<p>Our son was (finally) accepted this morning ... so those of you who are still waiting, I believe there is still hope; I'm guessing that the UC campuses were simply bombarded with apps this year, and they didn't realize the impact of that.</p>
<p>I'm curious how many of you will stick around on weekends, and how many will disappear. (I think the best thing UCI could do would be to accept a good number of students from outside their area, to keep the campus more lively over weekends!)</p>
<p>I'm from norcal, so i'll be around during most weekends.</p>
<p>i only live 20 min away but for the first year at least ill bein a dorm ... thats if i get accepted...im still waiting for a decision -_-</p>
<p>I haven't decided whether or not I am going to attend UCI yet or not, but if I do, I will for the most part be there during most weekends. I live in socal but I don't plan on going home that often. I hope most will do the same.</p>
<p>I live 45 mins away... I'll go home pretty often!</p>
<p>I live about 40 minutes away from UCI but I doubt I'll be going home EVERY weekend (maybe just once a month?) so I'll probably be sticking around the campus on weekends too. (:</p>
<p>I'll be there. I'm from the Bay Area (Walnut Creek), so I won't be going home too often...</p>
<p>I live about 45 minutes away so I figure I'll stay at UCI most weekends and come home once or twice a month to do laundry and shake my dad down for money.</p>
<p>hey, I live about 45 minutes away from UCI as well. Hmm, are we all from around the same place? I will probably go home more often at the beginning...</p>
<p>If I go there, I'll be there most weekends, since I'm from Nor Cal. x)</p>
<p>i hope uci has a more lively social life next fall :]</p>
<p>i live 20 min away from uci, but i'll be living in the dorm for first year or two if I decide to go to uci.</p>
<p>norcal, so I'll be staying on campus unless it's a long, long break :)</p>
<p>Plane tickets are expensive, and driving 6 hours home isn't fun.</p>
<p>^^ ditto. norcal too.</p>
<p>I won't be a commuter. I'll be there all the time.</p>
<p>Flying up to Norcal isn't too bad. You can fly to Oakland/Sacramento/San Jose from Orange County on Southwest Airlines for about 110 dollars round trip.</p>
<p>What's a commuter student?</p>
<p>I mean I have a rough idea, but can someone elaborate?</p>
<p>A commuter student is one who isn't living on campus, but drives in from home; a lot of students at UCI, from what I understand, live at home with parents. Because of this, some say the campus doesn't really feel like your typical college campus. I have heard that the place is fairly deserted on weekends. I'm hoping this isn't the case ...?</p>
<p>what if i decide to rent out an apartment right next to the campus, am i considered a commuter student?</p>
<p>Are you talking something like Vista Del Campo? I think of those students as on campus. At the same time, I know a lot of them leave for the weekend as well. So maybe they ARE commuter students. Dunno. </p>
<p>If you have to drive in and park I think of you as a commuter student. But what do students who GO there think? Anyone? Anyone?</p>