So I'm sure you get posts like this all the time, but...

ch20youk
Fri, 26 Jul 2013 01:00:14 +0000

I’m a soon-to-be senior, about to start the college process, and I’m seriously considering Dartmouth for ED. I’ve been skiing my whole life, I’m looking to study engineering, which Dartmouth’s new president is interested in (as far as my understanding goes), and I really want a rigorous academic experience, for those reasons among others. However, I’ve had a chronic issue with alcohol since I was very young. I’d rather not get into the specifics, since, to be honest, I’m not too sure about them myself, but in high school I’ve had to stop going to parties and school dances because I freeze up around drunk people. I’ve heard that the party scene at Dartmouth is avoidable, but I’ve also heard that about 70% of the students are involved in Greek life. Do you think it’s possible for me to actively participate in DC’s social life and still manage to avoid that type of stuff as much as humanly possible? And I guess I could join a dry dorm, although my concern is that most of the people there are going to be straight-edge hippies, for lack of a better term, since I know that my situation isn’t the norm. My case is a little more severe than the typical posts I’ve seen here, which is why I decided to bother you with another one of these. Thank you in advance!