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Romani is one of the most helpful people on this board, so ■■■■■-calling is a bit uncalled for. And I can definitely see why she mentioned paranoia, cause it certainly seems like it.</p>
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Your hunt for “the truth” really does seem quite paranoid. You know what? Maybe some schools have some outlandish reason why freshmen can’t have cars. But there’s no way that is the norm. At my school, freshmen are the only group required to live on campus, and thus they are the easiest group to pick that can’t have cars.*</p>
<p>It is quite simple, as others have mentioned. At my school, near the underclassmen dorms, there is NOT enough space for all underclassmen to park. And as I’ve mentioned, the freshmen (who have not earned any seniority), are the easiest group to target to minimize cars on campus.</p>
<p>*Commuters that choose to live at home get an exception.</p>
<p>Edit: considering all types of administrators are constantly telling students to “break the WashU bubble and get the hell off of campus every once in a while,” I’m gonna go ahead and doubt my school is trying to keep freshmen attached by the hip to the campus. We get ‘free’ metro passes for the public transport system, so you can get to just about anywhere without a car.</p>