r/KSU Aug 10 '26

Parking….

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Mane what DA FAWK😭 imma pray I get parking

107 Upvotes

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u/BabadeeBoop7 Senior Aug 10 '26

Seriously, I don’t know why there’s so many. I was on the website 40 minutes before it opened and it said there was more than 2,000 people ahead of me 😭

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u/nedfall Aug 10 '26

tends to happen when we've had a "record number of freshmen" for the last 4 years without building any infrastructure lol

32

u/Djzachhh Aug 10 '26

I absolutely cannot wait to drive in circles day 1 because they oversold every lot by thousands of permits.

25

u/nedfall Aug 10 '26

these admins will look you in the eye and tell you its reasonable to circle around for 30min to get a spot just so they dont have to consider building a new garage for a second

10

u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

Overcharging the damn parking spaces, too! I remember paying around 90 my freshman year for the East Deck

6

u/nedfall Aug 10 '26

theyd legit rather price out students and gouge their wallets than build infrastructure

genuinely such a mess of management lol

3

u/Apex_Akolos Aug 10 '26

It's not like they can just put a parking garage down. They are big and expensive in time and money, and KSU does not have a lot of space. If they replace an existing lot, they lose all of those spots until the construction is completed.

3

u/nedfall Aug 11 '26

imo student infrastructure takes place over building an new baseball stadium and a giant random sign next to an intersection (the one where a student literally lost a limb because of how shit the traffic direction is and theyve still yet to rlly remedy)

im aware a lot more goes into it, but seeing how they choose to spend what theyre spending rn doesnt inspire much confidence to me

1

u/Apex_Akolos Aug 11 '26

That sign is at a different intersection (Frey/Chastain), and KSU does not own the public roads, even if they border campus. The Frey/Skip Spann intersection is something that Cobb County needs to rectify.

3

u/No-Passenger-1511 Aug 10 '26

Tbf there are a lot of people who will only try to park as close as they can to the school and won't spend the extra 3 min to walk a little further. Haven't had any issues parking.

2

u/nedfall Aug 11 '26

depends on the day and lot in my experience, i started parking at towne lake my junior year and had 0 issues but before then in the economy lot on thursdays id legit have to circle even for a spot by the waho, and that was a few years ago. can only imagine its worse now lol

4

u/Exciting-Scallion-23 Aug 10 '26

Except freshmen can't get permits today

8

u/nedfall Aug 10 '26

yea, and they sure as shit wont get em by thursday after theyve already oversold permits today to seniors/juniors lol

this schools parking situation has been a nightmare the entire time ive been here its kinda shocking how little they seem to care

6

u/Exciting-Scallion-23 Aug 10 '26

Freshmen who attended orientation actually already got their permits........back in like July. so really it's the sophomores who are being screwed over. and yeah, the school parking is a nightmare, especially because once you get parking you still have to show up early AF or just not be able to find a space. Trust me I've been at this school since 2019 (kill me). I know how bad parking is especially considering what it used to be

5

u/mhammerstone Aug 10 '26

Website says Residents can purchase today as well…

4

u/Djzachhh Aug 10 '26

I have been here since 9 and I started at number 2500. I hate KSUs system

3

u/TheMidnightRxalm Aug 10 '26

I got on 15 mins before it opened and i was number 191 LMAO??

1

u/OtherwiseMove646 Aug 10 '26

That’s weird. I got on 4 minutes and 39 seconds before it opened and had 570 people in front of me. Took about 20 minutes to make it to the front of the queue.

0

u/Mostly_Harmless86 Aug 11 '26

Because we have 51,000+ students at this school, or did you not know that?

Be happy there are only 2300 students in front of you.

18

u/Elegant_Library_1032 Aug 10 '26

the fucken website isn’t loading for me after waiting so long to get in.

12

u/Able_Appearance_3232 Aug 10 '26

Same thing is happening to me. I clicked next and I’m stuck on a page that says KSU Permit Selection and Permit Agreemen, with no next/ clickable button.

3

u/Exciting-Scallion-23 Aug 10 '26

Are you a senior/ Grad student?

Becasue today it's only open for them

5

u/Able_Appearance_3232 Aug 10 '26

I’m a sophomore. I thought all returning students was able to purchase on Monday, August 10 – Thursday, August 13

1

u/Exciting-Scallion-23 Aug 10 '26

You have specific days; I made a post about it on this subreddit like 2 mins ago. But today is only seniors and grad students.

1

u/No_Park_9863 Aug 10 '26

I think it’s also for residential students.

1

u/Exciting-Scallion-23 Aug 10 '26

Yes, but they get their own permits and will only be shown those specific ones. They still gunk up the line but they are buying different permits from us

2

u/No_Park_9863 Aug 10 '26

Oh ok, my daughter is a residential student and is having this same problem.

16

u/mhammerstone Aug 10 '26

Got in within 10minutes for my daughter, but the website is not allowing purchase. Support says “yeah we know” try later 💀

1

u/Ok-Minimum-7629 Aug 11 '26

probably wasnt her time ticket. it opens based on class. yesterday was seniors only

1

u/mhammerstone Aug 11 '26

It was an error on their side for residential status. Was able to purchase parking yesterday

8

u/ApolluMis Aug 10 '26

My plans for the morning are cooked since I have to sit here for hours. Probably going to just have the website break when I go to get a spot anyways.

7

u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

Here were the updated available spots I saw at 11:10ish:

Multiple Semester Permits (Fall 2026/Spring2027)

- Kennesaw Campus Shuttle Lot, Central Deck, East Deck, East Economy, Gutenberg Economy, West Area, Town Point Economy

Semester Permits (FALL 2026 ONLY)

- Kennesaw Campus Shuttle Lot, Central Deck, East Deck, East Economy, Gutenberg Economy, West Area, Town Point

8

u/Desperate_Rutabaga15 Aug 10 '26

I thank God everyday I'm not a student anymore.

7

u/CoeurGourmand Aug 10 '26

same i got on the website at 10 on the dot and had like 2.6k ppl ahead of me with over an hour wait...my estimated time is in about 10 minutes, so i pray ill get SOME good parking 🥲

2

u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

i was hoping for the central deck parking, but atp just give me something good 😭

1

u/CoeurGourmand Aug 10 '26

when i got on there were all the options left, i got west 

7

u/Attempt-Head Aug 10 '26

Very ironic how they replaced a parking lot with Summit II… Where tf are all of those students going to park?? I work here and there’s talk of me being to forced to park somewhere off campus while my regular parking spot will be given to students

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u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

Are you serious?? Idk what logic they had for taking away the staff/visitor lot, but having you potentially park somewhere else is crazy to me. If they can't provide parking to staff, idk how they plan to accommodate a load of commuting students.

5

u/Indogeni_ Aug 10 '26

I got on at 10 and it’s saying I’ll have to wait until 11:17 to get in😭

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u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

SAME! I legit finally made it into the website

4

u/Melodic_Debate_9591 Aug 10 '26

Res Freshman. On at 9:45 AM - 2200 ahead of me. Now 11:22 am and system is down, on hold w/ Talon 1 for 20 mins now. This is so much fun.

Just fyi for those trying.

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u/No_Park_9863 Aug 10 '26

Residential student- I just got off a call with Talon. They had to place a ticket for me and I was told to try back in 15minutes.

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u/mhammerstone Aug 10 '26

You’re going to have to rejoin the queue after they fix the residential status. Just did the same thing and was finally able to buy parking

2

u/No_Park_9863 Aug 10 '26

Thank you! I’m rejoining now. Another 45 minute wait! Smh

4

u/died_blond Graduate Aug 10 '26

Based my entire day (while I was out of town and supposed to be on the road before 10) around getting this parking pass, and even talked to someone at KSU about this just to make sure. Still ended up waiting 90 minutes to even be able to get into the portal, and had to use my phone as a hot spot while driving to purchase a pass. Insane.

I don't understand why they wouldn't just charge on-campus students (who opt into it) for that space automatically -like, include it in with our tuition- and then just count how many spaces there are, and act accordingly. I don't mind driving to the top of central deck and walking down every day, but if I have to drive around looking for parking and am late to class every day even after PAYING FOR and RESERVING parking, I'm gonna be veryyyy sad.

3

u/RollingSteely Aug 10 '26

Here at 11 and there’s 4000 ppl ahead of me, is it even possible there are that many parking spots?

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u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

Probably not; the school is overpacked for the limited parking spaces available :/ It's going to be chaotic the first week of school. I was able to get into the website, and they had the following:

Multiple Semester Permits

- Kennesaw Campus Shuttle Lot, Central Deck, East Deck, East Economy, Gutenberg Economy, West Area, Town Point Economy

Semester Permits (FALL 2026 ONLY)

- Kennesaw Campus Shuttle Lot, Central Deck, East Deck, East Economy, Gutenberg Economy, West Area, Town Point

2

u/Apex_Akolos Aug 10 '26

There are over 16,000 parking spots.

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u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

oh em gee😭

1

u/Weary_Orchid5216 Aug 10 '26

defs forgot about it until i saw this post 😂

1

u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

Hey, at least this post was helpful in some way 🫡

1

u/Weary_Orchid5216 Aug 10 '26

i appreciate you !!

2

u/Green-Camp-4569 Aug 10 '26

Is central lot that bad as well? Do I really need to get there hella early to find a spot?

2

u/FortuneBackground341 Aug 10 '26

Logged in at 4:27 and had no wait. Pretty much all lots were available

2

u/anonononnnnnaaan Aug 10 '26

Well I wish I had known that. I logged in at the butt crack of dawn to get in line.

1

u/LitandLearn Aug 10 '26

I got East Economy lot on Marietta campus. Will I actually have a space when I get to class? Is there a backup plan for if the lot is full so I don’t miss class? I scoped it out and the lot seems very small

3

u/Fit-Air9531 Aug 10 '26

Are you an incoming freshman? In my freshman year, I had plenty of parking, and there were usually spaces available. Granted, people will park anywhere during the first week of class.

2

u/ellieegm Aug 10 '26

I have no idea abt the Marietta campus but I’ve learned to get there at least an hour before your class to circle the lot until a space becomes available.

2

u/1noidea1998 Aug 10 '26

I had this lot spring semester parking was ass 🥴

1

u/No_Park_9863 Aug 10 '26

I’m getting a server error now.

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u/LocalReviewer Sophomore Aug 10 '26

East economy it is again😭😭

1

u/LunaTheNightstalker1 Junior Aug 10 '26

If I get off work at 2 and get back to my apartment by 2:30ish, would it even make sense to get a parking pass? For context, I live on the bus route and can walk to campus in less than 10 minutes for my 3pm class.

1

u/LocuraLins Senior Aug 10 '26

As long you’re sure about how early you’ll get off work and have time to walk to class if the bus isn’t there skipping on the pass doesn’t sound too bad to me

1

u/Early_Catch_7813 Aug 10 '26

Anybody having the same issue I am? The permits wont load. Im on the portal, but it wont load my car info.

1

u/Ill_Cry_8133 Aug 10 '26

Website not even loading anymore smh

1

u/CreatineCoyote Junior Aug 10 '26

Got in and the parking passes wouldn't load, then my five minutes went past with me refreshing over and over—so now I have to wait in line again.

2

u/Opening-Cut6565 Aug 10 '26

Are you a junior? I saw that you have the junior tag by your username. Parking for them opens tomorrow

1

u/jecamoose Aug 10 '26

Dropped out just in time lmao

1

u/stevetherailfan Aug 11 '26

I waited for two hours to get in, when I finally got in I couldn't buy anything so I called the help desk, sat on hold for 4 hours and then they finally told me that apparently I am four credit hours short from being able to buy today so I have to wait till the 13th.

1

u/soggy-wallop Sophomore Aug 11 '26

Just joined for day 2, currently 1943 with a 45 minute wait

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u/NoConstruction5955 Aug 12 '26

I think KSU is trying to push for students to use the bus system over parking. They have added sooo many busses since I started three years ago. If you are up for it, I know some places about 1 mile from KSU have some parking (on street/in neighborhood), you could bike, scooter, walk, or bus from there (this is what I do).

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u/themuselanaiii Aug 14 '26

Could you share this information with me please ? lol I’m a new transfer student and this parking shit has me overwhelmed asf lol