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Commuting 2 hours to college

I found a college to attend that is around 1.5-2 hours away. I'm not sure how feasible it is to do this everyday but I'm quite desperate to go. Has anyone else done something similar?
Original post by Aden's_Academia
I found a college to attend that is around 1.5-2 hours away. I'm not sure how feasible it is to do this everyday but I'm quite desperate to go. Has anyone else done something similar?

how would you be able to commute to the college? bare in mind that youll have to wake up earlier.
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Original post by Aden's_Academia
I found a college to attend that is around 1.5-2 hours away. I'm not sure how feasible it is to do this everyday but I'm quite desperate to go. Has anyone else done something similar?


Unrealistic, not worth it. It'll drain you out regardless. Go to nearby college which offers your required subjects.
A school wont determine what you will get. Its up to you to put the effort into gettign those grades
Original post by ninoiki
Unrealistic, not worth it. It'll drain you out regardless. Go to nearby college which offers your required subjects.
A school wont determine what you will get. Its up to you to put the effort into gettign those grades

This is the only school that will accept me cause I'm 19. I'm on the waiting list for one about an hour by bus during rush hour. It's this or self teach a year and that didn't work well for me before.
Original post by BigFriendlyKid
how would you be able to commute to the college? bare in mind that youll have to wake up earlier.

Well walk to the train station (10 minutes), get to Paddington (about 30~ minutes). Then a train from Paddington to Reading (30 minutes). Then a bus ro the school (5 minutes or I could walk it in about 15). That's not include qait times and delays. Last time I went it was about 1.5hrs not during rush hour.
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Original post by Aden's_Academia
This is the only school that will accept me cause I'm 19. I'm on the waiting list for one about an hour by bus during rush hour. It's this or self teach a year and that didn't work well for me before.


Could I ask, did you not attend college 16-18
Original post by ninoiki
Could I ask, did you not attend college 16-18

I did. I want to retake my A levels. I took a year out but I want to get back into my education and go to uni next year.
My daughter went to sixth form college that was quite far.

10ish minutes by car
then 1 hour by train
then 15ish minutes by bus

So including waiting time, we're talking around an hour and a half commute each way.

She managed, BUT she lived with her grandmother two nights a week, who lives only 11 minutes by taxi / 30 minutes by bus from the sixth form college, to cut down on the amount of commuting she would have to do.

It was difficult but she got through it. I think it would have been a struggle without spending those two nights at my mother's house though.

I don't recommend a 1.5-2 hour commute EVERY SINGLE DAY. You'll be totally burned out and have no time to study.
Original post by PinkMobilePhone
My daughter went to sixth form college that was quite far.
10ish minutes by car
then 1 hour by train
then 15ish minutes by bus
So including waiting time, we're talking around an hour and a half commute each way.
She managed, BUT she lived with her grandmother two nights a week, who lives only 11 minutes by taxi / 30 minutes by bus from the sixth form college, to cut down on the amount of commuting she would have to do.
It was difficult but she got through it. I think it would have been a struggle without spending those two nights at my mother's house though.
I don't recommend a 1.5-2 hour commute EVERY SINGLE DAY. You'll be totally burned out and have no time to study.

I don't know anyone who lives there I'm afraid. It'll be 5 days a week I believe.
Original post by Aden's_Academia
I don't know anyone who lives there I'm afraid. It'll be 5 days a week I believe.

If there's no other option and you're absolutely desperate to go, (and only you can determine your commitment to this), then do it. Just be prepared for burnout.
If you're travelling by train, then plan to do your assignments on the journey, because by the time you get home you'll be knackered.

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