Social life at Swat vs. Bowdoin

elenlin
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:52:46 +0000

Just to comment on the drinking question - my impression was that Swat has a lot less drinking than other schools. That, however, doesn’t say much, and there is quite a lot of alcohol at Swarthmore. I didn’t drink a drop in my four years (I’m '08) and I had no trouble finding friends. The nice thing to me about the drinking culture was that I was never pressured by people into drinking. I think if you don’t drink you will have the following choices: a) find a group of friends who don’t drink (there are quite a few, but this would be limiting), b) hang out with friends who are drinking while not drinking yourself, c) some combination of the two.