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Student Parking Lot? Yes
Freshmen Allowed to Park? No
Neither are sophomores
Approximate Parking Permit Cost $303 per year
Common Parking Tickets
  • Handicapped zone: $200
  • No decal: $25
  • No parking zone: $50

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

St. Joe’s has recently started addressing the lack of parking available to students. The school has stopped letting sophomores apply for parking passes, which has freed up spots for upperclassmen who live off campus. There is also a new parking garage and a new parking lot behind the new buildings. While neighbors were initially very hostile to the students in the new buildings, the school provided more parking for students in the buildings’ lot so they wouldn’t have to park in front of people’s houses. The Maguire Campus will no doubt help to continue improving the parking situation.

While St. Joe’s is actively working to improve the parking situation, it is far from being done. It’s relatively impossible to show up to campus during the middle of the day and stumble upon a spot in the first lot you pull into. Security guards have recently started cracking down on un-decaled cars in lots. Students living in the new buildings, Merion Gardens, and townhouses have the advantage of their own parking lots. Parking around campus on the streets is safe during the day and somewhat easy to find. At night, parking on the street can be a little risky the farther you get from campus, but there is almost always free parking to be had day and night around campus.

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Parking at Saint Joseph's University

ses11sju

'14

Psychology

1.9
C-

SJU Parking

You can't legally have a car if you are freshman or sophomore. If you are a freshman or sophomore and want a car you will have to find somewhere on a street to park it and that is usually unreliable or unsafe. When you are legally allowed to have a car at SJU you will have to buy a $300 parking pass in order to park it in a safe facility, otherwise you will have to continue to park on the street.

Nov 18, 2011

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Parking at Saint Joseph's University

kf513701

'13

Psychology

1.9
C-

Sucks

only upperclassmen get parking passes, good luck finding anywhere to park without one, probs will get some stupid parking tickets

May 29, 2011

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Parking at Saint Joseph's University

kv0127

'14

Education

2.3
C

Rough.

Its in a city. you have to parallel park and if you're not there early in the morning you most likely wont get a spot. If you buy a parking pass for on campus it can still sometimes be difficult to find parking because it is limited. Live close to campus and walk.. its much easier.

Jan 02, 2011

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Student Survey Poll ResultsWhat's This?

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Facts

Getting a Parking Permit

Faculty and grad students get priority selection for parking permits. Juniors and seniors can get parking passes, but they’re not necessary unless you live in Manayunk. Most upperclassmen undergraduates will get parking passes; they just need to remember to apply online early enough.

Did You Know?

Best Places to Find a Parking Spot:
Anywhere after 5:30 p.m. (all parking lots are open), back streets behind Overbrook, the dirt lot by Science Center, the ROTC St. Joe’s lot.

Good Luck Getting a Parking Spot Here:
Sourin Parking Lot

The Boot!
The number of tickets that earns you a boot is widely kept a secret, but some students have gotten as many as 15 and others as few as two. The more atrocious parking offenses are taken more seriously.

Parking ServicesWhat's This?

Office of Public Safety and Security
Barbelin/Lonergan, Room 13
(610) 660-1111
www.sju.edu/security/

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Hometown: Central Jersey

Major: English

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