<p>Most students really don’t need a car freshman year, and not having one helps them have campus as their main focus of activity. It would be tough for upper class education majors to function without a car, but in other majors kids do fine with or without a car. I would send her without a car freshman year and then make a judgement call sophomore year. This is a very car-oriented part of the country, but with the BioBus, other students with car, and the Enterprise car share program (which replaced Zipcars on campus) most students can manage without a car.</p>