Soonermom, my D is a freshman at OU living in the dorms and she is managing fine without a car. Shopping and restaurants are in easy walking distance from campus, there are buses (which I doubt she has ever taken), and many of her friends have cars and they tend to go places in groups. In my view, a car at OU is a luxury and not a necessity. Our plan for fall 2015 is that D will share a student apartment with a friend. We plan for her to have a car then but I still don’t see it as an absolute necessity.