Nothing to do in the area outside of campus?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Connecticut
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<p>Every review I've read contradicts the one I read before it. Some say though the ammediate area around campus is rural, a short bus ride can change it, and there is some decent shops for simple things such as water bottles etc in walking distance. I'm not a partyer, and I doubt I'll ever drink a beer. Give me a movie theater, some good restaurants and stores to stock up, and I'm perfectly happy.</p>

<p>Then others say you are in the middle of nowhere, and the campus is your only refuge unless you were stupid enough to bring a car (and managed to park it legally) and then, only then, can you get somewhere worth going.</p>

<p>What is the truth? And is the bus free for students???</p>

<p>And totally random question. I don't watch television much anymore, but it might seem a bit dreary staying in a dorm for long periods of time with no visual entertainment (unless a laptop suffices, and the internet is more convenient than I thought it was). So what is there to do in dorms o.O Playing cards sounds fun for the first few days....but...not for weeks at a time...</p>

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<p>There is a lot to do on campus (including movies and restaurants), but I would say your question requires a subjective answer. The campus bus is, indeed, free. I would say use Google Maps and look at and around the campus yourself. </p>

<p>I would look here: [University</a> of Connecticut Events Calendar](<a href=“http://web2.uconn.edu/wdlcalendar/index.php/2010-03-17/All/All/UConn_Master_Calendar1/]University”>http://web2.uconn.edu/wdlcalendar/index.php/2010-03-17/All/All/UConn_Master_Calendar1/) here: [SUBOG</a> - Student Union Board of Governors - Department of Student Activities - University of Connecticut](<a href=“http://www.subog.uconn.edu/index.php]SUBOG”>Home Page | SUBOG) </p>

<p>Plenty of resources (google other sites as well). Good luck!</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure I (and others) have made posts regarding this on this forum. You’ll find them if you do a quick search.</p>

<p>edit: Maybe those posts aren’t as detailed as I thought. I’ll try and post a response here sometime this weekend.</p>

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<p>Hi. I’m going to uconn as a freshman this year and I live about 20 minutes away from campus. There really isn’t anything directly surrounding the campus but I know they provide buses to buckland hills mall and the movies is right near there. I assure you that everything you’ll ever need to do is a short drive away</p>

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<p>The real question is: Are there any golf courses near the campus?</p>

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<p>Bob, there are, but not directly on the campus.</p>

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<p>Good enough for me.</p>

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<p>I need to go NYC during Weekends to check up on the family is there bus from NYC and to NYC?</p>

<p>I have no problem taking the train but I’ll be doing a lot of transfering and cab driving and I’m just wondering if there is a cheaper way?</p>

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<p>To my knowledge, there is one.</p>

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<p>Is it free? Or is that included in the Transportation cost?</p>

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<p>We are from North Jersey and as the mother of a future student this was an important question for me.</p>

<p>There is a Peter Pan bus which leaves campus daily, has a stop over in Hartford and continues on to NYC. Appears it is a 4 hour trip and costs $39.</p>

<p>You can also catch the bus to Hartford and then pick up Amtrak but I did not look into the particulars of that route.</p>

<p>Hope this info helps.</p>

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<p>That’s not very accurate. It’s only $39 1-way. It’s around 70 round trip… Also, it’s terribly a terribly inefficient way to travel. don’t underestimate the stop in Hartford. I’ve taken this bus and you could find yourself sitting at the Hartford bus station for easily an hour. I don’t know about the possibility of the Amtrak, but you’d probably have to add another stop over in New Haven if you took the Amtrak</p>

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<p>However, the bus station is the same place as the Amtrak station.</p>

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<p>So what’s cheaper the bus or the train? How far is the bus terminal from UCONN?</p>

<p>The times I took Amtrak they were expense(to me) but I was going checking out BU which is farther than UCONN.</p>

<p>I thought there was some sort of Bus service on Campus that you can take to get into NY then take it back?</p>

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Storrs is in the middle of nowhere, that’s for sure. You’re surrounded by forest and farmland (which can be nice). There are buses to Eastbrook mall (which, to be honest, is not much of a mall). There are things to do on campus; parties, clubs and organizations, etc. The student union theater does show movies a few weeks after they’re out of (real) theaters; the closest real theater is in Eastbrook mall, which is a 15 minute drive. I go there with my friends all the time. There’s also the Buckland Hills mall in Manchester about 25 minutes drive; Buckland is huge and Manchester is full of things to do.</p>

<p>There are definitely convenience stores and the like on campus, and the restaurant situation is great. There’s the usual run of pizza places (Sgt Peps, Husky Pizza, Randy’s Wooster Street, Red Brick, Dominos, etc), grinders (Ted’s), wings (bunch of places but mainly Wings Over Storrs), calzones (DP Dough), Indian (Wings Express), Mexican (Senor Pepes), Thai (Jao Praya), Japanese/Chinese/sushi (Oriental Cafe), burgers and hotdogs (Incredible Burgers and Dogs, Jack Rabbits), Turkish/Mediterranean (Sara’s Pockets), plus Subway, Friendly’s, Blimpies, and there’s Wendy’s and Panda Express in the student union; there’s probably a couple that I’m missing but you get the point.</p>

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This is true, to an extent; if you want to get to malls and movies and bigger/more stores, you need a car. The parking situation on campus is awful, so most students (or at least, me) try to avoid driving during the week unless they have to. Parking during the weekends is usually not an issue.</p>

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Uh… anything? It’s a bunch of people in their rooms that bring things from home. TV, video games, movies, drinking, parties, reading, guitars and instruments, hanging out, eating, sleeping, etc. It’s not prison, you know.</p>

<p>There’s a lot to do when you venture out of the dorms also. Everything already mentioned above, the gym, library, hiking trails, sports, clubs, various talks and lectures, dances and events, etc.</p>

<p>All that said, it’s certainly not like living in or next to a city.</p>