<p>commuters...did you enjoy your college experience? what did you enjoy and what didn't you enjoy? i'm kind of sick of hearing everyone else but the commuters' opinions...so i'd like to hear some :)</p>
<p>(i commute by the way...i decided that dorm life was just not for me, i like my privacy and my space (typical only child) and i'm not into the party scene, i'm more quiet)</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>After living in a dorm for like two days and having been a commuter student prior to that... I'd commute every day. I took courses at a local college and now I'm at a university and my dorm just cramps my style! Also, I like my quiet, alone time. I just have to get settled and the whole dorm thing won't be so bad. </p>
<p>... but if I could, I'd commute.</p>
<p>At home I have a pretty big room so I didn't want to dorm. Plus, the campus is about 35 minutes away, so it's not a long commute. But, I do feel like I'm mising out on a lot, beacuse the students that dorm are the ones that always seem to know what's going on.</p>
<p>Orignally I was planning on commuting this year, however that did not last very long. The only day I did the commute was during Orientation (which only lasted a single day). I'll be going to UCLA in the Fall, and I live rougly 45 miles from the campus. In good conditions it'd take me about a little over 30 minutes to make the drive. However in rush hour traffic, it is nearly a two hour drive. After realizing just how much time I'd be spending in the car, I applied (and got) on campus housing.</p>
<p>If I had lived closer (a lot closer) commuting might have worked, but I did not want to spend 4 hours a day driving.</p>
<p>I've been commuting to college for 3 years now. It's the way most people are for college here... for a college of 20000 students we only have 1800 places on campus. And 25% of those are reserved for international students.
Tbh... I couldn't imagine living on campus. Even though it's so handy. The RAs here are insanely strict and if they take a dislike to you they can make your year miserable.</p>
<p>i commute to college and i feel as if im totally missing out.</p>
<p>^ so why do you commute</p>
<p>namaste, not everyone can afford to live on campus. Sometimes there is just no other option if you have aleady taken out 2 loans and your schiool won't give you any grants or whatever your financial situation may be.</p>
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<p>its a $$$ issue</p>
<p>I commute because of financial situation and I heard that commuters miss out on the whole college experience.</p>
<p>I commute in NYC. Its not pleasant. I live in Bronx, NY. I spend3 hrs a day on public transportation a day. So i really dont enjoy it. Thats 3 hrs I could be in the gym, doing homework or studying.</p>
<p>I am taking a term off of school and then going away to school.</p>
<p>I commute, but I'm only 12 miles from school. I takes me around 15 minutes to get there, depending on traffic. I did my 2 manditory days in the dorm for orientation and quickly decided that it was not for me. I don't feel like I'm missing out at all! I'm involved in several organizations and have lots of friends. I'm not the party type, so I'm actually quite happy to be "missing out" on that.</p>
<p>I spent the first semester after I transferred to my university living in a campus owned apartment (the closest to dorming that I could get as a non freshman at my school.) Really, I think the whole experience is overrated. I'm glad that I had the chance to experience it for a semester, but I'm also glad I'm going to basically be commuting from now on. This way I'm closer to the people who love and support me rather than just seeing them on weekends. I don't have to deal with an obsessive compulsive roommate who demanded I ask before I use the toaster. I don't have to lay in bed until two in the morning waiting for the people below me to end their middle of the week party. I also don't have to worry about forgetting something really important on a weekend home and all the stuff I might need is right here. Sure, it might make it a little more difficult to make friends, but I'm sure I'll manage. As for the commuting time, it may be annoying (an hour each way and on the way home it's rush hour) but you get used to it and I'm just so glad of the other advantages that it's worth it.</p>
<p>i feel the same way you feel. rush hour sucks, i have to leave my house at 630 to beat rush hour traffic (damn tampa bay's constant construction!) to make my 830 class but if i can sleep in my own bed at night its worth it. honestly: most of the people i've talked to are commuters. much nicer than the dormers :-/ but that just might be my school</p>
<p>Whats the longest anyone commute to school? For me it takes 1 and 1/2 hour to commute to school on the subway.</p>
<p>I commute because I'm saving up for medical school it is not so bad because I attend a university where 90% of the people commute.</p>
<p>Don't ever commute because think of how much you spent on commuting and the time you'll waste.</p>
<p>Actually, i33twarr10r, the cost of commuting is much less than the cost of dorming. And, don't you commute?</p>
<p>tuffsuff86, i was thinking the saaaaaaaame thing.</p>
<p>and can anyone enlighten me on the "college experience" ...people keep saying it like we should've gotten a handbook for it and i have no clue what it is :-/</p>
<p>Yes commuting is slightly less than dorming but I spend $23 a week on commuting and thats not including food and 2-3 hours wasted everyday commuting.</p>