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<p>Absent unusual circumstances (such as a medical need requiring a kid to go to regular doctor visits that couldn’t be handled by public transportation or a cab), I simply can’t imagine there is a real need. A car is a luxury, not a necessity.</p>
<p>Looking at the schools that my 2 kids are looking at, most are in / near big cities (Boston, Phila, DC), where there is public transportation (and I think a little inconvenience of public transportation is not such a bad life lesson), and there are a few that are in small towns - in which most kids won’t have a car anyway and will stick to campus activities, so what’s the big deal?</p>
<p>I’d rather save the money and then give them nice new cars upon graduating, personally.</p>