<p>No student has to drink at any college, and there is drinking at every college. Most people agree with that. Nevertheless, some schools have a more dominant frat-type drinking culture than others. For some non-party kids, that would be a turn-off. Some wouldn’t mind. It doesn’t mean that the kid will necessarily start drinking there, just that they’ll have to maneuver around the dominant campus culture. My D started at a school like that and was miserable there. I don’t know if Bucknell is similar, but that is its rep.</p>