15 Colleges Your Parents Don't Want You to Attend

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<p>If drinking and binge drinking are proxies for excessive partying, you may want to read <a href=“http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/niaaacollegematerials/panel01/highrisk_05.aspx”>http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/niaaacollegematerials/panel01/highrisk_05.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>College characteristics associated with higher drinking:</p>

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<li>Not a historically black school.</li>
<li>Coed (versus women’s) school.</li>
<li>Fraternities and sororities.</li>
<li>Importance of athletics.</li>
<li>Four year (versus two year) schools.</li>
<li>Not in a substance free residence hall or campus.</li>
<li>Not a commuter school.</li>
<li>Small school.</li>
<li>Rural school.</li>
<li>Northeast or north central location.</li>
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<p>Screening out colleges with these characteristics associated with higher drinking would screen out many of the colleges considered desirable by many on these forums.</p>