Special tips for freshman commuters?

frank1995
Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:16:29 +0000

I think the biggest advice I have for you is to not act like the stereotypical commuter student.



What is a “stereotypical commuter student”?

Anyway, I’ll get a meal plan that covers lunch, since I don’t intend on coming back home.

Now, a bit more context: my parents are actually moving out of the house. They are kinda tired of taking care of the house (which isn’t big, but is in a semi-rural part of the county so it has a lot of work to be done on the outside) and will live most of the time on a city flat they own. But they don’t plan on selling the house, and kinda left me stuck between living at uni and then paying all costs for dorms (which are insanely expensive and would require loans $$) or staying on the house.

My brother, which will also attend the same university, is going to be living here as well.

I was afraid of missing something important by commuting, but my parents are reluctant on the dorm expense and I don’t think 30 weeks of dorm like are worth the $ 6,000 and not getting the decent car I got to go to college.