The past two months at SMU have been filled with numerous visits by high school seniors. These students usually come on a Thursday and stay through Saturday to get the ultimate SMU experience. But what many of us consider the ultimate experience isn’t necessarily desirable for these college-bound students. The past three senior girls who came to stay with a few of my friends each left with an unsure feeling as to if they even wanted to consider attending SMU. I was shocked to learn this because I am so happy at SMU and wouldn’t change one thing about it. Upon further investigation as to why these girls left with this feeling, I found the common denominator: the Party Scene.
While each of these girls realized there would be drinking in college, none of them realized how predominant and dangerous this factor is at SMU. Basically, many of us current SMU students have grown to accept this late-night behavior while it comes as a shock to others. These three girls explained that half of the people around them were blacked-out, and about every tenth person had to throw up at some point during the night. Some girls who progressively drank themselves to obliteration became sloppy and slutty. We all come to college to get a stellar education and to meet and make lifelong friends. As of now a good number of Prospective Students aren’t seeing that these two things are possible at SMU.
