Commuting

Is commuting two hours worth it for uni as accommodations are too expensive for me

Are you talking about commuting two hours in total per day (i.e. one hour from home to uni + one hour from uni back to home)? Or two hours in each direction making four hours of commuting per day in total?

You need to look at the cost of commuting -- it could easily reach or even exceed the cost of the uni accommodation.

And while commuting might not seem too bad at this time of year, with light mornings and light evenings, will you be able to face a long commute on a dark and drizzly December morning/evening?

would you be commuting every day? imagine waking up at 6am for a 9am lecture. it'd could also cost you ~£5k/year

do you not qualify for the maintenance loan?

I do have the maintenance loan but I am worried that it won’t cover the entire first year, I will also try for a job but the accommodations I’ve seen so far cost £288 a week

provide some more details so people here can help you

from London to uni of Kent the travel is roughly 2 hours and another two hours back. I have a maintenance loan of about £3600. I’ve checked accommodations with the cheapest being £140 (shared facilities). On Trainline a one way ticket is roughly £10 (sometimes it can be a couple of pounds more) making it roughly £20 per day on travel. i want to know whether commuting is worth it or if I should get an accommodation instead as I do have quite a financial problem but I don’t want commuting to interrupt my studies which is causing me confusion about which option is the best

i see cheaper options than that - https://www.kent.ac.uk/accommodation/canterbury/find-my-room?order=lowest

your commute could easily cost you £3k. are you planning to work to support yourself for the rest of the year? do you have savings?

commuting so far will be a little life limiting, but if you have to work 20 hours a week to survive on campus, maybe its the easiest option

Oh I see, thank you for showing me the cheaper option. Yes I plan on working and I do also have some savings. would u recommend commuting?

absolutely not

from London to uni of Kent the travel is roughly 2 hours and another two hours back. I have a maintenance loan of about £3600. I’ve checked accommodations with the cheapest being £140 (shared facilities). On Trainline a one way ticket is roughly £10 (sometimes it can be a couple of pounds more) making it roughly £20 per day on travel. i want to know whether commuting is worth it or if I should get an accommodation instead as I do have quite a financial problem but I don’t want commuting to interrupt my studies which is causing me confusion about which option is the best

That's a low loan. That's because your parents make enough money for the state to expect them to contribute to your upkeep at uni, so can't they give you some money? If your maintenance loan wasn't means-tested, then reapply ASAP for a means-tested loan, which will probably be higher (read the requirements on student finance).

As someone above said, train tickets will eat almost all of your money and you'd have to wake up crazy early for morning lectures. Plus, you're left reliant on the railways to get you to university which, in the current strike climate, it's probably not the brightest idea. And take it from someone who commuted one a half hours to sixth form and then another half an hour back home - it's not fun travelling so much, it's tiring and it eats a lot of your valuable time. I'd try to move close to your uni, I think it'll be much more beneficial for you!

Is commuting two hours worth it for uni as accommodations are too expensive for me