Swarthmore senior will take questions

interesteddad
Mon, 17 May 2010 01:13:47 +0000

Basically, don’t even think about taking a car freshman year.

About 10% of the students have cars, mostly juniors and seniors. There are a limited number of on-campus parking spaces. Priority is given to students who need a car for commuting, off-campus job, community service, etc. If you can’t get one of the college parking permits, then you can buy a parking permit for one of the long-term spaces near the train station from the Borough of Swarthmore. $50 a month.

My daughter had a car for senior year when she got a on-campus space as a senior class officer needing transportation for events. To be honest, a car at Swarthmore is more of a pain than a benefit. One of the great things about Swarthmore is that it has very good public transportation access – rail and air. My daughter could usually fly roundtrip to Boston for less than it would have cost in gas, tolls, and food to drive.