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Student Parking Lot

Yes

Common Parking Tickets

  • Fire lane - $50
  • Handicapped zone - $50
  • No parking zone - $25

Freshmen Allowed to Park

Yes

Approximate Parking Permit Cost

  • Free

Parking Permits

Acquiring parking permits is easy. Simply drive to Campus Safety with your license and registration, inform them of your needs, fill out the information card, and apply the decal to your vehicle. Permits are free.

College Prowler Take

Parking is a pain your freshman year. It lets up considerably afterwards. Freshmen live up the hill, and the parking lot is at the very bottom, which leads to a very annoying, uphill hike, especially when it’s 20 degrees and icy. We advise befriending dormmates with cars to personally avoid this as much as possible. As a sophomore, the parking lot appears much closer, and that is when a vehicle of your own comes in handy. Many sophomores park overnight in the Cutten Lot on the weekends, although there seems to be no predictable pattern as to whether or not this will result in a ticket. As a junior and senior, a parking lot is just seconds outside of your house or apartment. Be careful of overnight parking on the side of the road (as opposed to within designated spaces) because Campus Safety will ticket you, and you would much rather spend that money on things other than parking fines.

The freshman lot is really far away when you first get to school, but you get used to the hills, and nothing in Colgate is really more than a 15-minute walk. But you have to take all of these things into consideration and evaluate if it is even worth it to have a car on campus.

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ColJE says:

Colgate University 2013

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

For freshmen and sophomores,...

For freshmen and sophomores, parking is a hassle. The parking lot is a 10-minute walk from the dorms. Otherwise, parking is fine, but you can't drive to class.

Parking: February 26, 2009
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ColEA says:

Colgate University 2015

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Parking is evil! Campus safety...

Parking is evil! Campus safety gives out tickets like candy. Freshmen can bring cars to campus, but don't ever park up the hill.

Parking: February 25, 2009
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ColES1 says:

Colgate University 2016

English Language and Literature

Most freshmen don't bring cars...

Most freshmen don't bring cars because they have to park it in the freshman lot down the hill, which is a major trek. Really, you can't park up the hill unless you like tickets. There's nowhere really to go, Colgate's in the middle of nowhere. So, why would you need one?

Parking: February 25, 2009
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ColMJ says:

Colgate University 2016

Undecided

It is not too bad for freshmen,...

It is not too bad for freshmen, but it is far away, near the athletic center. It is generally easy to find a spot, and both freshmen and sophomores park in the same lot.

Parking: February 25, 2009
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Anonymous says:

I have no clue because I don’t...

I have no clue because I don’t have a car. I am told it is a hike and a half to actually be able to get to the campus from your car. Parking sucks for the most part, especially during the winter, with all the ice and snow.

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Did You Know?

Best Places to Find a Parking Spot
The freshman parking lot early to late afternoon. Do not wait until right before you go to bed to get a parking spot; if you do, you will be parking in the back by Tyler’s field.

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