If Virginia Tech finds out that any of its students have been drinking underage, that student’s parents will now be the first to know.

Under a new policy, the school will notify parents in writing even over their student’s most minor alcohol violations, the Associated Press reports.

Virginia Tech officials told the AP that their new system gives parents more warning before their student is suspended for repeat alcohol offenses, and helps parents “in setting boundaries” for their kids.

“We’re grateful for the positive involvement of parents,” the university’s vice president for student affairs told the AP.

Students, meanwhile, said they’d be more grateful if their parents and their university would mind their own business.

“Now that we’re all in college, we’re all adults. It’s kind of your responsibility to take care of yourself. If you want to make your parents aware you’re about to be kicked out of school, then it’s on you,” a VT junior told the AP.

Students at this university who share that philosophy need not fear — just yet, anyway. While UMD hasn’t threatened to contact parents over a single beer, the AP story describes Virginia Tech as “part of a small but growing number” of strict schools.

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