<p>Hi DrMom. I am a student at NU now living in a residential college. Students do drink does happen at Northwestern, like any other school, but not every student drinks and by no means do those who choose to do it every weekend. There are basically three “groups” of people: those who drink quite a lot, quite frequently; those who drink a few times a month, and those who never or VERY rarely do. You can choose what “group” you want to fall in to and you will probably have friends in all of the groups. I honestly don’t think the students at NU drink any more than students at most other schools of its size and caliber. </p>
<p>There is a substance-free living space, called the Healthy Living Unit. It’s a hall in the Foster-Walker complex where students who do not want to be exposed to drugs/alcohol choose to live.</p>