<p>How would I go about doing this? I hope it doesn't come down to this -.-, but as of now, I am a senior who has yet to take drivers ed part 1.</p>
<p>In my state you are exempt from having to take drivers ed once you turn 18, I would check the laws in your state. You still have to pass a road test obviously but the class requirements aren’t there anymore.</p>
<p>You should get some sort of a government issued ID. You should be able to just get a regular government ID, I had one when I was a teenager because I got my license late, too. Other than that, not having a drivers license is not the end of the world, particularly if you wouldn’t have had a car anyway. Driving is a life skill and you ought to get that license, you never know when you may need to drive a buddy’s car or something in an emergency, but so far as college is concerned as long as you have a government ID I wouldn’t worry.</p>
<p>Ahhh okay, and generally speaking, there will be buses to commute through the city around my college?</p>
<p>yes, generally all campuses have them.</p>
<p>and fyi i don’t have my license either.</p>
<p>I have friends (who are Seniors in college) that don’t have their license and they fair pretty well. You just have to use public transportation a lot, have a lot of quarters, be willing to walk a little and be vary patient. I personally could not do it. I don’t like waiting for public transportation and I don’t like caring around change. So you should also get a friend, like me, that doesn’t like using public transit and likes to drive everywhere.</p>
<p>Many colleges don’t allow freshman to even have cars. Mine does not. </p>
<p>It’s not a big deal, though I suppose it depends on the area. But, my college has a deal with the public transportation system: students ride for free. </p>
<p>And another college–with a much more widespread campus than mine–I visited when looking for colleges had the same deal.</p>
<p>Plenty of students just use public transportation. Not having a license is NOT a big deal. If you really need a car for something, then make some kind of agreement with someone that has one. </p>
<p>But I don’t foresee it being a problem. A lot of the people on my hall still don’t have their licenses, and they get by just fine.</p>
<p>It obviously depends on where you go to college. A small college town or a big city you’d probably be fine without a car. A mid-sized city with ****ty public transportation? Might not be so fun.</p>
<p>I’d try and get that license ASAP mainly so you know how to drive. But you can survive without one.</p>
<p>Lucky for me I live in a city with excellent (if sometimes unreliable) public transportation so I don’t really need a car. It would make life a bit easier, yes, but I don’t need one.</p>