I will note that I always get a bit nervous when anybody (and me especially) starts to talk about what a particular kid would never do because of the way he was raised or because of his personality. They will surprise you sometimes.
I’d like to think I take a middle ground on this. I don’t have a big general problem with moderate drinking by underage college students, because I don’t agree with the current drinking age law and think it’s counterproductive (at least on college campuses). I also think that our society is ridiculously hypocritical about this, telling 20-year-olds they are making a terrible life decision by having a drink, but then having a popular culture inundated with images of cool people drinking.
But on the other hand, I think binge drinking on campus is a huge problem–and it is a worse problem on some campuses than others. It happens everywhere to some extent, but on some campuses it happens a lot, all the time, to many, many students. You can find out a lot about the drinking culture at different schools by asking about it here on CC, by reading the campus newspaper, and by visiting and asking questions.