Having a car on campus

GTSweetie
Sun, 01 May 2011 16:56:00 +0000

I did not bring my car this year and I am a freshman. I will be bringing my car this summer though and next year.

I have not had any difficulties not having a car on campus. Honestly, if you have a car you will probably be asked for rides quite frequently. I don’t even have any friends my age here who have a car. Parking on campus is expensive, and I think only worth it if you need to commute to a job (which I will be doing in the Summer). I joined a sorority so usually if I am going places that I can’t walk to (which is infrequent) I can get a ride from one of them. My PLs have cars too and I know a lot of people who drive to Athens for the weekends so I have never had any problem finding people to catch a ride with there. I don’t go home very frequently anyway.

There are so many food places a short walk away and Atlantic Station is not even that bad a walk if you go in a group. I have taken MARTA to Atlantic Station as well if I really needed to shop. I personally see no reason in having a car your first year at tech. I know some people who have brought up cars for a week for certain reasons and almost all of them have to then park in mildly sketchy places where they may/or may not get parking tickets. I have even had a friend whose car was broken into where two laptops/ipods/and cameras were stolen.