30-01-2012, 06:28 PM
As said I commuted for my first year of uni (2007 
hock: ). I had a DT at the time so doing 100 miles a day wasn't terrible for the wallet especially with diesel prices at the time not being the ridiculous amount they are now.
It depends on the times you have to be in at uni. I was in every day for 9am lectures, then occasionally I would have a mid-afternoon lecture so instead of just driving home again afterwards I'd have to hang around all day. Bear in mind too that this was my first year, so I didn't have so much work I could have been doing between lectures. It was fine at first but it got very tiring being up at 6.30 every day after a late night, to drive for over an hour, sit in a lecture for an hour or two and then another hour home. Plus it makes going out with mates more difficult.
You'd have to work out how much money you'd save by doing the drive 3-4 times a week compared to the £330 that you're currently paying, which isn't really a bad rate. Having done the live and home and commute thing, even if you do save some money over the year it has quite a large pay off on your social life, as well as being generally tired all the time, I'd recommend staying where you are. Plus you have to think about driving in during exams...
hock: ). I had a DT at the time so doing 100 miles a day wasn't terrible for the wallet especially with diesel prices at the time not being the ridiculous amount they are now.It depends on the times you have to be in at uni. I was in every day for 9am lectures, then occasionally I would have a mid-afternoon lecture so instead of just driving home again afterwards I'd have to hang around all day. Bear in mind too that this was my first year, so I didn't have so much work I could have been doing between lectures. It was fine at first but it got very tiring being up at 6.30 every day after a late night, to drive for over an hour, sit in a lecture for an hour or two and then another hour home. Plus it makes going out with mates more difficult.
You'd have to work out how much money you'd save by doing the drive 3-4 times a week compared to the £330 that you're currently paying, which isn't really a bad rate. Having done the live and home and commute thing, even if you do save some money over the year it has quite a large pay off on your social life, as well as being generally tired all the time, I'd recommend staying where you are. Plus you have to think about driving in during exams...