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<p>And, to be really honest, you’re a ■■■■■. Have a nice day.</p>
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<p>I believe these answers are a lot closer to the truth.</p>
<p>I can tell you where I go, most of the parking lots do indeed fill up during the day.</p>
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Romani is one of the most helpful people on this board, so ■■■■■-calling is a bit uncalled for. And I can definitely see why she mentioned paranoia, cause it certainly seems like it.</p>
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Your hunt for “the truth” really does seem quite paranoid. You know what? Maybe some schools have some outlandish reason why freshmen can’t have cars. But there’s no way that is the norm. At my school, freshmen are the only group required to live on campus, and thus they are the easiest group to pick that can’t have cars.*</p>
<p>It is quite simple, as others have mentioned. At my school, near the underclassmen dorms, there is NOT enough space for all underclassmen to park. And as I’ve mentioned, the freshmen (who have not earned any seniority), are the easiest group to target to minimize cars on campus.</p>
<p>*Commuters that choose to live at home get an exception.</p>
<p>Edit: considering all types of administrators are constantly telling students to “break the WashU bubble and get the hell off of campus every once in a while,” I’m gonna go ahead and doubt my school is trying to keep freshmen attached by the hip to the campus. We get ‘free’ metro passes for the public transport system, so you can get to just about anywhere without a car.</p>
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<p>Lol. Yes, I’ve been on here for over 5 years to ■■■■■. Wheee :D</p>
<p>The vast parking conspiracy</p>
<p>I think it’s an integral part of college education to learn how to get around without a car. It’s just another one of those things in the same category as living in a dorm (and having roommates), figuring out money for the first time, etc.</p>
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<p>I agree with this. BTW, you’re told the same thing in the military as a freshman enlistee (first 12 months of enlistment). They tell you that you cannot have a car (and technically can’t even leave base for the first 90 days at your first duty station), but that wouldn’t stop senior enlistees from driving younger ones off base once in a while. You’re told it’s because you’re entirely new to your surroundings and you should be taking the time to get familiar with base and with your unit.</p>
<p>Was it because there was a lack of parking at the barracks (or even on base) for all the enlistees? Heck no. (Most) Bases are huge and accomodate tens of thousands, and some even more than that - including room for entire base housing, shopping complexes etc.</p>
<p>Base authority doesn’t come right out and say it, but of course it’s because no one thinks a fresh 18 y/o with the smallest amount of freedom can be responsible with it. I’m not saying they’re wrong or right for thinking so, but just pointing out that I too think the parking quip is a bit lame. Most school campuses I’ve seen aren’t in the middle of great metropolitans and do have the acerage to at least get more parking on campus, if not near the dorms.</p>
<p>The only large school I remember that offered parking for freshmen as required living on campus for freshman (I believe they did at the time, at least) was the Rochester Institute of Technology. They also had more parking than pretty much anywhere else I’ve ever been.</p>
<p>The school I wound up going to for undergrad used a lottery system for upperclassmen to get parking spaces, so I think it’s pretty fair to say there also wasn’t room for freshmen to bring their car along. My parents actually had a car they were willing to give to me, but I didn’t actually bring it to college until my senior year because it was mostly just an inconvenience (even when I was living off campus).</p>
<p>I just checked and my current school does allow freshmen to bring cars, but only 1/3 of students bring them. There’s also more than enough parking on campus.</p>
<p>TMS, I think you’ve given Jesse Ventura his next documentary idea. I’m sure it has something to do with new American concentration camps and FEMA.</p>
<p>No choice, my D has multiple chargeable driving offenses on record & was dropped on insurance, but college community is really tight with reliable local transit so it’s good to read comments about the advantages of not having a car first year.</p>
<p>My school outright says that it’s so they can keep the freshmen close to campus. They feel it’s harmful to the college experience to go home constantly your first year. To prohibit this, in the past, all freshmen (minus commuters) were required to live on campus without a car. This year though, they had a lottery system to allow 200 freshmen the opportunity to buy a parking pass.</p>
<p>If you live on campus I don’t see why you’d need a car. The college by my house is 100% commuter and, as expected, everyone with a car is allowed to park. The end.</p>