Are they sold out for the spring , or just for the full year ? Go check at the parking office and see what they say about it , I know there are quite a few people , like myself , who have fall only permits and won ' t be needing a spot come spring , and there were also a lot of people who bought full year permits instead of fall only permits because of some jumbled policy decisions which they told us to buy for full year instead of fall only , then return the permit halfway for a partial refund . Some spots may open up because of this . It ' s worth looking into for sure . Also worth noting , parking isn ' t as bad in the spring semesters , I guess a lot of people drop out or fail out or graduate and parking tends to ease up a bit . Not much , but a bit . I still wouldn ' t buy an economy permit but it ' s worth thinking about .