A sample of 237 undergraduates completed a survey including a self-control scale and self-report items on alcohol consumption and class cutting. While the results showed a statistically significant association between race and drinking, there was no such relationship between age and drinking. Neither age nor race was associated with class cutting. Self-control was the independent variable most strongly linked with both dependent variables at the zero-order level. When percentage of class hours cut was regressed on the three independent variables, self-control was the only factor with a significant partial regression coefficient. When drinking was regressed on the three independent variables, all three had significant partial regression coefficients, but self- control had the largest standardized partial regression coefficient. 6 tables, 11 notes, and 21 references