@collegeDAD2017 I think you posed a valid question (I have a HS Junior looking at Miami and Elon as her top choices, both have a bit of a party reputation) and regret to read many comments seem negative. I understand exactly how you are feeling! I very much agree with the well written response by @STEM2017, the best we can do is try to teach our kids to make a good decision. I don’t mind if my daughter drinks in college, I did. However, I do teach her about drinking all the time. I encourage beer only as the (mostly female) trend of drinking Vodka out of water bottles seems to be a factor in most over-drinking emergencies. I also show her pictures… pictures of students who are in a coma, those who have died… simply to scare the daylights out of her. I certainly do not turn a blind eye and think she won’t party in college. I talk to her about drinking. In the end, I can only hope I taught her well and she will make the right decisions. At this point it’s on her… not the town, not the university… her.