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[quote=Anonymous]All my fun memories from college involve two things - free, unstructured time and other people.

Sometimes there was drinking, and sometimes we were at actual parties or sorority/fraternity formals etc. But most of my fun memories involve neither.

For me, it was all about the day-to-day hanging out. Lingering at dinner with friends while procrastinating getting work done. Going to football and basketball games - sometimes planned, sometimes spontaneously. And just hanging out in each other’s rooms or at lunch between classes.

It was a T10 school, and we always felt “busy” and often “stressed.” But in retrospect,  we had tons of open time in between classes, studying/writing papers/doing problem sets, and spending time on various clubs (we each were involved in two or three, max.)

My sense is that college kids still have plenty of that free, unstructured time. It’s just their choice about how to use it.

As long as kids don’t fall into the trap of over scheduling 100% of their time or staying in their rooms watching Netflix and ordering in food, they should be fine. 👍[/quote]

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