UH Manoa Fall 2015

iortiz · Aug 12, 2015

Yes. I'll be driving everyday. I'm planning on parking in the lower structure but I'm hoping since I'll hopefully be getting there early enough I'll find parking along university but I know it's metered so I'm not sure how that works or how long I'll be able to park there. I've heard of people parking in the neighborhood off of maile and walking over so im going to see if that would work also.

urijahsmommy, BSN, RN · Aug 12, 2015

I too will be driving everyday. I went to the parking office yesterday to see if a could purchase a parking pass for the lower parking structure for $142/semester instead of paying $5/day but I was told I missed the reservation period for those passes. The girl mentioned that the carpool passes are going on sale on the 18th. Anyone with 2 or more people are eligible for the pass and it also sells for $142. As far as the metered parking on University....you can park there all day but you can only pay up to 2 hours at a time which means you'll have to keep running to the meter to extend your time. As I paid my $5 for parking the other day at the lower structure, I asked if the parking lot gets full around 8am and she that there is usually still parking around that time but if I come later closer to 10am then the lot is full...

mcubed45 · Aug 12, 2015

Semester parking passes are sold by seniority at the time of registration for the next semester. They usually sell out midway through the junior year registrants. Don't count on the parking structure being available on a daily basis unless you're coming to school quite early. It does fill up earlier than usual at random times and you don't want to be scrambling and missing one of your classes.

There's other options for parking off campus like parking up in Manoa and catching the shuttle down. There's a couple other routes that stop at commercial parking lots of campus as well. Check the parking website for more info.

urijahsmommy, BSN, RN · Aug 13, 2015

Thank you for the info! I'll definately look into it!

iortiz · Aug 17, 2015

So I'm wondering about shoes, did y'all buy actual nursing shoes or just all white closed shoes? I found some sketchers white nursing shoes but also found all white sketchers athletic type shoes and I'm wondering if I can get by with the athletic ones since they are more comfortable.

urijahsmommy, BSN, RN · Aug 17, 2015

i bought a pair of athletic shoes because they are going to be more comfortable. We may be doing a lot of walking and standing so comfort is important.

iortiz · Aug 17, 2015

ok great! I just talked to a girl starting her third semester and she said that everyone wears athletic type white shoes, so we should be good. So looks like i'll be wearing some too. lol

urijahsmommy, BSN, RN · Aug 18, 2015

Iris, I came across an ad on Craigslist for parking. Its a church on Vancouver Pl. That rents out their parking lot during the day. Its in the resedential area to the left of campus. They rent out the stalls for $90 a month and its assisgned stalls so your guaranteed your stall everyday. I was wondering if you would be interested? We could park there together and at least we would have someone to walk with to and from campus. It be safer than walking alone....just a thought :) let me know.

iortiz · Aug 18, 2015

Yes! That would be great. Thank you so much. I was stressing about parking. I wanting really looking forward to having to find parking or paying $5 a day. It sounds like it would be a little cheaper too since we missed out on the parking passes. I'll look it up and see what I need to do to get a spot. What time and where are you going to park tomorrow? Want to meet a little before and we can walk to orientation together?

urijahsmommy, BSN, RN · Aug 18, 2015

I'll email you the link to the Craigslist ad. I reaponded to the ad via email and am just waiting for a response. I was hoping to park in the parking structure tomorrow. I have to drop off my son at preschool at 745 by queens hopsital and then I was going to shoot it over to school. It only takes about 10 minutes or less to get there so I'm hoping there will still be parking. If you want we can meet at the structure.

iortiz · Aug 18, 2015

Ok great! I drop my kids off at school by 7 so it may take me about an hour to get there so how about we try for 8-8:15am. I'll send you my number via you uh email so that we you can text me when you get there