[cbuchwa1]

In America, I was able to get drinks at some bars when I was 15, while others still card me today (I'm 25). You'll quickly figure out where to go and how to drink, but chances are you will not be able to sit with some friends in a bar and have a drink. Frat parties are by far your easiest option.

[chrisjar]

You're gonna be at a university, it's easy. Here's how:

Frats, frats, frats, frats, frats, frats.

(sung to the tune of LMFAO and Lil John's 'Shots')



Seriously, find some other students, go to a frat/sorority with them, get cosy with the brothers/sisters, enjoy free beer. Done.

[donutaud15]

(Original post by Baltimoron)
Underage drinking at American universities is quite common. Everyone does it. It's usually very simple to find alcohol. Fake id's are rampant and if you don't have that just ask someone who is 21. I've said this before on TSR, but you Brits make out underage drinking in the US to be some unobtainable achievement or something. It's not. 18-21 year olds here drink just as much as 18-21 year olds in the UK. We just have to find slightly more creative ways of doing it. House parties and fraternity parties are your best bets if you don't have a fake.

18-21 year olds in the UK drink because it's legal for us to do it, without needing fake ids and whatnot

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my HTC Sensation Z710e

[Descartesz]

The climate for underage drinking varies widely from place-to-place and school-to-school, even from day-to-day. Generally there is indulgence of underage drinking, in particular by college-aged students, as long as it is kept on private premises or on campus (or at least in particular areas of campus) and isn't so obvious, intrusive, or harmful that the authorities feel the need to do something about it. But there are enough exceptions to this general rule that local practice needs to observed and understood.

Underage drinking in public (at bars, etc.) is more problematic. Serving underage customers can result in penalties and even loss of license to bars and clubs that do it, so enforcement is capricious and can even depend on how your server is feeling about you at the moment. Fake ID's are, indeed, fairly common but using them is also a risk, and you can't know how savvy the person you are presenting it to will be. Personally I would not recommend this practice.