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Unless you want to send your kid to a place like BYU or ORU, you're going to find that most prestigious colleges and universities recognize that college kids are who they are and that college regulations will not stop college kids from drinking and even on occasion smoking pot or sometimes experimenting with more serious substances . .
Digressive comments to radimom: (1)If you look up the studies, the correlation between binge drinking in college (which is fairly common) and subsequent alcohol dependence/abuse is low; the much bigger correlation is between high school (or earlier) binge drinking and alcohol dependence/abuse as an adult. (2) When colleges have draconian penalties sometimes inebriated students do not receive requisite emergency assistance because their companions are afraid to seek help for fear of consequence to the drunk or themselves.
Hey all, I noticed this thread was revived. Just wanted to let you all know I was rejected (the only school I was rejected from, not even rejected from UPenn!!! I guess Bowdoin didn't like my app). Anyways, I'm going to Notre Dame, but thank you all for your opinions. I don't think Bowdoin would've been the place for me anyways, but I really appreciate all your help, and I hope it helped other prospective students too!
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