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Anonymous wrote:My non-partying DD has found her people at William & Mary. My other DC at a top (smaller) SLAC has had a harder time finding non-partiers.

W&M is a good choice- there is plenty of drinking and partying available, but plenty of others that don't drink/party hard.

You could probably say this of almost any school of a reasonable size. I would say smaller schools like W&L it would be more of a challenge.

Another vote for W&M. The student population, IMO, was extremely studious/non-partying. She'll definitely find her people there.

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Anonymous wrote:My non-partying DD has found her people at William & Mary. My other DC at a top (smaller) SLAC has had a harder time finding non-partiers.

W&M is a good choice- there is plenty of drinking and partying available, but plenty of others that don't drink/party hard.

You could probably say this of almost any school of a reasonable size. I would say smaller schools like W&L it would be more of a challenge.

The right SLAC could be an option, for example Carleton & St. Olaf in Northfield, MN.

Anonymous wrote:I like beer.

Elections next month are at heart a referendum on beer.

Guess who will win.

Anonymous wrote:Few of my daughter's bffs went to college in NYC. Prude kids that were straight shooters in high school. She said they're all boozing, doing drugs and being promiscuous. One of them had to call hometown boys she hooked up over holiday breaks because she got an STD in NYC.

Nobody goes to college in a big city for the "culture" or "access to internships." It's to live a fast life and club and post bottle service pics on snapchat and ig.

I went for culture. And didn't hang out with those kind of kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what people specifically think there is to do in a large city for 18-22-year-olds that doesn't involve drinking and that wouldn't be available to their peers at a campus in a smaller town.

bowling, movie theater, coffee houses, hanging out in town

You can do any of these things in a small town, as well.

Not at the SLAC's we looked at. They are in the boonies. The small town would be a strip of shops.

If that’s what you want why not look at SLAC’s with towns? There are many.

Rice in Houston, no frats or sororities, very strong residential college system, for all 4 years in a group that is small enough to know everyone in your class at least but large enough to support all sorts of activities/theater/intramural sports/study groups/ sections of large intro classes etc. Really a fantastic experience, academically very strong, lots going on in Houston, and the campus is very pretty. Underutilized by people in this area, so I think getting in easier from outside Texas (maybe 40% of kids from Texas at most?). Nice size place, a true university but not huge and the college system really helps

Anonymous wrote:My non-partying DD has found her people at William & Mary. My other DC at a top (smaller) SLAC has had a harder time finding non-partiers.

W&M is a good choice- there is plenty of drinking and partying available, but plenty of others that don't drink/party hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what people specifically think there is to do in a large city for 18-22-year-olds that doesn't involve drinking and that wouldn't be available to their peers at a campus in a smaller town.

bowling, movie theater, coffee houses, hanging out in town

You can do any of these things in a small town, as well.

Not at the SLAC's we looked at. They are in the boonies. The small town would be a strip of shops.

NP. DD also looking at SLACs. Absolutely true that many are in the boonies but (a) some are within 30 minutes of cities (and often run shuttles to and from campus) and (b) those really out in the sticks are places where you should be asking: What do students do to make their own fun? DD has zero interest in a party scene where party means drinking etc. but she was interested to realized that at some small, isolated colleges, there were a lot of unique clubs, a LOT of student theater (not affiliated with drama departments, but independent), music groups, etc.

I do agree that in some places students can't even go into a small town for a movie or decent coffee house and there's nothing to hang out in town for -- that was the case at one academically great but very isolated SLAC we toured. And for my own DD it was just a bit too isolated despite an active student body scheduling lots of weekend activities.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what people specifically think there is to do in a large city for 18-22-year-olds that doesn't involve drinking and that wouldn't be available to their peers at a campus in a smaller town.

bowling, movie theater, coffee houses, hanging out in town

You can do any of these things in a small town, as well.

Not at the SLAC's we looked at. They are in the boonies. The small town would be a strip of shops.

Didn't go thru the responses but Case Western comes to mind.

I think you need to find urban campuses that the kids can leave and do other things.

^Agnes Scott, not St. Agnes

Mount Holyoke
Smith
Bryn Mawr
St. Agnes College

I went to a big ten school that is also a top party school. I never got into drinking or drugs. If your child isn't into those types of things, it doesn't matter where she goes. She will find friends at any school. I joined a sorority and had friends who liked to drink, and I never did. They went out to bars or parties and I would sometimes go and not drink or find other things to do. I would focus more on other aspects of picking a school instead.

I like beer.