<p>is it normal for students here to travel for 1 hour to reach to their college....cozz well i have to do it!!! and it sucks</p>
<p>If you attend college in Manhattan and live in one of the other Burroughs, yes. I know some students whose commute takes two hours courtesy of the less than stellar subway.</p>
<p>No it isn't normal. That's a minimum of 10 hours a week wasted commuting. That's a part time job.</p>
<p>There are people who commute that far and longer to go to high school. There are plenty of people who commute that far to go to college and to work. Welcome to life.</p>
<p>Yes some people do it but it isn't normal or healthy in any way. I'd avoid a 20+ minute commute at nearly any cost.</p>
<p>If you're traveling by bus or train, I suggest you do some work or reading, so you don't waste the time.</p>
<p>Commuting an hour to college or work is normal in many parts of the country. </p>
<p>I know someone who was a single mom who even commuted 5 hours roundtrip to go to college. She also had to drive including through Upstate NY winter weather.</p>
<p>Well chuy, you may find your future employment options severely curtailed if you stick to that small of a radius!</p>
<p>I commuted 1.5-2 hours each way to school my first three semesters of college. It wasn't ideal, but there are worse things in the world--I listened to a lot of NPR, practiced my Arabic pronunciation without anyone there to overhear me, and had time to think. Sometimes if I was busier or too tired to drive, I did part of the commute by train so I could nap or read or do homework, and if the weather was too bad or I was too exhausted, I crashed on someone's couch. As I got more invested in life on campus, I was barely spending any time at home--it was common for me to get home with only enough time to sleep 4 hours and then leave again--so I put my name on the campus housing waitlist, waited until my name came up, and moved in. </p>
<p>If the commute is wearing you down, then investigate your options for moving closer to campus or into a dorm, or if moving isn't an option then perhaps going to a closer school. If those aren't good options for you, then just do what you can to make the commute more bearable--take out some books on tape from the library, get a car adapter for your mp3 player, and try your best to make it work for you.</p>
<p>Listen to Northstarmom--long commutes are common in lots of areas. At one point my mother, father and I were all living in the same house, but none of us were working/going to school in the same county as one another or the one we lived in! My family wasn't very good for carbon emissions that year, but that was what we had to do to.</p>
<p>Can you find someone in your area to carpool with, so you can take turns studying and driving?</p>
<p>I do it. It's one of the reasons I'm transferring to a new school.</p>
<p>Well thnx for all ur comments actually i was gonna goto misssion colleg which is 10 mins away from my place but the thing is they dont have any physcis classes for UC transfer whereas Valley college has em so well instead of just goin for phy classes in valley college i am thinking to go 1 hour all the way to valley college.... coz what if my classes in mission college adn valley college class...? so well that will be a problem....</p>
<p>what do u guys think am i doin the right thing?</p>
<p>Yeah. I have to too. It sucks that why I'm willing to pay 900+/month next year for campus apartments. But, nonetheless, it's not extremely bad if you can rest or read some books on the way there. </p>
<p>But, hey you're probably living with your parents. They make food for you. That alone saves me 2 hours per day. So it cancels out.</p>
<p>hahahhahah yea!!</p>