Bringing a car as a sophomore

theloneranger
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:38:06 +0000

And Psych, most people do NOT stay on campus. Only 20% of UT students stay on campus, and this is largely freshmen. Many people live in West Campus or Riverside. West Campus is within walking distance, and Riverside is on shutle routes or kids drive.

I don’t know what kind of ‘student living facility’ this is, but UT dorms charge over $500 to park on campus overnight for the year. Many apartments come with cheap or free parking, but if it isn’t included I wouldn’t do it. If he’s planning to go visit home every week, for say dinner and laundry, a car may be worth it, but if he won’t use it more often than that I would forget it and have Mom/Dad/siblings drive over to pick them up.

Also, if you plan on pledging, pledges with cars are routinely out at all hours of the day and night running actives around, at least in most chapters. If you don’t want to be the pledge taxi, don’t bring a car or don’t let the actives find out you have one.