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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a 90s grad of uva. I drank wayyyy too much there, and it was exacerbated by:

the huge Greek culture as the main social scene
The idea that getting blackout drunk was somehow the norm or ok/many people doing it
My own stress I put on myself, and not knowing other ways to relax
Being a first gen college student, and not having parents warn me or understand the danger I was in.

I’m sure this craziness could have happened at another school, but uva made drinking a pretty bad situation. I have another family member by marriage that went around the same time and they had a similar experience.

I think drinking and getting into trouble with drinking at uva is avoidable, but the reputation is well deserved. [/quote]

A) that is a long time ago. The caliber of student (4.57 gpa, 34 ACT) can’t party like that and do well academically. They know that so don’t party like you did.
B) you chose to go with the Greek scene. UVA frats and sororities are off campus. You can have a very full life at UzVA without once setting foot inside a Greek house.
C) you chose to get black out drunk
D) you cannot blame this on being first-gebrrstion. I was one too. I chose not to drink

Life is all about making smart choices. Thst you made bad ones is your fault, not UVA’s.

FYI UVA no longer has that reputation [/quote]

1) I was a high caliber student at the time. Same as all the other kids at uva. It was never an easy admit. 
2) my drinking was always my choice, I understand that. But being at uva exacerbated it. It’s hard to compare because I only went to one school, as did most people. 
3) Greek life has always been off campus, but right next to campus and the major social scene at uva. I wasn’t even Greek, just all my friends were. 
4) I’m not blaming my parents for being first generation, but I had little experience with tailgating or football game or Greek culture. I wasn’t one of those kids whose parents had wine and cheese parties or even talked or knew about heavy drinking like that. I’m sure it made a difference 
5) I’m sure it’s changed a bit since the 90s, but everything I’ve heard is that the drinking scene is still going on in full force. [/quote]

Why on earth do you think your experience from “the 90s” is at all relevant today? Do you have any idea how much college admissions has changed in 30 years? Or how campuses have changed?[/quote]

DP. UVA has changed in 30 years, but not enough for the drinking culture to be that different. Tradition is so ingrained there, and heavy drinking is part of that for many. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.[/quote]

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