New College of Florida
- Campus Strictness

Compared to most colleges, refreshingly lax

You never have to worry about RAs getting you in trouble for having overnight guests or smoking ganja. Ever. In fact, during orientation I smoked a bowl with my RA in her room.

The only thing they were slightly strict about was, oddly, furniture placement during room inspections. I have moved my bed and was charged $200 because the new placement was a "fire hazard."

Pretty Lenient

My impression of the campus police is that their aim is to protect the students and make sure everyone is safe, rather than just trying to find rule breakers and punish them. There have been some recent incidents where many students felt that the police acted unfairly or were unusually strict, seemingly at the request of the administration, but overall the school is pretty lax about most things. If you are being smart and careful then you should be ok.

The School Is Liberal on Most Subjects That Won't Get Them in Legal Trouble.

The school maintains strict safety rules concerning fire code, events, etc. But, they certainly follow the theory that an intelligent group of young adults can be trusted to make wise decisions. The people who can't handle that sort of freedom/trust responsibly, tend to drop out within the first 2 semesters. There is an understanding between the campus police and the students that everyone is there to maintain a safe environment and the localization of parties to a very small area prevents any safety issues with DUI's etc.