Yes, drinking does go on at every college campus. However, having family members at Miami, I can tell you there is a lot of pressure to drink and a lot of pressure to fit in - especially in the Greek community. Perhaps there were more calls this past weekend because of the students death, however, according to what i read, policemen happened upon a girl who couldn’t stand and had a dangerously high blood alcohol content so it wasn’t a case of hysteria in making an ambulance call. While alcohol and drugs will be available on any college campus, we need to ask if the environment would make our own child more susceptible to succumb to peer pressure. There is an definitely an underlying pressure to fit in - Miami students are ranked as the “best looking”, the school is ranked right up there with OU as a top party school - naturally, it’s rather isolated and not a lot more to do around the area, there is also a pressure to get into the top sororities and fraternities - more than I’ve seen at other colleges. Those things along with the academic pressure to attain the GPA required to be accepted into the business school, if you weren’t directly admitted, is difficult for many. My daughter has two friends at Miami who developed eating disorders because they wanted to look like their other sorority sisters -sad but true. She has another friend who began suffering from severe depression because she felt like she didn’t fit in and was just under the required GPA for acceptance into the business school. It’s definitely an amazing school with top professors and one of the best business programs around, the campus is one of the most beautiful you’ll find, but you need to understand the culture of the campus and ask if your child has the ability to thrive in that environment. Miami has many notable alumni and great job placement - my step-daughter is coming out of the business school with an amazing job offer - again, you just need to know your child and understand the culture.