<p>well, as it says on the title, how can freshman, in some schools where students are NOt allowed to have a car, manage to have/drive a car?
(i think most of ivies and top tier schools prevent freshmen from having a car)</p>
<p>i heard lots of people do have, even my princeton interview said he did have even though he was not allowed. (but didnt tell me specifically how)</p>
<p>I like to hear lots of opinion
i am thinking about getting a car(i've never had a car)
and.. should I get it now? or wait until what a college i will be enrolled (perhaps cuz schools have different policies)
and of course, if there are pretty decent ways to keep a car, and it's common practices, i guess i can just get a car now, and bringing to a college</p>
<p>The prohibition against having a car is actually a prohibition against purchasing an on-campus parking permit. If you have a place to park it off-campus, you can have a car. Also, colleges usually have some exceptions to the prohibition -- e.g., they often allow freshman whose parents live nearby to avoid both the requirement of staying in a dorm and the parking permit prohibition.</p>
<p>Ok...many freshmen here have made it around the rule.
Reasons:
Sick family member
Live over 500 miles away
Off campus job
Church
etc.....there are some insane reasons students can have their cars</p>
<p>how do other freshmen or upper classmates think of a freshman having and driving a car by cracking the system??</p>
<p>(i just came to a thought that they might think of it as rich/snabby/preppy kinda act. oh and I am not near a rich at all, i worked my butt off for ever to save my money)</p>
<p>since it might be really depend on what schools you're going to, please tell me what school you're attending or attended.</p>
<p>Why would anyone go to a college where they don't let you have access to a car? How would you drive to the store or go on a road trip? My experiences at most colleges is that Freshman and Sophmores can have cars, but they usually have to park them at a far away location.</p>
<p>well joev, in fact most of ivies(if not all) and lots of top tier schools does discourage freshmen to have a car. and some even doesn't allowed freshmen to have one.</p>
<p>i guess it's a case since those schools are in cities or places where public transportation is usable.</p>
<p>I could see at places like Columbia and Harvard which are in big cities and parking is non-existant anyways. But do places like Cornell and Dartmouth which are in the middle of freaking nowhere not allow certain students to have cars? What do these people do for fun with no car?</p>
<p>I think MOST schools(upper tier) won't allow or discourage kids from having cars their freshman and even sometimes their sophomore year.</p>
<p>... I think it's really dumb and I intend on having a car all four years and just paying some person to allow me to park somewhere. I enjoy road trips to see friends and such are nearby colleges and I can't see this being limited by a stupid regulation. Also, I can argue for medical reasons because I have to go to the hospital every two weeks for bloodwork and shots and its a PITA to get a taxi or public transportation. We'll see but most high schoolers have cars or have access to cars these days so why shouldn't college kids. </p>
<p>dreaming... notice the "I intend" :) I'm not in college currently but I know MANY friends that have found parking off campus. Whether some friend of a friend or just a lot offering spaces for rent it can't be that hard(unless you're in a big city and then it could be a nightmare)... I will wait to see where I end up going(I'm a senior) and then decide if I need to exercise my health "excuse". </p>
<p>Well the main problem I think has to deal with limited space for parking. It's not just having a car, it has to do with just about everything else except for housing---freshmen always get shafted. Think of it this way, when you're a junior/senior, do you think you'd want little freshmen driving their cars around the place taking up space, double parking, etc? I sure wouldn't.</p>
<p>I'm probably the only one at my HS who parks inside the lines...scratch that, there are no lines in our HS's parking lot, it's basically one big pothole...the pavement is non-existant, the only thing there is broken up rubble of what used to be pavement and a lot of sand--every other paved surface at the school doesn't have a dent in it. Anyway, I am one of the very few who actually park straight and legally at my school. Here's an example:</p>
<p>These pictures kind of glorify the pavement. If you were to actually stand in the lot, you would see what I mean. To put it into perspective, these parking jobs are pretty good compared to some of the ones I've seen in the past.</p>
<p>People who dont have to pay for their vehicles generally have much less respect for them and others and as such park like jackasses and have no problem throwing their door open into the car next to them. </p>
<p>Once they actually buy their own car and get their first door dent, they start to realize how much it sucks and try to be nicer to other cars. Of course there are always people who just dont care...but most people learn when the dent is in their $20,000</p>
