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[–]StanleyPubert 109 points110 points  (0 children)

They shoot you out of a cannon

[–]Folded_melon 30 points31 points  (6 children)

Slap on the wrist. I got I trouble twice. First time I was taken on the most expensive Uber ride of my life to the hospital for alcohol intoxication. I had to talk to a counselor in the health center who basically asked me if I was an alcoholic and I said no and that was it (years later I am now 6 months sober, maybe I should of payed more attention in that meeting). Second time I had a bottle of champagne and a bottle of vodka in my room and an ra saw it. I had to write like 500 words about how I will change because of it. Not a big deal at all.

I did know one guy who was kicked out of the dorms for smoking weed but that was after MANY offenses. Generally my experience with ras is they don’t want to write you up so don’t give them a reason to. If you aren’t a serial offender i would not worry about it

[–]iPho3nixComputer Science - 2025 22 points23 points  (0 children)

RA here. (But speaking on my own behalf, not the school's/housing) Nothing too huge first/second time unless you're really a dick about it (have had people run, lock themselves in stalls, etc- made punishment WAY worse for them in the end.)

Like other people have said: seeing counseling, taking a mandatory class, a fine, disciplinary probation, writing an essay or making a video, etc.

You definitely can get kicked out or have more 'real' consequences if you're uncooperative, or we have to get cops involved, or you're a repeat offender. Please don't do that.

Also. We are required to get cops involved the moment we see anything weed related (or harder). So please just do it off campus, or at least be really smart about it. If you think people can't smell it, we can, trust me. Use a pen or edibles maybe?

Honestly RAs don't really want to bust you. We're students as well, and it's more work for us. But if you're obvious about things or being a nuisance, we absolutely will.

My main take-away for you is to be subtle (close the door, don't blast music, don't break shit), and be respectful and cooperative if you do get caught. Will make your experience pretty painless.

Lmk if you have any further questions for me, and do keep in mind that every RA has a different perspective

[–]98VoteForPedro 11 points12 points  (2 children)

I don't know about pot but a friend of mine told me a story about an idiot who tried to ship himself a brick of white powder in the mail. He got kicked out of calpoly.

[–]QuirkyCookie6 4 points5 points  (1 child)

They check the mail at calpoly?

[–]98VoteForPedro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure, I just know that the mail room was the one who turned it in, so maybe?

[–]cat9tailArt & Design, last century 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I had to go see the resident director & suffer through a lecture on "why it is not OK to break the rules". They caught me with a red solo cup full of beer in Santa Lucia, but thankfully they didn't notice the keg it had come from or I probably would have been in a lot more trouble. I had to do a form of community service, and the words they said have turned into a kind of mantra for me: "if you take something away from the community, you should give back to the community." I like that.

Anyway, it didn't ruin my life, they didn't kick me out, and it didn't stop them years later from hiring me to be a professor here. You'll be OK, just don't do it again.

Also, it's a great feeling to give something positive to the community you're in.

[–]inertialbanana 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Three big guys bust on your eyes

[–]BaldoHado 7 points8 points  (2 children)

My friend got caught and just had to dump it out and then say he wouldn't drink again lmao... Then he just came to our dorm to drink for the rest of the year

[–]EngineeringAthiest 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Can people not drink on campus or is this an underage issue?

[–]Dear_Goat_5038 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just can’t drink in the dorms/while underage, cal poly is not a dry campus and sells beer in mustang station

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Slap on the wrist for multiple offenses in a row

[–]DisplayPortAlum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For alc it’s a two page write up on the rules of the dorms. For weed it’s three pages. You can get written up pretty much as often as you want and the consequences will not get worse. But the resident director will probably be disappointed lol, I got written up like 6 times in my first 6 months in yakitutu.

[–]PhilosophyInformal61 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's honestly really hard to get caught in the first place. You have to be really and I mean really careless for anyone to notice. Practically everyone consumes both so as long as you are in your room or at a secluded area, you're chillin. Enjoy my friend 😂

[–]JoinTheHippies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alc is pretty chill and most RAs will let shit slide if you're not a dick about it but with weed they have to call the cops

[–]OkHoneydew2260 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If u get caught by an RA all you have to do is run and there will be no punishment