Amherst, drinking, and sub-free dorms

allureNY86
Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:42:24 +0000

Hey~ I live in subfree housing. I laughed when you said you were worried that everyone is really introverted/nerdy. I think that is almost the opposite case. Take North, for instance, a fully subfree dorm. I went there one night last semester, because I had a lot of reading for an advanced psych class and thought I would find quiet there, but no. The people there are quite outgoing and personable. And in my experience at Amherst, I haven’t met any nerds in the negative sense. Sure, there are bright kids here, but I don’t consider that nerdy. And some have their quirks. But they aren’t socially inept.

I don’t feel a big stigma against subfree people. Maybe other Amherst students can chime in. I mean, it’s fine. People do their own thing.

Drinking’s pervasiveness… basically, if you want it, you can get it. If you don’t, you won’t, but you may hear party noises. It is just as common as it is at other schools. Except maybe a school like Brigham Young. But there’s a drinking scene at every school.