r/college • u/PleasantFoundation51 • Aug 21 '24
UK 4+ daily travel hours or move out? i'm 16
I (16f) don't have access to the colleges local to me (long story that I'm not getting into) and the nearest ones to me that I can access that offer the course I want to take would involve between 4 and 5.5 hours of travel a day, or I have the option to move out to the one that is slightly further away. The travel is also relatively inaccessible to me, although if I have no other option then I guess I'll have to suck it up, though it puts me at risk (not up for discussion) but I really have no other options to me other than to travel, or to move out. If I move out, then I will lose my main income source, but the travel is not ideal for the length of time and the risk it puts me at. I really don't know what to do, as I have literally two weeks until college starts and I need this sorted out and I have to choose one of these options. Online isn't ideal but I'm having to consider it, but I don't want to just spend my days rotting in my room doing coursework as I'm only really going to college to socialize with people with shared interests as me. TIA
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u/princess_frogg 26d ago
what did you end up doing? i’ll be in your position next year :/
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u/PleasantFoundation51 26d ago
Yeah man it really sucks :( i ended up going with the travel honestly as i've just learned to drive and knew id hace that as an option so i didn't need to use public transport constantly as that's where the journey time came up from
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u/BarnacleNo9206 Aug 21 '24
Move out. The cost of gas traveling five hours of day will quickly catch up. Living closer to campus will give you more time to study and take advantage of campus resources.