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URI is as close to home as you make it. You can go home every weekend or not once. It is up to you.

URI is as close to home as you make it. You can go home every weekend or not once. It is up to you.

They are somewhat accurate. Although I would not say I fall into any of those group but I do love the RI beaches

It is not really a party school persay because it is technically a dry campus but there are definantely parties off campus in Narragansett. Yes, there are a lot of people from New Jersey but they do not make up the entire campus, although sometimes it feels like it.

Many students do party all the time and it is difficult to focus when everyone around you is out getting drunk every night. Many students at URI also smoke pot. There are many things to do on campus, but you may have to drive to Providence to find something to do off campus.

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Actually, 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of URI are Rhode Island residents. This number is much lower than most state universities. Many of URI's other students come from New England and the tristate area.

most of the time

Not quite. Over the years, the administration has began to restrict the number of on campus parties...in order to refurbish the Universitie's reputation.

Everyone is not dumb, there are a great deal of people that drink way too much