<p>will you get "the college xperience" if you commute to school?</p>
<p>Not nearly so much. If it's a financial necessity, then you do what you have to do. But you miss not only a lot of the experience but a lot of the peer interaction that I think counts for so much in the long run.</p>
<p>it depends what your definition of the "college experience" is.</p>
<p>"college experience" like the ideal image that forms in your head when you think of college. like how they portray it in the movies... frats, rapes, alcohol, metting your spouse, etc</p>
<p>ohh, i like the "x" in the experience.</p>
<p>proton: <em>animal house</em> roflmao</p>
<p>Why do I not think of rape when I think college?</p>
<p>TheDad is 100% right. College is a time for academics and learning, to be sure, but its also a time for growing as a person and exploring other worlds. So much of what you remember from college isn't a lecture from some 9am class but talks you had with friends, things you learned from them, things you did together. You miss a lot of this when you aren't around the campus except to attend class and take tests.</p>
<p>well you will still get A college experience but it will be significantly different than someone who goes off to school. I live in a college town and alot of people stay here for college. Their freshman year is almost like the 13th grade. My brother went off to school and by the time he came home for christmas break he felt like he didnt have much in common with his friends who stayed here. He felt like he had matured alot more than they had. Don't get me wrong the people that stay here and commute for college still have a good time (frats, parties, ect) but I dont think that they get the full college experience.</p>
<p>But cant one stay back in campus till arnd 8-9 pm and then go back home?</p>
<p>Would I still not get that "college experience" ?</p>
<p>no, nothing really happens on campuses until 11 or so</p>