<p>I think that if you really don’t plan to drink at all, you have two main options:
- Go to a school where most people don’t drink. This will be difficult, unless you are interested in a religious school.
- Go to a school that is big enough that there will be a significant number of people who don’t drink, or who don’t drink a lot.</p>
<p>Personally, I think that Yale fits the second criterion. There is lots to do that doesn’t involve drinking, and even many social events that include drinking don’t involve getting totally hammered. Although Yale has a Greek scene (much more so now than a few decades ago), it’s still not really dominant of the campus social life. There are lots of extracurricular groups, and lots of arts stuff (concerts, plays, comedy shows, etc.) to see on the weekends.</p>
<p>I think there is too much drinking at Yale, and I think the drinking culture there has deteriorated since I was an undergrad–ironically, I think it’s because of the higher drinking age, leading to pregaming, drinking at frats, etc. I still think, however, that Yale is on the less hard-partying spectrum as compared to other similar schools, and especially when compared to schools with a dominant Greek scene.</p>