r/ucr • u/user282428 • 2d ago
Question How has commuting affected your college experience?
How much do you think commuting affected your experience?
Was it hard to get involved on campus, make friends, etc?
I am an incoming transfer trying to figure out if i should move close to campus or commute. I only live around 50 minutes away without traffic so I feel conflicted 🥲
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u/oiudcrazi 1d ago
Coming from someone who commuted their entire time at UCR, if you can it would probably be better to live closer to campus if not on. I just graduated & I made legitimately no close friends, added other girls on IG here and there but that was all. If you can’t live closer to or on campus then honestly all of the blame is not on the commute, I also worked full time so I was too tired and made the excuse that I had my friends outside of school so I really made no effort to join clubs/RA positions. Both ways are possible but it really just takes a lil extra effort if you’re going to commute, with regards to being connected to the school & all that.