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05-09-2008, 05:11 AM
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#16 | | Junior Member
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| 20mi away + 405 north + morning classes = f***!! | 
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05-09-2008, 07:07 AM
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#17 | | Member
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| I know someone who commuted from San Diego. Anything is possible. It helps to know someone where you can crash if things get late, or where you can spend the night in advance of an early test. | |
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05-09-2008, 04:35 PM
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#18 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern Cali Gender: Female
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| They commuted from San Diego?! That's crazy talk right there. Your friend must have spent a fortune on gas. Now I don't feel so bad. 
P.S. I agree...8am classes are the work of the devil. | |
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05-09-2008, 05:40 PM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New York City
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| Umm i am going to be commuting form San Diego for 1 quarter to finish my degree. Crap i didnt even consider gas prices lol. Ohh well. no choice in the matter, parents live in SD and i live in NYC w/hubby so no way are we going to rent out a place in LA on top of all other expenses. | |
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05-09-2008, 07:25 PM
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#20 | | Member
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| if only i had teleportation power like the movie jumper | |
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05-11-2008, 02:54 AM
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#21 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern Cali Gender: Female
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| lol I wish. My life would be so less stressful.
At least you only have to commute that far for one last quarter. It will be worth 10 weeks of chaos if you know you will be getting your degree at the end of it.
btw, it is so depressing that I just put $50 of gas into my car and it still doesn't have a full tank. | |
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06-07-2008, 05:58 PM
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#22 | | Junior Member
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| Just wanted to bump this. In light of the crappy housing offers many are receiving, is anyone else considering commuting instead? | |
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06-07-2008, 06:09 PM
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#23 | | Junior Member
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| im telling you guys the truth- you will want to kill yourself if you plan on commuting. you have to keep in mind that the level of traffic on the westside is a whole level up from the already disgusting so-cal traffic. you are going to be sitting behind the wheel, boxed in with traffic, thinking about all the studying you could have been doing, that workout you wish you had time for, the girlfriend you never see.. its awful guys and its simply not avoidable. | |
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06-07-2008, 07:03 PM
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#24 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern Cali Gender: Female
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| I'm honestly not looking forward to commuting either, but for those students who cannot afford to live on campus like myself, it's a better alternative than not going at all.
I think it sucks that I claim myself as an independent for tax purposes, but for FAFSA purposes I am classified as a dependent. Seriously lame. | |
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06-07-2008, 07:18 PM
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#25 | | Junior Member
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| ^ you are right that it beats not going at all. i suggest getting satellite radio to keep your sanity. | |
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06-07-2008, 07:55 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New York City
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| i just want to point out that as a commuter you do learn the bes time to drive - there are ways around being boxed in a car.
You might leave the house 30 min earlier, stay on campus a bit later, arrive a bit earlier, etc, and just study more but trust me you do not have to be in traffic for the most part if you do not want to. | |
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06-07-2008, 08:33 PM
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#27 | | Junior Member
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| ^that would be true if people were able to design any schedule they wanted but at ucla you might very well get stuck with classes at unpleasant times... and in LA traffic is unpleasant from literally 7:15AM until about 9:00pm. Thursday/friday/ can be a whole other beast in the evening with bar traffic. It is true that there are surface street routes which can be less awful, but still not fun. Ive been fighting the battle driving over to that side of town from the pasadena area, at a wide range of times, for years and experimented with countless routes. It always sucks  | |
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06-08-2008, 12:38 PM
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#28 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New York City
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| I drove from the valley and i had weird schedules always, but i worked around it. by working around it i mean that if i left at 6am i would get there at 630am .... vs if i left at like 7am i would get there at 830am.
And i only lived like 10 miles away.
The worst was when i was driving home once to San Diego, and it took 7 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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06-08-2008, 03:45 PM
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#29 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern Cali Gender: Female
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| I thought I read somewhere on the UCLA website that parking doesn't open up until 7:30. Is that not accurate then?
I can't imagine I would have too weird of a schedule for my first quarter or two because there are so many classes I have to take that I could just hopefully rig it to where I have a nice schedule. *hopefully*
btw, 7 hours to get to San Diego? I cringe just thinking about that. ugh... | |
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06-08-2008, 04:53 PM
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#30 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New York City
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| a lot of times the bars on the parking structure are broken
check first b4 buying the parking thing... you might get a ticket but most likely you wont | |
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