I am going to be attending university of michigan next year and considering applying to the WISE community. It seems like a great program but I am concerned about it being substance-free. I plan on drinking next year and do not want to be surrounded by uptight/nerdy people. I know technically all dorms are supposed to be alcohol free, so can anyone tell me how different substance-free dorms really are?
My daughter was in WISE this past year and it is not substance free. At least not any more than the dorms in general are substance free. Plenty of the girls go out and party and a good portion join sororities as mine did. Because the girls in WISE are predominately engineers, you may end up with a more studious group of neighbors than you would find in a lot of freshman dorms (which is particularly great when you are all in the same classes) but plenty of them are very social.
^ I agree. My D is in WISE too. Note that even the dorm is substance free (alcohol is never allowed in the dorm anyway), you cannot really control the behavior outside of the dorm.