<p>It’ll be near impossible to commute between LA and SB everyday via public transportation.</p>
<p>I commute between downtown LA and SMC and it takes me 90 minutes one way…and that’s just within the city. </p>
<p>USMC - If you’re up for the drive I’d do it.</p>
<p>erikuh you go to smc? i go there too. let’s meet up soon. you have been the person that has been unmotivating me about merced huh? yeah news flash I still haven’t been accepted there. well I am also from downtown and it is tough, but in the long run I have been cool. I wished there would be something like this to sb, but online I find no buses. what classes you taking this semester? whats your major? and what are your stats? best of luck</p>
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<p>if you had a car it would only take 15 minutes(depending time of day).</p>
<p>Let’s say your classes are Tuesday and Thursday or Monday and Wednesday.</p>
<p>Well you could spend three days of the week over there. Just find a roommate, or better yet, two since you’re not going to mind being crammed up with them since you’re only going to be there three days of the week, split the apartment bill ($400 a month if the bill is $1200), and then head back the final day.</p>
<p>I’m sure it won’t be detrimental to your family if you only spend two full days and half of one at school.</p>
<p>Best of luck, don’t give up, and I hope you end up at UCSD or UCLA.</p>
<p>I know lots of people who manage to get all their classes on tu/th or m/w…I would say join something on the ucsd campus that enables you to register early…say a disability? Anyways I know people who commute two hours and its not bad if you can get all your classes 2-3 days a week.</p>
<p>Edit: Just noticed jetforce kina said this…also Tiberius’ idea is great.</p>
<p>" ($400 a month if the bill is $1200), and then head back the final day."</p>
<p>Why not just spend $400 a month on gas and live at home with his wife and kids?</p>
<p>Also, why would a guy who is settled down with kids, a wife, and a 4 bedroom house want to live with young 20 something year olds and be a roomate, I would have to say yuck if I were him.</p>
<p>I take it your wife is the one working and earning money while you’re in school, so I would just take this time, focus on school and taking care of your kids while your wife works. Friends of mine did something similar. The wife was the main breadwinner throughout undergrad and law school. But by the time her husband graduated UCLA law, he was making enough money to take care of their family without her having to work. Your grad school or law school is more important than your undergrad. If you have grad school plans then you should just try to get really good grades at UCR, then do well on the LSATs or GRE’s and go to a good law school or grad school. </p>
<p>Uprooting your family and having your wife switch jobs isn’t really an option in this horrible economy so I wouldn’t entertain the possibility of moving closer to UCSD. If anything, it would only be a two year commitment so you should just stay where you are.</p>
<p>If you do get into UCLA, just plan your classes around rush hour traffic. It’s a far drive but definitely worth it. If you’re lucky, you can schedule your classes from early in the morning to 5pm, 2 days a week. </p>
<p>I also got accepted to UCSD but my fiance works in Orange County so I will probably go to UCI if I don’t get accepted to UCLA. If I do get accepted to UCLA, we will stay in West LA and he will continue his commute to Orange County.</p>
<p>With either college you go to, to you, they will only feel like buildings where you take classes at. If you were to experience the social aspects of ucsd, I would say go to ucsd, but since you will be taking classes and thats it, I would go to ucr. and 4 hours of driving a day is pretty crazy…</p>
<p>People in the SF Bay Area do that quite regularly. They drive in to work almost 100 miles each way every day. I don’t know how any of them do it, some people I know rent rooms that they live at during the week and go home over the weekend. </p>
<p>Depending on the area of study (meaning how important is the University that you attend to your career), I would still attempt UCSD myself.</p>
<p>But if you got family at home, this is clearly a decision you have to make with them, and not with people on the internet ;)</p>
<p>Best of luck in your educational endeavours.</p>
<p>Ogi</p>