<p>And can I get a private dorm or will I have to work to pay for an apartment if I choose to live by myself? </p>
<p>Also is a 3hr round commute bad?</p>
<p>A 3 hour commute makes no sense. Why would u want to commute for 3 hours? See if your college has a private dorm, some do and some don’t. If you choose to live by yourself and they don’t have private dorms then, yes, you’d have to pay an apartment.</p>
<p>Just take a moment to imagine driving to and from school for 3 hours. Every day. Twice a day. Imagine that if your classes start at 8 a.m., you’ll need to wake up well before 5 a.m. so you can be out the door and in your car at 5. What if some of your classes start at 7? That would mean your daily wake-up time would be within the range of 3 - 3:30 a.m. Now imagine, after hours upon hours of classes, having to drive home, exhausted, for 3 hours straight. Imagine all the activities you won’t be able to take part in at your university. You’ll essentially only be on campus for class time and thus have little to none social interaction with your peers. What if some classes go on until 4 or 5? You’ll be home at 7 or 8 or even later, and then having to wake up again at around 4 or 5 a.m. When will you have time for the homework? </p>
<p>All in all, a 3 hour commute is ridiculous and incredibly unrealistic. It will drive you crazy by the end of your first week.</p>
<p>Sorry 3hr round</p>
<p>I still don’t think its worth it… that’s 15 hours on the road a week if you have classes everyday.</p>
<p>Yes a three hour round trip commute is too far. </p>
<p>You will have to pay for a dorm, apartment, or any other kind of lodging unless you live with your family. Housing isn’t free. Check the policy of your colleges too. Some require freshmen to live an campus.</p>
<p>Many colleges have single dorms, but they are often difficult to get into because they’re are often more students that want them, then rooms that are available. If you don’t get into a single dorm, see if there’s a waitlist you can get on, and it’s possible that you may be able to move into one during the year. I know several students that did this at my school, so it’s an option to consider.</p>
<p>Yes, if you don’t live on campus, then you’ll have to get an off campus apartment that you would have to pay for in some way (just like you would have to pay for the housing on campus in some way). Depending on where you go to school, living off campus may be more or less expensive than living on campus. Keep in mind that having your own apartment is often expensive, in and of itself, so you may or may not be able to afford it.</p>
<p>Yes, a three hour round trip commute is bad. Whether or not you want to do it will be entirely up to you. If you’re taking a train or bus, it may be better since you can get work done/nap/read/study during your commute, but then you’ll have to take into account public transit being late or other problems. If you’re driving, you’ll have to add in extra time to account for traffic or other problems that could come up, and you may feel like you’re wasting three hours everyday sitting in a car.</p>
<p>It’s also not just about the time. Having a long commute will likely make it harder to do things on campus–meet people, join clubs, go to school events. Even going to class will be THAT much more difficult, because you’ll have to travel an hour and a half to get there. You also won’t be able to run home if you forget something during the day, and you may find yourself with nothing to do if you have gaps between your classes. It’ll be hard and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, but people do it. If you want to do it, then by all means go ahead.</p>
<p>Living in the dorms is nice because you get to be right on campus and meet a lot of people… but I personally cannot stand being in the dorms and I would do anything to have my own room in an apartment!
It is difficult to get a private dorm room, but it is less expensive to share a room (and is fine as long as you do not mind the lack of privacy and possibly a difficult time falling asleep/studying).
I think a 3 hour round commute is too much driving. If I were you, I would probably look for a student apartment near campus.</p>
<p>Its 3 hours of not studying, its that simple. For dorms and stuff, check with the university’s website. There is no one policy across the country regarding dorms. Each university will have its own policy on who lives where and at what cost.</p>