<p>If I have classes on multiple campuses (which I definitely will since I'm a MBB major with a minor in Arabic and German), how do I know which parking permit do get?</p>
<p>get the commuter parking permit for where most of your classes are and then you can take the buses to your other classes.</p>
<p>[Department</a> of Transportation Services | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey](<a href=“Parking & Transportation Services | Institutional Planning and Operations”>Parking & Transportation Services | Institutional Planning and Operations)</p>
<p>Commuter Permit
•A Commuter Permit is available to students not living in university housing
•Cost for Deck Permit (Zone A & D) $288.90 annually; $192.60 8 month after January 1.
•Cost for a Surface Lot permit (Zone B, C, & L) $160.50 annually; $107.00 8 month after January 1. (Price includes State Sales Tax)
•A half-year permit is not issued during the Fall Semester
•Each additional vehicle costs $10.70 (Price includes State Sales Tax) </p>
<p>Click on the zones to see what parking lots are available in the zone (must scroll to bottom of page):[Department</a> of Transportation Services | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey](<a href=“Parking & Transportation Services | Institutional Planning and Operations”>Parking & Transportation Services | Institutional Planning and Operations)</p>
<p>Scroll down to see the student lots. </p>
<p>They allow you to change zones once per year, but you cannot ever change to the College Ave zone.</p>
<p>Commuter Zone Change:
Commuter Students with valid permits that wish to change from one Zone to another may do so once a year; pending review of class schedule and space availability. Hangtag and stickers must be returned to complete exchange.
*Exchange requests for Zone A (College Avenue Campus) will not be considered. </p>
<p>From here: [Department</a> of Transportation Services | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey](<a href=“Parking & Transportation Services | Institutional Planning and Operations”>Parking & Transportation Services | Institutional Planning and Operations)</p>
<p>yeah I know clear as mud. I’m going to call them on Monday. Get ready to answer some questions, DOTS!</p>
<p>Firstly, in my opinion, parking on Rutgers lots should be free to students.
Secondly, I think it’s extremely unfair if I can only park at one campus in Rutgers-New Brunswick.
That’s like a disincentive for commuting students.</p>
<p>There are 30k+ students at RU-NB. There is a limited number of parking lots. It is impossible for everyone to park on campus, therefore the fairest way to allow the people who need to park the most (commuters) is to have a permit system that costs money. If the permits were free, then everyone would apply for them, including people who don’t need their cars on campus. This would screw over the commuters.</p>
<p>The reason why you can’t have parking on multiple campuses is to ensure that the greatest number of students can have parking. Think about it. If you have a spot on multiple campuses, then the spot you are currently not parked in is not being utilized. You can’t simply offer more permits than a lot can handle because what happens if that lot fills?</p>
<p>So what you are trying to say is if I have classes on three different campuses, I have to buy three permits for three different zones?</p>
<p>They don’t have any open spaces for people with my problem that anyone can use?</p>
<p>They expect you to park at one campus, and then take the buses to any other campuses you have classes at - just like the resident students do.</p>
<p>You cannot buy multiple parking permits. You are not the only person with this “problem.” Most students have classes on multiple campuses. There is a bus system to get you to and fro. I’d recommend that you get the permit to park on Busch because that is the campus for most MBB classes. It is very easy to get to College Ave and Livingston by bus if necessary from Busch, which I believe are the two campuses for German and Arabic. I’m not too familiar with the permits, so you will have to do some research.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help Rhetorical.
Looks like my schedule is all wrong… Oh well.</p>
<p>p.s. Do they make an attempt (if possible) to schedule all your classes at one campus?</p>
<p>I honestly have no clue. In some cases, the classes you need aren’t offered on multiple campuses, there’s only one section, or a certain section conflicts with another class on the same campus, etc. You can check out the online schedule of classes to see if your classes have multiple sections and try to switch them in webreg if they are open.</p>
<p>they will try to first get all your classes to fit with the other class schedules so you can take the classes you requested. However, this is difficult because continuing students have already registed so there are limited spaces for courses. </p>
<p>You get to register yourself for spring semester but you will register last because if you have 0 credits coming into rutgers you will not get the credits for fall semster until the fall semester is done. The spring registration starts before fall semester ends btw.</p>
<p>Therefore, most likely your chances for having the best schedule is slim to none.</p>
<p>One advice is that the busses aren’t bad. Every student takes the bus.</p>
<p>I’m coming in with around 30 credits. So I get priority?</p>
<p>yes, so you are going to register 3 days before all freshmen with 0 credits for spring semester. Gives you an advantage so you have more choices, here is the schedule for students for the fall 2012 registration [Students</a> - Rutgers, Office Of The Registrar - New Brunswick](<a href=“http://nbregistrar.rutgers.edu/undergrad/f12prereg.htm]Students”>Students - Rutgers, Office Of The Registrar - New Brunswick)</p>
<p>It’s great that you are coming in with many credits. You will have an earlier shot at getting classes for future semesters than other people in your same year. Keep in mind that having that many credits, you will probably be in some advanced classes that people a year ahead of you may be taking. They are guaranteed to have at least 24 credits, so your “priority” in registering for classes may actually not be as great when it comes to those kinds of classes.</p>
<p>A common example is freshmen who had AP Calc BC credit and start in Calc 3. Most students take Calc 3 in their sophomore year or even later depending on what math they started in freshman year. This means they have at least 24 credits (bare minimum, more likely around 30). So when the freshmen go to register for Calc 4, the “good” sections may already be taken by sophomores and such if these freshmen do not have additional AP/IB/dual enrollment credit to allow them to register early. I know of some people who could not register before ALL the sections closed (they were fortunately able to register later through special permission and some openings).</p>
<p>tl;dr having credits before freshman year will give you some priority, but don’t expect it to solve all your scheduling problems</p>