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Charlie,
Thanks for the info. I have a question about living arrangements. Firstly, I am married with a 3 year old daughter. When we chose our house to rent, we wanted to get a good neighborhood and especially a yard. Because rentals in Pikeville are hard to find, we settled on a house about 15-20 minutes from the campus. Its about 15 minutes to exit 23 and another couple to get to the parking garage.
My question is --- how often are you on campus outside of normal Monday-Friday hours? Do you have to frequently make trips in the evenings/nights/weekends to campus? I am fine with the commute if its mainly Monday-Friday or even a weekend day as well. Im just afraid there may be times when I need to go on campus at night or on the weekends for short trips to study, lab, etc. Trips for all day or something wouldnt be bad but are there times when you go to campus several times a day for short amount of times?
If you had a 15-20 minute commute, how would this have affected things for you? I just want to make sure before I get in the thick of things that we didnt mess up by choosing a place a little further away from campus. But, we also really wanted a decent yard for our daughter because she loves it outside and we are happy where we are renting now.
I wouldn't stress about it if I were you. I do most of my studying at home, so I'm rarely on campus for anything other than lectures or labs. The only time this year that I spent a significant amount of time studying on campus was for gross anatomy lab (for obvious reasons). On days we finished lecture fairly early, I would just stay on campus and go down to the lab for review. I typically didn't stay down there too long, but if you can make it down there for an hour or two at a time, the hours will start to add up and you won't have to spend as much time down there at the end of the block when everyone in the entire class is down there cramming.
I have classmates who make similar commutes daily, so I don't see the 15-20 minute commute having any negative impact on you. In fact, the time you spend in your vehicle might actually be somewhat therapeutic for you (i.e. get your mind ready to work on your drive to school, decompress on the drive home). You'll learn what routine works best for you and your family, and I'm sure things will go smoothly for you. Don't sweat it.