Every semester, students who are eligible for a parking permit enter a lottery. Students receive a permit based on seniority and location from campus. For instance, a senior who lives two or more miles from campus is more likely to receive a permit than a sophomore who lives on Middle Campus. Freshmen are not allowed to bring their cars to campus, and are not eligible to enter the parking lottery. For those students who are not lucky enough to win a permit in the lottery, UNC offers an off-campus lot, and transit to and from the lot. However, permits for this lot, like on-campus parking, are distributed based on seniority and the student’s location from campus. Parking permits are not guaranteed to everyone. A disturbing statistic: there are over 15,000 undergraduate students on campus fighting for a little over 3,000 parking spaces each day. Moreover, some of these are reserved parking, service parking, or metered parking.
If you’re a freshman, don’t even think about bringing a car.
As a sophomore—well, good luck. Bottom line: when applying for a parking spot, the competition is tougher than applying to get into UNC. Parking becomes more difficult every year. With the downsizing of some lots in order to build new student facilities, the situation doesn’t seem to be getting better.
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