*Boston College: Students must be 21 to have alcohol in their dorm room. Parties must be registered in advance and no more than 50 people are allowed to attend. The person holding the party must make sure everyone is over 21, Dean of Students Edward J. Hanrahan said.
*Boston University: Students must be 21 to have alcohol in their dorm room. Parties must be registered in advance. Kegs and cases are not allowed. Campus wide events and rush are dry, Assistant Dean of Students Christopher Queen said.
*Brandeis: Students must be 21 to have alcohol in their dorm room. At large parties, underage students may not drink, and an approved bartender, ID checker and floor patroller must be present, an administrator said.
*Brown: Students must be 21 to have alcohol in their dorm room. Campus police have made 20 to 35 confiscations per week in recent weeks, Assistant Dean of Students Anne Dewart said. Kegs are banned in residential halls and at unregistered parties. At campus wide parties, underage students cannot drink, liquor must be in a separate room, and 21-year-olds must have hand stamps to get alcohol.
*Columbia: Columbia is reviewing its policy and expects to have a decision by the end of this year, Vice President Joseph Mullnix said. The current policy is lax and the drinking age is not enforced, Columbia Spectator Editor Anne Korenhauser said.
*Cornell: Cornell requires that parties serving alcohol register with the university. The sale of alcohol is prohibited without a state license. Student workers must be hired to check students' ages at parties, Student Union Director Lenorman Strong said.
*Dartmouth: Dartmouth is reviewing its policy, Daily Dartmouth Editor Karen Garnett said. The faculty masters of residence halls proposed a policy like Yale's, but the governing committee rejected the proposal, she said. One rule under consideration would prohibit freshmen from attending evening parties at fraternities and sororities. Six people have been arrested this year for buying alcohol for underage students, Garnett said.
*Massachusetts Institute of Technology: There are no rules against alcohol in dorm rooms, Assistant Dean Peter Brown said. Alcohol is allowed at private parties. At organized parties, alcohol must be kept in a separate room, and I.D.s are checked before entering the room. Rush was dry.
*Pine Manor: Students must be 21 to have alcohol in their dorm room, said Dean of Students Julie Glavin. There are no bars on campus.
*Princeton: The campus is dry, but 21-year-olds can get alcohol at the eating clubs, according to Wendy Donath, an editor of the Daily Princetonian.
*Tufts: Students must be 21 to have alcohol in their dorm rooms. The police have stopped parties regularly, Jon Newman, news editor of the Tufts Daily said. At open parties, alcohol must be kept in a separate room, and I.D. cards are checked before students are admitted.
*University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Boston: Public parties will remain dry until the state gets alcohol liability insurance, Chris Clifford, director of student activities, said.
*Wellesley: At open parties, alcohol must be kept in a separate room, and I.D.'s are checked before students are admitted. All parties must be registered, an official said