p>It's called fun, you pansy. Seriously, this is why you get **** for not drinking: you think you're better than everyon else because of it. Have you ever gotten drunk? I do at least twice and week (on weekends). You know why? It lets me be uninhibited, helps me get ass, and everything is just more interesting (I'm a high school senior btw). If you don't want to drink, don't go to college. Let someone FUN have your spot.</p>
<p>I grew up in a college town so around here everyone's been drinking practically since they were born. Anything will get old when it's all that happens every weekend, alcohol or not.</p>
<p>To echo what others have said, I think the problem is your school choice. Are you bothered enough by it to transfer?</p>
<p>i second that kingb!!</p>
<p>this is what is so bad about drinking - it's disruptive and alienating. Most of the non-student residents of the area where I live hate my university, and in large part that's due to their day-to-day (or night-to-night) experiences of students getting drunk and becoming violent, abusive and destructive. not to mention the fact that their sense of entitlement goes through the roof. no, being rich and full of alcohol does not magically give you the right to yell, scream, break stuff, steal stuff and throw up in someone else's front garden.
yeah, I do realise that not everyone behaves in this way whilst drinking, but a lot of you say you like it because it lowers your inhibitions and you make decisions. not all of those decisions are good ones.
I have no real problem with people using alcohol, and I'm not interested in going to parties and preaching to everyone, but I'm not OK with the fact that my life is disrupted as a result of other people's irresponsibility. I just don't think that's cool.</p>
<p>KingB - if all you want to do is have "FUN" then why don't you stay at home and get drunk every night in your parent's basement and give up your college spot to someone who wants to learn...</p>
<p>I never knew ppl actually drank like that @ Madison, although I know (cuz I'm in Milwaukee, WI) that they do drink...a lot
Isn't it rated like 2nd most drinking campus or wateva?</p>
<p>alcohol is fun</p>
<p>lg08, you bring up a great point, the vast majority of colleges have more than their share of heavy drinkers</p>
<p>it doesnt matter what school you go to (except maybe some extreme ones). wisconsin is a huge school and im sure they could fill a dorm with people who dont drink. people drink everywhere, so balls up about it</p>
<p>You can learn and have fun too. I'm going to an ivy league school, buddy, so don;t think I'm just some kind of party animal.</p>