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I can only speak for my own experiences, but I would feel pretty much completely comfortable smoking weed with...most (?) professors in my department, pretty much all students. Judge for yourself, get to know people, see what they're comfortable with and where you fit in. I've gotten shitty drunk with like four or five of my profs, but there's absolutely professors I would never allow to see me in that state because I know they would judge me.

This is an old thread at this point but for the sake of other older people who might be considering it, fucking whatever. Do whatever you want. I know a bunch of older people who did their PhDs in their forties, fifties, and even sixties, and who are successful and having the best time ever studying what they love. DO IT.

I've definitely seen people called for interviews before decisions are made, if you look at results for departments at some of the big unis especially it's a thing. I received an unofficial email acceptance from a big Canadian university with no contact at all with my potential supervisor or anyone at the university.