Commuting 20 mins from home vs on-campus?

XX55XX
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:28:13 +0000

To be honest I really don’t know how having a big commuter population would help. Maybe somebody can clarify that a little bit, because it seems to me that having more people on campus would mean more was going on there, and it’d be easier to find stuff to do even with the inherent disadvantages of commuting.



From my impressions, if there are more commuter students on campus, then the school will tend to be more accommodating towards them. That connotes more officially-sanctioned events for commuters, meal plans for commuters, campus storage space for commuters, etc. Also, a school’s clubs may also tailor their schedules so that commuter students can attend club meetings, etc.