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It’s unanimous: parking at OU sucks! Students agree that having a car on campus the first two years isn’t worth the hassle. Even when you live off campus and have a parking space for your car, simply driving uptown to mail something or running to drop off a paper can be a nightmare if you have a car, due to the lack of parking spaces. Not to mention, every decent space is metered, so don’t even think about leaving home without some quarters because you will either get a ticket or get towed (and pay over $100 to get your car back).

Basically, you really don’t need a car your first two years, so leave it at home. Luckily, the campus is so small that it’s really not that necessary, and because you’ll have a meal plan, you don’t need it to go grocery shopping. Once you move off campus, look for places that have parking available. Inevitably, most students get ticketed and/or towed at least once during their time at OU, partly because every campus building lot is reserved for faculty or commuters (you can’t even park at Ping until after 3 p.m., which is ridiculous and makes it almost impossible to squeeze in a workout between classes, unless your classes are close). If you come to OU, just be prepared to endure the hell that is Athens parking—definitely the worst part of student life.

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mrbarky

'13

Accounting

2.3

C

Can Be Tough

Parking when you are visiting is tough. You have to know where to park. I get by fine without a car and it's not too bad.

Dec 25, 2011

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sm248109

'13

Conservation and Environmental Studies

3.1

B-

All Right Parking

There are definitely places to park on campus. Most is metered parking during the day. There is parking in all the faculty and commuter lots after 3 on the weekdays and all weekend. However, that is only for normal weekends. If you plan on having people coming to visit you during Mom, Dad's, or Halloween weekend, you're going to have to find somewhere else to park since they'll tow anyone parked on campus without a pass. The price for parking is not that awful at all.

Dec 13, 2011

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cortneycrowder08

'14

Education

1.2

D

Terrible Parking

Parking in Athens sucks. It's almost impossible to not get a ticket unless you have a parking pass and freshmen aren't allowed to have cars unless they commute so be careful.

Nov 23, 2011

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