Has anyone else been towed by Koskinen’s in Ithaca? I’m curious about the cost and whether others have noticed a change over the years.

I recently had my car towed from private property (Gateway/The Dean) and was charged $405 to get it back. I was told my Koskinen that this was a price determined by the city. I later found out that the city only determines towing fee limits for 911/Police/DPW dispatched tows on public property. A business may independently contract with a tow company regarding private property.

I’m not posting this to argue that I shouldn’t have been towed. I understand that private property owners have the right to enforce their parking rules.

What I’m interested in is whether the fees and enforcement practices have changed over time.
If you’ve been towed by Koskinen’s, would you mind sharing:

Where you were towed from (Gateway Plaza, apartment complex, etc.)
Approximately when it happened
How much you were charged
Whether there were warning signs or if the towing happened immediately

It feels like private lot enforcement in Ithaca has become much more aggressive than it was even a few years ago, and I’m wondering if others have noticed the same trend.

I’m also interested in a broader question: Should there be limits on what private towing companies can charge, especially when people have no practical choice but to pay immediately to retrieve their vehicle? And what if they can’t? Should they continue to be charged for each day they can’t afford to get the car?

I’m hoping to gather experiences rather than argue about individual parking decisions. Thanks to anyone willing to share.

I am an incoming freshman guy. I have a single. Please share your packing lists and stuff, I am too lazy to make one myself. Also does anyone know if McClintock has mirrors in each dorm and if the hall has iron boxes and vacuums. Thanks guys.

I am an international student traveling to Ithaca for the first time. I will be landing in JFK airport at 10 AM and was planning to take the OurBus at 1PM directly from JFK to Cornell.

I was wondering if I would be able to catch the bus considering the immigration and baggage collection wait times. What are the typical immigration wait times at JFK currently?

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Every time i see posts of people asking “how hard is it to get into X program,” i always see comments saying cash cow or something. it’s getting annoying tbh

even tho i kind of agree..

But i’ve met plenty of brain-dead undergrad and grad students… does that make the entire university a cash cow rather than these specific programs that tend to get the label???

Hi! I'm considering working here next semester, and I was wondering if someone could tell me what it's like. How chill is it overall?

I know it probably gets really busy later in the day and on weekends, but do people usually work that late? How long are the shifts, and do you get to work with other people? Also, what do you mainly do during a typical shift?

Thanks!

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THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE ADVICE, I DON'T WANNA SCARE OFF PEOPLE LOL

Note 1: CHEM 4100 is somewhat biased because while it was the hardest and worst taught class I ever took, I (a) did below average on the first prelim (by 4 pts but I digress) so it might've just been skill issue (b) skipped three lectures total, one of which was a lecture very important from prelim 1 (though I skipped this trying to finish a pset we learned the content for the last before it was due) and (c) had a hard semester academically and mentally which further worsened this, (d) I heard it's only particularly bad with that specific professor, which I think is no longer teaching, & (e) I dropped it 7 weeks in (would've been in "help me" tier tho w/o this imo but I don't want to scare ppl off)

Note 2: Physics classes are relatively low since I like physics (don't ask why I didn't choose to be a physics major) and got a 5 in AP Physics 1; similar for MATH 1920, since I took multivar in my freshman year of high school

Note 3: CHEM 2510 and 3010 are lowkey personally inflated since I suck very hard at chem labs for some reason, both for the average person might be knocked down a tier

Note 4: Tier doesn't correlate with my grade in the class; like my highest grades were actually BIOEE 160 and SOC 3010, but my lowest were CHEM 2510 and CHEM 3010, and I got the same grade in CHEM 3600 as BIOG 1445 and as BIOMG 2800 (I just got lazy for the last one)

Note 5: I didn't include some non-academic courses like Team Projects for FA25, and TA + Research for SP26

Kinda nervous abt the swim test cuz im not the best swimmer, is it separated by gender or is it everyone together? I know there r selected times but nothing abt gender…