Having a car on campus

gtgirl2014
Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:09:55 +0000

I’m a freshman who lives in the suburbs as well, and I didn’t bring my car this year. I only have two friends my same age who live on campus and also brought their car, and occasionally on the weekends I will drive into Atlanta with one of them. The main way I get places I need to go, however, is just through walking with a big group of people to restaurants or the grocery store, or riding in the car with one of my older friends. Meeting older people is easy if you get involved in student organizations, or live in a Freshman Experience dorm (HIGHLY RECOMMEND. DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING NON-FE…you’ll regret it!) …because the RA’s (at tech they’re called Peer Leaders, older students who live in your hall with you) usually have cars and can take you places if you get to be friends with them. As for going home, some people go home every weekend, but I’d definitely not encourage doing this. I told myself at the beginning of the fall that I wasn’t going to let myself go home until fall break in October, and it worked. Being away for that long broke me of my homesickness for the most part. If you have a car, you may be less likely to get involved and make friends on campus, that is, unless your chauffeuring everyone around in your car – could be a fun thing or a NOT SO fun thing, depending on your driving personality.

For me, it’s too expensive to really be worth it. You’ll be way too busy with classes and getting involved on campus to really have time to explore the depths of Atlanta. Save that for the weekend, and use your older friends or MARTA for those adventures. As for going home, your family will miss you and hopefully bring you home…or you can carpool with a friend!