A student asked me a really relevant and refreshing question this past month: “Should I commute and stay home with my family or should I move out when I get into university?”
Shoutout to this person for giving me a really good blog idea (copy-pasting most of my response here): the pros and cons of commuting VS living in residence.
*Disclaimer: I have only been a commuter in my past 3 years at Glendon so I’ve gathered the pros and cons of residence-life from friends! Let’s get into it:
COMMUTING
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RESIDENCE
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A lot of these pros and cons should also be taken with a grain of salt because it all depends on your own taste in that university-experience and circumstance in life. How far will your commute if you stay at home? Car or public transportation? Can you live on your own with roommates off campus too? Is that an option you’re willing to explore?
I definitely did my research before making any decisions because I knew that one like this will have an affect on my university experience for a whole year if not more. I’m a commuter myself, and so when I wanted that residence experience I looked for other inexpensive opportunities that would satisfy my FOMO like Explore where I lived with roommates in a dorm for 2 months over the summer. Plus, I live in Scarborough so the commute wouldn’t have been too bad.
It all depends on you and your circumstances.
If you have any questions please leave them in the comments below or shoot me a personal message! 🙂
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