Is it worth staying in uni halls on a medical degree when I can commute ?

My commute is typically 1 hour, sometimes 1.5 hours and rarely 2 hours - I’ve been doing this for 4 years and counting and I’ve survived. I wouldn’t recommend commuting any more than 1.5 hours regularly but your commute doesn’t seem that long so you’ll be fine.

As for the missing-out-on-the-social-life aspect: you won’t, if you put in the effort. I have many commuter friends who do just fine socially and don’t find living at home as a massive setback.

My accommodation is £174 a week; extortionate, when I'll just sit at a desk studying at the med school library and social outlets.

All of my flat mates seem to enjoy partying and are all girls. I am quite an introverted boy. I hate having to put on a social act ; like, its one thing living alone, another thing living with other people who i have no choice to live with.

I can commute to uni everyday but it will take me an hour to do this. My family cook dinner every night so i wont become sufficient here, but i will save my parents £7500 , without considering the cost of commuting.

I feel depressed without my family, i have nobody i like on my floor, they are all from very priviledged backgrounds and i feel disgusted everytime i think about how my parents are having to fork out £4000 to help pay for the accommodation...

I would be much happier at home i think , but will miss out on societies and the uni experience; but medical students don't even have a typical uni experience anyway. I knew this signing up for the course ! It will take an extra hour and 20 minutes to commute everyday which is quite a lot but i wont have to cook ( i will still clean however) .

Any thoughts ?

I was just wondering say if you were to commute how would you get out of your university accommodation contract

I would say follow your instincts. For me half the uni experience was independent living though. You could review and decide what to do at the end of first year

I guess, i feel terrible about the price though, like i cant even look around my room without feeling excrutiating guilt.

What, you commute 1 hour one way ?

Do you have to come home and study after doing a commute like this ?

Doctor here. I had 3-4 hour daily commute whilst working and studying for postgraduate exams (and having no one to cook or clean for me) and I survived. I'm sure you'll be fine if you choose to commute - 1 hour each way is not that bad.

Doctor here. I had 3-4 hour daily commute whilst working and studying for postgraduate exams (and having no one to cook or clean for me) and I survived. I'm sure you'll be fine if you choose to commute - 1 hour each way is not that bad.

Goodness me, that must have been brutal. Did you have a social life ?

That is brutal. What type of hours were you working?

Started at 8am, finished around 6-7pm most days. For on-calls (13 hours), I tried to stay locally whenever I could.

Well done for doing all that driving on top of that and getting from one place to another safely! How long did you do that for?