I commute 60 min to school 3-6 days a week. It saves me the rent I'd have to pay otherwise. I also have a family and am still paying mortgage (hence why). But I would not recommend it. My particular stretch of road has lots of semi-trucks and is dangerous in winter, especially when we had the "polar vortex." 😀 I've had an intensive first semester and felt losing time for study, compared to my peers. I tried listening to lectures while driving etc but still feel it's a big waste of time. My program has quite a few practicum and field trips, and of course fieldwork. I also have research that involves booking participants at a time convenient for them. I often end up having to be there at 8 a.m. for all those reasons. I leave the house when it's still dark, which is manageable but I would immediately become very anxious when there is even a slight sign of traffic jam on one of the 2 highways I travel. The question is almost like: are you willing to deal with the extra stress on top of your schoolwork.