<p>eisen, you get great stories out of Caltech but it really isn’t the best way to accurately determine what the houses are like since some of them purposefully pull pranks. Everyone I talk to still remembers PFW dinner in a certain house that had a goat in the courtyard.</p>
<p>Re, alcohol:
I actually liked the fact that current students could drink during my PFW because that meant the administration trusted students to do as they please. This stands out also because most schools force visit weekend to be dry. I thought they forced PFW to be dry last year, though.</p>
<p>Eisen reminds me of myself as a senior in HS. I was very surprised (in a bad way) by what I perceived to be a large amount of alcohol consumption. I always thought that nerds would have a strong aversion to drinking. In fact, I really disliked my house initially because of the strong traditions around alcohol.</p>
<p>At this time, I agree with lizzardfire’s attitude on drinking. Drinking is a fairly normal thing in the real world (real world here even includes academia, eg when visiting grad schools).</p>