<p>Would HYP or any other colleges really still be fun if I didn’t drink?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hahaha, what? If you have activities now in which you are able to have fun sober, college will definitely give you opportunities to do so, maybe even more than you have now. That being said, if the college is A. a party school, B. the college is <em>very</em> much the opposite of a party school (most students are very serious about studying), and/or C. Greek life is big, then drinking will be a large part of campus social life. That means that you’ll have to work a little harder to find your own fun and other people who also don’t want to drink (which there will be).</p>
<p>Contrary to popular belief college life isn’t all about drinking. Drinking in college, especially at parties, is actually where you get into trouble a lot and make bad decisions, etc. College is actually about studying and hard work. Those that want to succeed, if they drink, do so moderately. You don’t have to drink to fit in; I have plenty of friends in university that either don’t drink for religious reasons or just prefer not to drink. It’s easy to find a niche that doesn’t drink if you look for it and easy to find one that does if you look for that as well. College is really what you make it. If you put forth effort to have the kind of experience at college that you want to have, you wil, but if you don’t put in the effort no matter what school you could be upset with where you are. Also, as for not drinking by school, religious schools tend to have lower drinking rates. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Have you been accepted to HYP? Judging by the timing of your post, I think not. If you were an accepted student, you would know which one you were going to by now. Given that you haven’t been accepted, I would wait to worry about their respective social scenes.</p>
<p>In any case, I think that Princeton probably has the biggest Greek (eating club) scene of the three, and my friend there got through living in substance free dorms. I’ve also known several people at Harvard who spent their 4 years drinking little to no alcohol.</p>