Decisions are in

PackMom
Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:18:58 +0000

unc…My S (a JR)would definitely say “no” to University Towers. When he visited friends there, he didn’t think it had much of an advantage over the regular dorms and the bigger downsides are that it’s off to itself (not grouped with other dorms) and since you pay for the UT mealplan, you don’t buy a NCSU meal plan which means that eating in Fountain or Clark dining halls with your on-campus friends will cost you a lot of extra money so you usually just end up always eating with the people in UT. That’s his opinion. I’m sure others may vary. S lived on Central Campus and loved it there…very convenient to the free expression tunnel.

S took his car as a freshman and was glad he had it but it’s not cheap. since freshmen can’t get on-campus parking stickers, you have to get an off-campus space. If you really want to take your car, I would suggest Val-Park. It’s the one we used and is very close to campus. It is right by University Towers. They have a website…www.valpark.com