<p>How important do you think having a car in college is? Below are a list of schools I'm applying to...</p>
<p>Vassar College
Reed College
Middlebury College
Skidmore College
Bard College
Trinity College CT
Connecticut College
Whitman College
Grinnell College</p>
<p>In your experience, is having a car while in college useful? Necessary even?</p>
<p>I don't have a car up at my school. My school is alot bigger than the schools you mentioned and I do fine. We have buses and stuff and within the nexyt few years they are making a subway.</p>
<p>if you are worried about getting to places off campus, then ya might as well have one or have friends who do.</p>
<p>In general, I think they're unnecessary at all schools unless you have to go home every weekend and you can drive there. Most schools offer some kind of transportation into the nearest town- and it doesn't hurt you to walk. Worse comes to worse, if you need something, you can buy online. Also, most schools have tons of stuff to do on campus if not near a large town or city. </p>
<p>I'm very anti-cars on campus. They're more trouble than they're worth.</p>
<p>Yeah, see, my parents think it may be worth having a car on campus, though I see it to be pointless. I'll be going to college somewhere in the NE, NW, or MW, and I live in AZ, so i really don't see the point...</p>
<p>Thx for your input.</p>
<p>I didnt bring mine to texas A&M last year, and boy do i ever regret it. If you dont go to college in a big city with 24/7 public transit, you'll long for a car.</p>
<p>And even if the public transit is perfect, do you really want to wait 25 minutes for the bus to come back around after you get that one thing you need at CVS in under 5 minutes? Do you really wanna have to always scramble to bum a ride to Johnny's party?</p>
<p>Do you really want to pay out of state insurance rates, the cost of gas, contributing to more pollution, and the cost of transporting your car to school from home and back?</p>
<p>Most people I know who have cars regret it because it's so cost ineffective, unless they live nearby. The only people I know who legitimately need their cars are seniors who have internships. Many internships are located in the suburbs and therefore extremely expensive and time consuming to get to via public transportation- and sometimes public transport doesn't even go to those areas.</p>
<p>a car at conn coll is nice, but not necessary</p>
<p>I'd be surprised if they were even allowed for Freshmen at all of those colleges. Some, sure, but I am headed to a school of comparable size, as are several of my friends, and none of us are allowed cars our first year.
The only people I know who are considering it are those who plan to attend the large state school in our hometown.</p>
<p>My sister went to Bard so I know this-
Its a secluded campus, so if youre going to live off campus you'll need a car.
I'd say you need a car in any case after you freshmen year.</p>
<p>It really depends on the school, city, and your living situation. I would say that if you're living on campus, you often don't need one. If you're living off campus though, it would depend on the public transport infrastructure in the city your school's in. </p>
<p>I went to UT-Austin and didn't have a car the first year and that was fine because I lived on campus and didn't have to go grocery shopping. There was a CVS within walking distance of my dorm and if I needed a ride to Wal-Mart, the mall, or something, I could usually find a way. For the other two years I was there, I lived off campus in an apartment and needed a car. I used the UT shuttle bus to get to school, but where I lived was not well served by CapMetro buses and it would have taken me two hours to get to the grocery store and two hours to get back because I would have had to change buses twice. </p>
<p>So, whether or not you need to bring a car will really depend on your living situation and the public transportation system in the city.</p>
<p>I feel that it's generally unnecessary to have a car while in college. Most place provide transportation if you're in or near the city or if you're in a small town you can walk all over the place. Unfortunately, I have to bring my car to school because of my major. I'm an Equestrian Studies major and the Western/Pre-vet barn is ten miles from school. I'd much rather leave it home and save on gas money.</p>
<p>Wish I could ride my horse back and forth, lol!</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure all those campuses either have a walking-distance downtown (Whitman, Middlebury for example) or a good regular shuttle to one (Reed). Many of them have a lot of residence life/community activity on campus too, so access to "town" or a car may not be as important as it is in your high school situation. And in small liberal arts schools you almost always do make some friends who do have cars so have a way to get to the WalMart when needed.</p>
<p>Lewis & Clark provides a regular shuttle to downtown Portland; Reed has a direct city bus line.</p>
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<p>LOL, this is great, hahahahahaha</p>
<p>I wouldn't bother with a car. At most, you'll need it go to to Wal-Mart or some place similar. In which case that'll be at most once a week. As long as you have friends with a car you won't need one. </p>
<p>I must admit, it's nice not paying car payments, a parking spot, and gas.</p>