<p>I recently got admitted to UC Berkeley as a transfer student from a community college. I got a scholarship that is going to pay for pretty much all expenses except living. UC Berkeley also has something called the class pass where transit on public bus lines and bart in the area is free. I live about 45 minutes in commute away from the campus. As someone who is getting into the whole university scene late, should I dorm and take out 10k/yr in loans for living and food for the whole college experience or should I just use the free commute and have everything paid for?</p>
<p>I was a transfer student into Kent and don’t worry about the college experience if you are a transfer, there is none. Just take the commute and save the $10,000 to splurge on a nice car after graduation.</p>
<p>dorming is great and that is a pretty long commute so I would reccomend loans/work-study to cover the living costs.</p>