<p>Yes, freshmen can have a car on campus. We let our D bring a car during Winter Session for specific family reasons, and then decided to let her keep it on campus for Spring session for the same reasons. Unless you have a special reason to need a car it’s not at all necessary. These days she mostly uses it occassionally to go with friends to the supermarket or mall or give them a lift to the Wilmington bus station (since there are few trains into Newark). I’d certainly wait if I were you until Winter Session.</p>