Why has College/University become synonymous with binge drinking and other debauchery?

OP, I know you're getting chirped but my view is way too many literal dumb*sses are allowed to go off to college. Kids that have zero interest in anything college is about, zero study skills, no impulse control, they legit hate everything about lectures, homework, and books . Anyone can get into a university now, as long as you have access to family money, loans or grants, you're in. Outside of basically the top 50 US News, the rest aren't selective. So college is basically seen as a "free" multi-year spring break and ticket out of the house (FREEDOM!). And colleges don't care, they only care about jamming as many kids on campus as possible, because more bodies is more revenue. And dumb*ss parents are suckered in because everyone else's kids are going, so they don't want to feel like they raised a total putz, so they send their kid too. Who cares if s/he fails out...or takes five or six years to finish a worthless degree.

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