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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Texas and know tons of people who have gone to SMU (including multiple family members).  SMU offers a solid education and great job placement.  It’s gone from a safety school to a school many bright kids ED and choose over more selective schools. There is a tight alumni network and many very successful grads.

The social scene is next level. There is an inordinate amount of wealth and it’s flashy, so it seems to be everywhere.  Your typical NW UMC child of a law partner can feel poor compared to the kids with multiple homes and private jets.

SMU is aka Snow Mountain (cocaine) University.  The drug scene is much more prevalent there than at schools like UT, TCU or Tulane. Sure, there are drugs at all colleges but it seems they’re more of the main feature in the Greek scene at SMU vs. other schools where there’s more drinking and a small group is into drugs. If you’re part of the Greek scene, the drugs are unavoidable. My son attends a private HS in Texas that sends 5-10 kids to SMU each year.  He declined to tour SMU bc he heard so many drug stories from kids he knows who attend SMU. Friends with kids there have told me how hard it’s been for their kids to find a place to fit in bc they don’t feel comfortable with the drug scene at the frats and there’s not social alternatives. I could type stories all night.

If I had a kid who was not interested in the social scene or Greek life, I think SMU would be a nice college to attend.  I would hesitate to send a kid who wanted to be involved in the Greek or party scene.  
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A friend's kid is a freshman who is entrenched in the cocaine scene there. They are an extremely nice kid, very good looking, bright but not academically inclined. They will land on their feet and go on to be very successful (come from a family with a ton of professional connections in finance, etc) but it stresses me out to watch. 
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