as someone who commuted 2h each way to uni for 1 year, this is also depressingly relatable... except for the car. all I had were monthly payments for public transport lmao
Same! I had to move out of my family home, but I live with my Aunt and she does home cooked meals every Saturday. I take the train to class (about 1hr15) and I use it to do homework or watch RUclips/play games. Dorms would have come out to around 1k a month, but instead I'm paying $400 and I have my own room along with all the normal house amenities. I lived in dorms for a year, which was okay, but this is much preferable
Oh gosh, it's always super embarrassing too. I'm in my car while it's charging, which is right near the daycare center. So while I'm trying to nap, a bunch of little kids are being picked up from their school and passing me by and looking into my car to see what I'm doing in the backseat 😭 I'm just trying to nap!!
Legit me my entire time at uni. Lived with my folks on a property just outside the town, and drove in every day. Worth it though, cause I got to keep all my pets, cheap rent, and didn't have to share a kitchen with 15 other people. Honestly my parents were less nosy than some of my uni friends' roommates.
@@madeleineprice3556 nah, I pay a third of the rent and my parents save that money they aren't spending on rent for retirement. I pay my share of the bills too. Just cause someone loves at home doesn't mean their parents are doing everything for them.
As a past commuter student in college, this is 100% true lol 😂. I didn't talk to anyone outside of my classes/majors and every day driving home just to do work then crash at 12 or 1 am only to turn around to get back on the road by 4/5 am to get to class by 8 or 9 was awful. It was torture but I wouldn't trade those experiences for the world because I got to sleep in my own bed and be with my parents.
@@kyleanderson1717 - No, my commute time was about 2:30 hours depending on traffic. The late timeline referred more to my academic schedule as a double major student in the sciences. I had late afternoon labs, endless presentations, and tests to prepare for hence staying up late and returning to the road by 4 or 5 am to make it to an 8/ 9 am class. There is a lot of traffic in my area (especially on the highway) and when bad weather strikes it can be a real mess so I would always try to get up to campus with time to spear before my 1st class (that didn't always work out lol 😂).
bro I didn't expect to be called out like this the "I only interact with my parents and the people who sit next to me every day" and "I have an hour break between classes" is so accurate it's unnerving lol
I had a 30-45min commute depending on traffic. I hated traffic and I hated long breaks in between classes so I scheduled my classes starting at 8 or 8:30am and stacked them one right after another as much as I could. Yeah it's an 8am class but you know what? No traffic, I always got amazing parking spots, and even if I had to take four classes in a day, I'd be done by 12pm, just in time to go home and have lunch then work on hw.
@@battomon5554i mean if you are getting c's/ barely passing then you better be parting hard or having a ton of fun otherwise you are just kind of a loser
Pfft- I live an hour and a half away from where I attend my six-form. I live in the UK so when ever I tell someone this they have a small heart attack because nearly everyone lives within 10 mins of driving from school.
As someone who commuted 20 minutes to college and had 3+ hour gaps in between some classes, I made sure no time was wasted going back home. I kept a sleeping bag in my car along with a pillow, earplugs, one or two more blankets depending on the weather, and a note I taped to my window to tell the security guard I was just sleeping, not dead. No, my car was not big enough to lay down in. Yes, I did it anyway. Classes were early, coffee gives me the bad tummy, and nap time must be maximized.
I lived 35 minutes away and relate to this so much. I practically dropped out because I was so miserable and lonely. My mom still won’t admit to the fact I would’ve been a lot more social these days if I would’ve been able to live on campus.
Sometimes these corporations are not making the clothes for kids they are making them for little people that has to shop in the kids section but I just feel that those people need a section for themselves that way they won't have to shop in the kids section.
As an introvert, this is the perfect lifestyle As can have as much social interaction as I need and manage to handle and than I can F off home and be there in no time. Also, I have my cat at home. Much butter getting some work done with him purring next to me than some folk always wanting to chat or go for a smoke every 5 minutes.
I kind of commuted- stayed in dorms but went back home on a lot of weekends, since I was in-state, so gas didn't rack up too much of a cost. While that situation was unique, I do think my social life suffered, and I regret not doing more on campus and with my friends.
Same, I’m a junior rn and as much as I love being able to go home so easily and see my pets and sleep in my real bed, I’m beginning to really regret not leaving my comfort zone and spending my spare weekends there instead of exploring or socializing :// I blame the unfortunate timing of the pandemic tho, my social anxiety is sm worse since I had to isolate so when I was a freshman I was rlly on the edge lol
@@endeavor1664bro the pandemic ruined it for me too😭 My last two years of high school were spent in isolation and then it felt like out of nowhere i was at college and i forgot how to socialize. I barely made friends and was so miserable even when i was living on campus. I was literally not prepared at all. Im still bitter about it💀
Living off-campus with a 20 minutes commute was sooo worth it, had a 5br house with my best friends, paid $350/mo in rent vs. a $1200/mo one-room 2-person dorm with no privacy. Highly recommend, didn’t make a lot of new friends but graduating debt-free was worth it
As a former commuter in college, this is painfully accurate. Even worse when you live with your parents through college. I had no social life, but at least I didn't have more debt. 🙃 It was not worth it.
@@HighLevelPlayer If you spend four years depressed, isolated, sad, and with a bad quality of life at the end of the day, then for some people would rather pay to avoid that.
@@HighLevelPlayer Oh, gotcha. I can talk a little bit about my experience. I'm in my last year of college now, and I can tell you that, for me, staying on campus all four years was the right decision. The main reasons for me: -Housing is very cheap where my university is, but there's almost none within walking distance, and I don't have a car -Socialization and the campus environment are pretty important to me. I'm not a partier or a drinker--never even been to a college party--I just enjoy being near to my friends and things/activities. Off campus I would feel very isolated and disconnected -My focus and productivity are very dependent on location, environment, mood, and general mental state. I know that the mental shift between "school" and "home" would be pretty bad for my ability to get work done -Until this past year, I didn't feel ready for the independence of living off-campus -The upperclass dorms here are pretty nice A couple of compounding factors: I have ADHD, which indirectly informs quite a lot of this list. You probably won't have my problems if you have a decent internal motivation. Also, importantly, I was lucky enough to get a full tuition scholarship--my total costs were not _that_ expensive in the scheme of things. Living off campus would have made college "free," but I just wasn't as worried about saving where I could to begin with. So yeah, if you are consistently self-motivated, can get/afford somewhere nearby, can get somewhere with a group of close friends, debt is a concern, or on-campus housing options aren’t very good (I would have moved off campus anyway if staying meant no kitchen, for example), then going off campus could very well be a good decision for you. At the end of the day it's up to you to weigh that
@@HighLevelPlayerlive on campus, seriously, most of the people who I’ve talked to who commuted felt lonely and out of the college community with no real group of friends since they just…weren’t there and at home
Holy shit this was me for almost 10 YEARS of Biology 😭 I did not retain a single college friend, the grind was too important. I also worked, so at times I'd have 4 classes and then need to head straight from campus to work. People who could afford to stay on campus AND not work were so wild of a concept to me. And those bitches STILL needed my help to pass courses smfh
This is a very interesting perspective of "commute" to Americans. I myself had a 1h20 commute to uni but in public transports. Plenty of people shared my pain 😂
How does that work? How do you all have universities so close to where you grew up? Living on your own and having an existing social life (aka not your parents) in university is normal in Europe too, it's not an American thing.
@@baguettegott3409 Here in Australia we only have a handful of large cities, usually one per state, sometimes two, and all of the universities are in or around those cities (most of them being around two cities particularly, Melbourne and Sydney). Our population is very small and like 90% of that population is grouped around that small handful of cities on the coast, so it's very likely you'll already live near a bunch of universities. Where I live, 30 minutes outside of Melbourne, there's like a dozen universities within an hour of me. I was not talking about not having a "social life" or living on your own, but rather having your entire life revolve around doing social events at college. We don't have that here - pretty much the only people that live on campus are international students and they aren't usually the most social types.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 Oh I see. I was assuming you were referencing the video you were commenting under, with the "the only people I know are the ones sitting next to me and I decline all invitations to hang out outside of university" thing. We don't have any living ON campus either. The normal thing is to live in your university town, and close enough to quickly walk/bike/take public transport. And social events would also happen off campus, but still in town, so the people commuting in from out of town can never really be there (in my expeirence). But all of this would be different in really massive cities of course.
Its only $400 a year to commute 20ish miles a day to and from in a car (40ish total miles a day). 15 weeks of college so 75 days of commuting. If you have a gas mileage of 30 mpg then it is roughly 100 gallons of gas needed to commute the entire year. With gas prices at say $3.50 (current where I live) your looking at somewhere around $350 in gas per year. Good deal in my opinion.
Honestly with how much I saved on housing the gas cost was well worth it. I went to school for a degree, not to socialize. I had plenty of friends away from campus that weren’t students.
You're not gonna trick me into thinking commuting is bad. My buddy lives on campus, and he knows about as many people as I do. He doesn't get to party or do anything cooler than me either. Also, i only have to get gas every other month, so it's not that much. Since I'm not paying for rent or food it's a steal. I got no loans or anything, I just pay out of pocket. It might be lonely but if I paid for a dorm and all that I'd be lonely and in debt so I'd rather be where I am.
Yeah, I thought I knew everything about american culture at this point but I didn't know that commuting in college was something this opposite of ideal? That's just normal from where I am
College is truly what u make of it. It can be very boring if u want it to be, and very interesting if u explore and try new things. I recommend being brave, I’ve been rlly boring and I regret the wacky shit I’ve missed lol
It depends. you can NPC it through and never interact with a single soul or you can party all the time or you can go to clubs and do that for a while. College made me depressed and anti-social though even though i was outgoing and sporty in HS. Used to class clown it up now I’m very apathetic to others
@@ogheroscould you explain why you changed? Do you think college caused it, or was it just a personality change that you went through regardless of college?
SO MANY of my acquaintances live like this, and they just don't believe me when I tell them they miss out. Living on your own is incredible, truly, you have no idea if you've never done it, and I can't tell you how many of these acquaintances would be friends if only it was ever possible to spend time outside of uni with them.
Driving to school took over an hour. Everytime I had to go anywhere on campus, I had to reaaaaally weigh the pros of going. ....ofc the cons won 99% of the time and I stayed home and slept in
Bro, as a guy who is a commuter, this is exactly how it works. We never talk to anyone, except the people around us. Don’t forget that we call our mom’s on our drive home.
Damn, I'm a first-year right now. I have a little over an hour commute each way. I can confirm I only interact with my family and the person next to me in class.
Too accurate, it hurts 😅 For anyone going to college, make sure you dorm with other students if you want a real experience. Commuting meant barely making friends and missing lots of parties/bonding with others, and if you still live at home, your parents will still make you do chores around the house, plus they’ll expect you home at reasonable hours-it just isn’t the same experience.
This is too true. My college actually has an off-campus bus route close to where I live, so it's just a two minute drive to a parking lot and then hoping in the bus. But I can easily lose over two hours to commute every day, which is really annoying. Can't really go home in-between classes so I gotta shape make my schedule every semester with that in mind. And then my freshman year was covid year, so literally my only friends were my roommate and some dude named Tim who I got put in a group with and shared two online classes with. Shit honestly sucks, I should've just lived on campus
The 40 minute drive home was one of the main reasons i didnt do anything at college. I loved with family since it was far cheaper. Never really made any friends on campus since my schedule kept chanung snd never knew someone for more than a semater. 5 years, never a single party, sports game, or college outing.
I commute but I live within walking distance of my college so it really does save money. Not being part of the dorm social stuff is pretty rough though.
I commuted to college for 5 years. No car a good 90% of the time. Took the public bus. It humbles you for sure, but I don't regret living at home during that time.
I lived 5 minutes away. Most of this doesn't apply to me but MAN, that "the only people I know are the people i sit next to" is so true. Especially since I went and graduated during COVID.
Commuted 40 mins 4 days a week for 2 years. Spent maybe 3k on gas if I stretch those numbers. But you do start talking to your car after a certain while.
for me it’s the exact opposite. i live on campus and my friend commutes. she is always introducing me to someone new or waving to half the people who walk by or inviting me to different club events she’s apart of. she’s the only person i know. i’ve lived here for 2 years.
I was a commuter student. I met people other than those next to me in classes by joining school clubs. (And I also praise my car when she does well. She drives better that way.)
What's REALLY fun is sleeping in your car on those days you have an 8AM class and then a 2pm and 3pm class. Or go to the library and read for five hours.
“oh I usually just touch the wall and then head back to campus”
Had me dying 😂
too real!
Not entirely
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Sounds like my friend who commuted 8h home and 8h back each weekend at uni
This is me rn, spending 10 hrs at uni then going home to sleep before commuting back early in the morning
“What about Saturday?”
“I’ll text you when I find parking”
I’m using that as an excuse from now on 😂
Clearly he lives in New York 😩
@@nerrissarichards ☠️
Let me know how that goes
@@nerrissarichards You're the AT&T of people.
As someone who commuted 40 minutes each way to college for 2 years, this is depressingly relatable
as someone who commuted 2h each way to uni for 1 year, this is also depressingly relatable... except for the car. all I had were monthly payments for public transport lmao
Definitely! I commuted an hour both ways to my university for 4 years. Oddly it ended up being cheaper than a dorm and meal plan.
I _walked_ about 40 minutes each way. 🤷♂️
But, yeah, I missed a lot of the social stuff.
@@richardquiroz4808po
What is commuting?
Damn this was me for 4 years lmao
"I only interact with my parents and the people who sit right next to me in class" hit my soul
I mean that's good tho right 😂
Despite going home every day, since I'd knock out almost immediately, I still felt like my sisters grew up out of nowhere.
@@jeo1812feel that one
Me rn 😭
I didn't even know that wasn't particularly normal....re-evaluating my whole life right now
This was me for a solid two years. However, I did get to eat my mom's home-cooked food.
A win is a win.
I live in a hostel right now and I definitely agree with you
Yeah and also you can save a lot of money
This was me in CC, except my parents were never home and I had to take care of my younger brother
Same! I had to move out of my family home, but I live with my Aunt and she does home cooked meals every Saturday. I take the train to class (about 1hr15) and I use it to do homework or watch RUclips/play games. Dorms would have come out to around 1k a month, but instead I'm paying $400 and I have my own room along with all the normal house amenities. I lived in dorms for a year, which was okay, but this is much preferable
That's a gargantuan win!
Nah they missed the part where we nap in our cars through our breaks in between classes!
Hah yes! Had to pack breakfast, lunch, and dinner 6 days a week to get there early and park in the good spot for midday nap time lol
It was the library lounge/cafe area for me 😭
I used to keep the heater on in the car and climb in the back for a 2-hour nap. My mom would have been so pissed if she ever found out. 😅
Oh gosh, it's always super embarrassing too. I'm in my car while it's charging, which is right near the daycare center. So while I'm trying to nap, a bunch of little kids are being picked up from their school and passing me by and looking into my car to see what I'm doing in the backseat 😭 I'm just trying to nap!!
i used to go to walmart, grab lunch, and chill in my car in the walmart parking lot through my breaks between classes
“I only interact with the people that sit next to me every day”
I felt that 🥲
The accuracy
As someone who had an hour commute to college for years this is eeriely accurate
Saaame
Twins 😪
Omg thats torturous
same except i couldn't take it anymore and got dorm housing
Legit me my entire time at uni. Lived with my folks on a property just outside the town, and drove in every day. Worth it though, cause I got to keep all my pets, cheap rent, and didn't have to share a kitchen with 15 other people. Honestly my parents were less nosy than some of my uni friends' roommates.
Pets make it worth it 100%. There r people everywhere but the only place I can see my dog is at home LOL
Cheap rent? you mean no rent?
@@madeleineprice3556 nah, I pay a third of the rent and my parents save that money they aren't spending on rent for retirement.
I pay my share of the bills too. Just cause someone loves at home doesn't mean their parents are doing everything for them.
@@TeganThrussellYour parents make you pay rent? Yikes😬 those are some shit parents
As someone with a 30min commute to class 5 days a week, this is 100% accurate
The joys of living in a sprawling car-centric environment
Should've thought twice about where to be born then!
I did the same with a train it still sucks.
I was a commuter every single day of college. I feel this on a spiritual level.
He’s the cutest and my favorite
As a past commuter student in college, this is 100% true lol 😂.
I didn't talk to anyone outside of my classes/majors and every day driving home just to do work then crash at 12 or 1 am only to turn around to get back on the road by 4/5 am to get to class by 8 or 9 was awful. It was torture but I wouldn't trade those experiences for the world because I got to sleep in my own bed and be with my parents.
Dawg are you saying you had a 4 hour commute
@@kyleanderson1717 - No, my commute time was about 2:30 hours depending on traffic. The late timeline referred more to my academic schedule as a double major student in the sciences. I had late afternoon labs, endless presentations, and tests to prepare for hence staying up late and returning to the road by 4 or 5 am to make it to an 8/ 9 am class. There is a lot of traffic in my area (especially on the highway) and when bad weather strikes it can be a real mess so I would always try to get up to campus with time to spear before my 1st class (that didn't always work out lol 😂).
@@cinemacritic4801 sleep at least 8 hours man. Less than that isn't worth it unless you want to be a CEO on the next tech company.
His cute little smirk at the end is adorable❤
I wonder if his sausage is cut or not and what his mouth and butt gases smell like.
Luckily my uni had a coach that drives from where I live to the uni campus which is about 40 mins away. Made my life so much easier!
bro I didn't expect to be called out like this the "I only interact with my parents and the people who sit next to me every day" and "I have an hour break between classes" is so accurate it's unnerving lol
“oh i usually just touch the outside wall and then get back in my car” had me rolling😂
Thanks for the likes!
i’m lucky my mom lives just next door bro. commute is max 10 mins walking. she made me homemade food as well so it was the best option to take.
Best of both worlds!
damnnnn what a hack
I had a 30-45min commute depending on traffic. I hated traffic and I hated long breaks in between classes so I scheduled my classes starting at 8 or 8:30am and stacked them one right after another as much as I could. Yeah it's an 8am class but you know what? No traffic, I always got amazing parking spots, and even if I had to take four classes in a day, I'd be done by 12pm, just in time to go home and have lunch then work on hw.
This is why I love commuting to school that’s 5 minutes away from my house and I only have to go there two times a week 🥳
I definitely have a massive crush on him.
me too 😓
fair.100% fAIR.
same😭
Same bro now he has a gf
Me too XD I feel so called out with ur comment
Edit: respectfully ofc
the pep talk and praise to the car every time you finally get out of your last class and are on the way home for the final time that day :’D too real
He does the bare minimum.......... bc no one needs to go all out..... its college lmao😂
Cs get degrees
This some shit I’d expect to hear about middle school, are y’all not putting any effort into university and going into insane debt for nothing? 😭
@@maddiesmenagerie8853No I’m putting no effort into University And My Job so I can watch my bank account make a sine wave every month.
@@maddiesmenagerie8853you don't need to get all A's to pass, and you definitely don't need to socialize
@@battomon5554i mean if you are getting c's/ barely passing then you better be parting hard or having a ton of fun otherwise you are just kind of a loser
As an introvert this is highly relateable as well lol.
Pfft- I live an hour and a half away from where I attend my six-form. I live in the UK so when ever I tell someone this they have a small heart attack because nearly everyone lives within 10 mins of driving from school.
why is nobody talking about how fine this man is
I live 8 minutes from my campus but I totally felt that "I only know the people that sit next to me in class everyday"
As someone who commuted 20 minutes to college and had 3+ hour gaps in between some classes, I made sure no time was wasted going back home. I kept a sleeping bag in my car along with a pillow, earplugs, one or two more blankets depending on the weather, and a note I taped to my window to tell the security guard I was just sleeping, not dead. No, my car was not big enough to lay down in. Yes, I did it anyway. Classes were early, coffee gives me the bad tummy, and nap time must be maximized.
As someone who has an hour drive to college AND HAS A MINI VAN I can relate. Now I’m debt free and have no friends.
I lived 35 minutes away and relate to this so much. I practically dropped out because I was so miserable and lonely. My mom still won’t admit to the fact I would’ve been a lot more social these days if I would’ve been able to live on campus.
I commuted all 4 years of college and made a bunch of friends, you're just not as social or extroverted as you think😂
"mike.....??"
"mike smith."
"yea i dont know any mikes."
MY MAN WHY DID U ASK THEN 😭
Stop this is literally me even first names I ask who knowing that I know all of 3 people 😭😭
@@Tismcrochet 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭
Cause you have too 😂😂
As a guy who has been living off campus for the entirety of his degree, the part about not knowing anyone at college hits really hard and close
as someone who lives on campus, i also only interact with my parents and the people i sit next to in classes
are you in the US or another country? Why don’t you talk to people in your apartment or dorm?
@@flashknight7720 i definitely could do that, i'm just incredibly antisocial
I love that you can tell he’s about to crack at the end
🥺i only interact with my parents and people who sit next to me in class, unexpectedly cute
Sometimes these corporations are not making the clothes for kids they are making them for little people that has to shop in the kids section but I just feel that those people need a section for themselves that way they won't have to shop in the kids section.
As someone who commuted an hour to university both ways for my entire undergraduate program, this hits too close to home.
As an introvert, this is the perfect lifestyle
As can have as much social interaction as I need and manage to handle and than I can F off home and be there in no time.
Also, I have my cat at home. Much butter getting some work done with him purring next to me than some folk always wanting to chat or go for a smoke every 5 minutes.
I kind of commuted- stayed in dorms but went back home on a lot of weekends, since I was in-state, so gas didn't rack up too much of a cost. While that situation was unique, I do think my social life suffered, and I regret not doing more on campus and with my friends.
Same, I’m a junior rn and as much as I love being able to go home so easily and see my pets and sleep in my real bed, I’m beginning to really regret not leaving my comfort zone and spending my spare weekends there instead of exploring or socializing ://
I blame the unfortunate timing of the pandemic tho, my social anxiety is sm worse since I had to isolate so when I was a freshman I was rlly on the edge lol
@@endeavor1664bro the pandemic ruined it for me too😭 My last two years of high school were spent in isolation and then it felt like out of nowhere i was at college and i forgot how to socialize. I barely made friends and was so miserable even when i was living on campus. I was literally not prepared at all. Im still bitter about it💀
@@endeavor1664our age group literally needs collective therapy for anxiety bc of the pandemic i swear
Living off-campus with a 20 minutes commute was sooo worth it, had a 5br house with my best friends, paid $350/mo in rent vs. a $1200/mo one-room 2-person dorm with no privacy. Highly recommend, didn’t make a lot of new friends but graduating debt-free was worth it
"I only talk to my parents and whoever I sit next to in class" 💀💀 I knew this one would be relatable but OW
I only talk to my classmates and my parents, that's it. Commuting to college every day was my reality.
As a former commuter in college, this is painfully accurate. Even worse when you live with your parents through college. I had no social life, but at least I didn't have more debt. 🙃
It was not worth it.
The crap social life wasn't worth the money you saved in debt?
@@HighLevelPlayer If you spend four years depressed, isolated, sad, and with a bad quality of life at the end of the day, then for some people would rather pay to avoid that.
@@incognitoburrito6020 I'm just asking for clarification, since I'm in a position to decide whether to remain a commuter or live on campus.
@@HighLevelPlayer Oh, gotcha. I can talk a little bit about my experience. I'm in my last year of college now, and I can tell you that, for me, staying on campus all four years was the right decision. The main reasons for me:
-Housing is very cheap where my university is, but there's almost none within walking distance, and I don't have a car
-Socialization and the campus environment are pretty important to me. I'm not a partier or a drinker--never even been to a college party--I just enjoy being near to my friends and things/activities. Off campus I would feel very isolated and disconnected
-My focus and productivity are very dependent on location, environment, mood, and general mental state. I know that the mental shift between "school" and "home" would be pretty bad for my ability to get work done
-Until this past year, I didn't feel ready for the independence of living off-campus
-The upperclass dorms here are pretty nice
A couple of compounding factors: I have ADHD, which indirectly informs quite a lot of this list. You probably won't have my problems if you have a decent internal motivation. Also, importantly, I was lucky enough to get a full tuition scholarship--my total costs were not _that_ expensive in the scheme of things. Living off campus would have made college "free," but I just wasn't as worried about saving where I could to begin with.
So yeah, if you are consistently self-motivated, can get/afford somewhere nearby, can get somewhere with a group of close friends, debt is a concern, or on-campus housing options aren’t very good (I would have moved off campus anyway if staying meant no kitchen, for example), then going off campus could very well be a good decision for you. At the end of the day it's up to you to weigh that
@@HighLevelPlayerlive on campus, seriously, most of the people who I’ve talked to who commuted felt lonely and out of the college community with no real group of friends since they just…weren’t there and at home
Holy shit this was me for almost 10 YEARS of Biology 😭 I did not retain a single college friend, the grind was too important. I also worked, so at times I'd have 4 classes and then need to head straight from campus to work.
People who could afford to stay on campus AND not work were so wild of a concept to me. And those bitches STILL needed my help to pass courses smfh
A car is a pet for a man 😂
This is a very interesting perspective of "commute" to Americans. I myself had a 1h20 commute to uni but in public transports. Plenty of people shared my pain 😂
This is just normal university life in Australia. We do not have the same type of "college culture" as in the US.
How does that work? How do you all have universities so close to where you grew up? Living on your own and having an existing social life (aka not your parents) in university is normal in Europe too, it's not an American thing.
@@baguettegott3409 Here in Australia we only have a handful of large cities, usually one per state, sometimes two, and all of the universities are in or around those cities (most of them being around two cities particularly, Melbourne and Sydney). Our population is very small and like 90% of that population is grouped around that small handful of cities on the coast, so it's very likely you'll already live near a bunch of universities. Where I live, 30 minutes outside of Melbourne, there's like a dozen universities within an hour of me. I was not talking about not having a "social life" or living on your own, but rather having your entire life revolve around doing social events at college. We don't have that here - pretty much the only people that live on campus are international students and they aren't usually the most social types.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 Oh I see. I was assuming you were referencing the video you were commenting under, with the "the only people I know are the ones sitting next to me and I decline all invitations to hang out outside of university" thing.
We don't have any living ON campus either. The normal thing is to live in your university town, and close enough to quickly walk/bike/take public transport. And social events would also happen off campus, but still in town, so the people commuting in from out of town can never really be there (in my expeirence).
But all of this would be different in really massive cities of course.
"I only interact with my parents and the people I sit next to everday"
Most relatable, since im tryna do school then leave.
"WhAt ArE yOu oN aBoUt?" 💀💀
This is so unbelievably real
this is genuinely me on every level the minute i’m not required to be on campus im gone
This is one of the most realistic skits 😂
As a commuter, I finally understand those "why is this so accurate" comments😂
Its only $400 a year to commute 20ish miles a day to and from in a car (40ish total miles a day). 15 weeks of college so 75 days of commuting. If you have a gas mileage of 30 mpg then it is roughly 100 gallons of gas needed to commute the entire year. With gas prices at say $3.50 (current where I live) your looking at somewhere around $350 in gas per year. Good deal in my opinion.
Honestly with how much I saved on housing the gas cost was well worth it. I went to school for a degree, not to socialize. I had plenty of friends away from campus that weren’t students.
You're not gonna trick me into thinking commuting is bad. My buddy lives on campus, and he knows about as many people as I do. He doesn't get to party or do anything cooler than me either. Also, i only have to get gas every other month, so it's not that much. Since I'm not paying for rent or food it's a steal. I got no loans or anything, I just pay out of pocket. It might be lonely but if I paid for a dorm and all that I'd be lonely and in debt so I'd rather be where I am.
Its mind-blowing realizing that Americans can't just walk to a bar or a department store because everything is 30 miles away from everything else
Yeah, I thought I knew everything about american culture at this point but I didn't know that commuting in college was something this opposite of ideal? That's just normal from where I am
RELATABLE "I only interact with my parents and the people who sit next to me in class everyday" 😢
Yall fr make college seem interesting lmaoooo.
Same, I guess I'll see if that's true next year
It’s extremely interesting. Everyday is a new day, you never really know what’s gonna happen or who you are gonna meet
College is truly what u make of it. It can be very boring if u want it to be, and very interesting if u explore and try new things. I recommend being brave, I’ve been rlly boring and I regret the wacky shit I’ve missed lol
It depends. you can NPC it through and never interact with a single soul or you can party all the time or you can go to clubs and do that for a while. College made me depressed and anti-social though even though i was outgoing and sporty in HS. Used to class clown it up now I’m very apathetic to others
@@ogheroscould you explain why you changed? Do you think college caused it, or was it just a personality change that you went through regardless of college?
SO MANY of my acquaintances live like this, and they just don't believe me when I tell them they miss out. Living on your own is incredible, truly, you have no idea if you've never done it, and I can't tell you how many of these acquaintances would be friends if only it was ever possible to spend time outside of uni with them.
Never felt so called out. I did this for the first year of college bf i applied to be an RA
As someone who commuted this is pretty accurate. Save money, but lose out on social experience. Which can be good or bad.
Driving to school took over an hour. Everytime I had to go anywhere on campus, I had to reaaaaally weigh the pros of going.
....ofc the cons won 99% of the time and I stayed home and slept in
I am not an American college student but this hits so close to home in so many different ways I can’t even explain
Bro, as a guy who is a commuter, this is exactly how it works. We never talk to anyone, except the people around us. Don’t forget that we call our mom’s on our drive home.
Lol damn i feel called out. I used to rush to get a parking spot in the garage so i could nap between classes
The fact that your profile pic is you inside your car 💀
@@20000dino haha!
*cries in an hour and a half commute to school* so relatable
this is why living in halls is great: you get to enjoy the night life, uni is normally within walking distance and you get to explore the high-street
Damn, I'm a first-year right now. I have a little over an hour commute each way. I can confirm I only interact with my family and the person next to me in class.
Too accurate, it hurts 😅
For anyone going to college, make sure you dorm with other students if you want a real experience. Commuting meant barely making friends and missing lots of parties/bonding with others, and if you still live at home, your parents will still make you do chores around the house, plus they’ll expect you home at reasonable hours-it just isn’t the same experience.
But you’ll save a ton of money.
"Are you going right now,?" "Yeah" "To find parking?" "Yeah" "For Saturday?" "Yeah"
Was he hyping up his minivan or himself 💀
Yeah
Honestly this guy wins. Like having your own room bathroom privacy car and good food is so much more worth it than a dorm. Periodt
My country has good public transport and it's free for students (first 4 years) so that's a big blessing!
As someone who commutes to grad school, it’s so nice. Half an hour peaceful drive and I don’t have to interact with people if I don’t want 😂
HIS FACE AT THE END he was about to break 😂😂😂
Lil smile at the end😊
This is too true. My college actually has an off-campus bus route close to where I live, so it's just a two minute drive to a parking lot and then hoping in the bus. But I can easily lose over two hours to commute every day, which is really annoying. Can't really go home in-between classes so I gotta shape make my schedule every semester with that in mind. And then my freshman year was covid year, so literally my only friends were my roommate and some dude named Tim who I got put in a group with and shared two online classes with. Shit honestly sucks, I should've just lived on campus
Haha. As someone that commuted, I feel this deeply
The 40 minute drive home was one of the main reasons i didnt do anything at college. I loved with family since it was far cheaper. Never really made any friends on campus since my schedule kept chanung snd never knew someone for more than a semater. 5 years, never a single party, sports game, or college outing.
I commute but I live within walking distance of my college so it really does save money. Not being part of the dorm social stuff is pretty rough though.
I commuted to college for 5 years. No car a good 90% of the time. Took the public bus.
It humbles you for sure, but I don't regret living at home during that time.
I lived 5 minutes away. Most of this doesn't apply to me but MAN, that "the only people I know are the people i sit next to" is so true. Especially since I went and graduated during COVID.
this is me, being an introvert adds a lot to this. I'd rather drive home than stay at school
This basically describes my whole uni experience 😂
As a community college student who goes to campus for a single class and then does the rest of the work at home, this really represents my life😭🤣
as a commuter, this is accurate
Commuted 40 mins 4 days a week for 2 years. Spent maybe 3k on gas if I stretch those numbers. But you do start talking to your car after a certain while.
for me it’s the exact opposite. i live on campus and my friend commutes. she is always introducing me to someone new or waving to half the people who walk by or inviting me to different club events she’s apart of.
she’s the only person i know. i’ve lived here for 2 years.
Ryan's face at the end is so cute lol
this is why i always biked or rode the bus. it was 6.5 miles but worth it because i didnt have to deal with other college students 👍
He’s the cutest
“Are you going right now?”
“Yea”
“To find parking”
“Yea I’m going”
“For Saturday?”
“Yea”
Too good😂
I was a commuter student. I met people other than those next to me in classes by joining school clubs. (And I also praise my car when she does well. She drives better that way.)
That little smile at the end ☺️
He’s so cute
I have a 4 hour commute by bus back and forth in total, this hits to the core of my soul.
As someone who commutes from their parents house, 100% true. You better hope you've got your friend groups sorted
What's REALLY fun is sleeping in your car on those days you have an 8AM class and then a 2pm and 3pm class. Or go to the library and read for five hours.
The way my commute is a 5 hour round trip and it’s still cheaper than accommodation,,,