Many of these groups schedule welcoming konpa for any interested freshmen, and offer free drinks. It is an opportunity for incoming freshmen to meet members of various organizations in a socially risk-free environment that provides the aforementioned free drinks for the first few rounds of the "shinkan konpa". The cost of the freshmen’s drinks is typically spread evenly among group members, or is paid for through either organization funding or alumni. As many incoming freshmen have little experience drinking alcohol, for many Japanese the "shinkan konpa" is the induction into Japanese drinking culture and their first nomikai. It is common for the upperclassmen to test the tolerance limits of the attending freshmen by encouraging heavy drinking or chugging. As there are several rounds of these "shinkan konpa", there is a perceived escalation of commitment if a freshman continues to participate. It is common in the last round for a freshman to make a commitment speech to the group. Japanese:   The Japanese seminar course or "zemi" is a small focus group of students who, with a supervising professor, study a similar topic together in a course setting for two years and write a graduation thesis upon completion of the course. These students, with their professors, often go out to drink after a long evening of studying. It is common for a professor to pay for the entire amount or a large bulk of the bill. Some zemis will include alumni of the seminar course to offer job-hunting advice to students. A "thesis completion konpa" ("sotsugyō ronbun uchiage konpa", abbrev: "sotsuron uchiage konpa") is also usually held after students have finished presenting their thesis. Japanese: 　or abbreviated   Before seniors graduate, the groups they are affiliated with on campus (usually the "zemis" or various clubs) often have a send-off konpa for them. In this case the seniors are usually not required to pay any of the bill. Japanese: 　or abbreviated   "Gōkon" is a party where those looking for a relationship with the opposite sex participate, and is similar to the Western practice of blind dating. The usual spread is 4 females and 4 males, or 3 males and 3 females, though occasionally there will be a large "gōkon" organized with as many as 20 of each sex. There is usually one male who organizes a group of his friends, and one female who brings her friends.