(08-14-2019 07:23 PM)Rube Dali Wrote:  As tabulated by
Princeton Review


#16
Baylor University
Waco, TX • 14,188 Enrolled

Please to be discussing.

2019 NCAA men's basketball tournament first round:

Sober people beat drunk people.

(08-15-2019 11:31 AM)teamvsn Wrote:  Rubric: the link says "Based on student ratings concerning the use of alcohol and drugs at their school, the number of hours they study each day outside of class time, and the popularity of fraternities/sororities at their school."

UC Merced is indeed surprising. But it is by no means "remote", only someone from a true urban environment would think that. It's practically in the middle of the state, easy to get to on good roads, about 3 hours from the Bay area and 5 from LA, and Merced has a population of around 100k. But there really isn't anything to do there except maybe go to Yosemite. Which is why it's surprising that it's on this list. When students are bored, they drink.

I disagree. Provo is a quiet college town & we still dominate these lists. Culture matters.

In Merced's case, it's just a new school without much of a greek scene. It makes an effort to attract 1st gen, working class kids. IIRC 1st gen kids make up like 75% of the student body. So they don't have a lot of preconcieved ideas about the college experience.

I'm curious about MTSU. Like Texas State, I don't know much about them. But nothing in their profile screams 'sober'. How did they end up on this list?

Even IL Tech makes sense. as engineering schools tend to be kind of nerdy.

(08-15-2019 03:47 AM)AuzGrams Wrote:  None of these are surprising.

MTSU is. Two of my kids went there and I can assure you that alcohol was consumed.