<p>Taking a stab at summing some of this up…</p>
<p>There is no BU Frat Row like you’ll see at schools like Tufts, Lehigh, Washington & Lee, Penn, etc. The % of Greeks at BU is below 5% and the few frat houses are nearby but off campus. </p>
<p>BU is not a huge party school/frat house environment. As you’l see by the beginning posts it is a school where if you don’t drink, or only choose to do so occassionally, it is no big deal and there are many other activities to enjoy at BU and in Boston. After saying that students on the thread were then clarifying that iit is available, as a Freshman you may have to try harder, but again if a constant party atmosphere is what you want BU may not be good choice. The BU dorms are stricter than most schools so many students go to MIT Frats to “party” . MIT is overwhelmingly male which is the main reason students said that girls get into these parties easier than the boys.</p>
<p>Princeton Review (book or on-line) is a good source for defining which schools have more of a party atmosphrere. Since all colleges have drinking to a degree they break it down as to those where drinking or Greek life “dominates the social sceene”. It is in the social life section of PR.</p>