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Nereis 
Those are the exception rather than the norm. If I had to tell my kid how he should go about college I would tell him to bust his ass off and get into a bulge bracket bank. If he has enough time left over to go out once a week, that's good and expected and normal. But not to the extent where he misses classes and stays in hungover on a monday morning. Thing is, partying all night is easy when you're baller and popping an easy $300 per bottle but not when making the rent is your biggest worry. Hooking up in college for me was always an offshoot of the impromptu study sessions and mingling before class, not the ubiquitous keggers.
And your kid, if he's of above-average intelligence, will probably ignore you and still do well. I'm a double-concentration English major with a philosophy minor at a pretty good private school, party regularly, and have a 3.9. I've made a shit-ton of connections, have at least four or five faculty members that will bend over backwards for me, and am putting off finishing a ten-page research grant proposal. And before you give me the "Oh you're an English major" bullshit, I work a hell of a lot harder than most of my poli-sci/business/econ major friends. They're just lazy and procrastinate and then bitch about how hard their classes are. It's totally possible to manage your time (I'm putting in at least 3 hours of work a night, plus most of the day Sunday, on average -- not including finals/papers/etc.) and still have a blast and go out more than "once a week."
