<p>“I agree that the best choice for me to apply EA is heavily dependent on what school I think is my number one choice.”</p>
<p>Well then, if Yale is your first choice, apply there. If Brown is your first choice, then apply there. Both schools have a “culture of drinking.” In fact, as Hunt said, I cannot think of one non-religious college where there is NOT a culture of drinking somewhere on campus. That doesn’t mean that non-drinkers are looked down upon, excluded, or have less fun.</p>
<p>FWIW: Yale and Brown are totally different. At Brown, students do not live in residential housing and there are no general education requirements that you have to take in order to graduate. And Brown as ED, not SCEA. Whereas, at Yale, one of the selling points is the residential housing and students must take distributional (liberal arts) requirements: [General</a> | Distributional Requirements | Sophomore Web Site | Yale College](<a href=“Yale College”>Yale College). IMHO: Those issues, and whether either school has a major (and courses) that you want to take would seem to be more important than which has less of a culture of drinking. But, that’s just my opinion.</p>