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All students are allowed to have cars on campus with the purchase of a permit. That said, a parking permit does not guarantee you a parking space. Technically, there should be enough room for everyone to park, but with increasing enrollment and many on-campus events and athletic tournaments, the convenient parking lots fill up quickly.

There is ample parking on the academic side of campus, which is great for commuters and faculty. Resident students wishing to park near their dorms, however, are usually out of luck. There are a few tiny parking lots near some the dorms, but the majority are on the outskirts of campus within about a five-minute walk to the dorms, which is a huge hassle when carrying heavy loads or when trekking up the hill in bad weather. Freshmen get the worst end of the deal because they can only park in North Lot, also known as the farthest point from campus civilization. Security is quick to ticket students for illegal parking, so don’t even think about making up your own parking spot, parking in a handicap or faculty spot, or parking in a loading area. If you must do one of the above, put on your flashers and do not leave the car there for more than five minutes—yes, security really is that fast when it comes to parking violations.

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mavreekangel

'12

Fine Arts

4.2

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Small Campus, All Parking Places Are Close

Freshmen are allowed cars. All students with cars need to pay $50 for the year. The campus is pretty small (you can walk across its entire length in 10 min) so there are no especially far away parking spots. As a freshman, you'll be required to park in the North lot, but that's really only 2-5 minutes walking leisurely from the other parking lots (next to the academic quad rather than the res quad). That being said, while you can't really park too far from campus, Goucher could benefit from taking the plentiful amount of spots for visitors in Dorsey and the SRC and allowing students to park in them. However, I've never met anyone who couldn't find a spot to park in.

Oct 26, 2011

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jaclynpeiser

'14

Communications

4.6

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Super Cheep Parking

Only $50 to park for the whole year and you can have a car all 4 years.

Oct 22, 2011

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kafla002

'13

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

4.2

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Pretty Darn Good.

I always find a spot in the morning, and luckily our campus is not very big, so a walk to class from the visitor's lot is 5 minutes, tops. The fact that you have to register your car as a student even though you don't live on campus is the only detracting factor.

Oct 21, 2011

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