Freshman year will be the time of your life; you are away from home and all the rules you have ever known, amongst thousands of your peers, and you have the freedom to move about as you please. You will find yourself busy getting acclimated to your HBCUs campus culture and making memories that will last you a lifetime.
As you pack to head off for the year, we encourage you to leave one prized possession behind. It has 4 wheels, a horn, and it is foreign if you’re fancy – your car. Having a car on campus will prevent you from fully embracing life as a freshman and here are five reasons why:
1Designated Driver
Have you heard the infamous lyrics to legend Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace’s song :
d*mn, n***s wanna stick me for my paper!
..the same can be said about having a car on campus. You don’t want to be the one invited everywhere simply because you have a car. Trust, you do not want to your college career to pass you by with you being the designated driver. Take an Uber, Lyft, Taxi, or put tax dollars to good use and hop on public transportation. Leave your car at home.
Ready for college but not sure what to expect, or even bring? Before you say goodbye to your parents and friends, check out this ultimate guide to surviving your first year in college, and in particular at the country’s 107 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). We created the #HBCUFreshmanBible to help build a bridge for students to make a successful transition from high school to black colleges, you can read more here.
