Concerns about drug/party scene.

Enteril
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:06:23 +0000

I’m a kid who drinks once in a while and enjoys going to parties relatively frequently, but a lot of people seem to peg Duke as being the end-all be-all of party schools among the private universities, so to speak, and I’m a little worried that I might not be the type that fits into that mold. For one thing, I’m not a drug-user, and I’m concerned about how active the drug scene is on campus. A lot of my friends will smoke once in a while now and that doesn’t bother me, but if it’s too shoved in my face it might be kind of odd. Also, I hear a lot of the parties are basically restricted to the Greek life…I’ve never really considered joining a frat before and that also concerns me, that not joining a frat will somehow limit my options.

Can anyone comment on these concerns? Also…how often do people head down to Chapel Hill? That looks like a hell of a place to spend an afternoon and such…Durham…not so much. Which is something else that is preventing me from sending in my decision card right now. My other options are Brown and Northwestern if anyone knows stuff about those.