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So I’m an incoming first year. The fall semester is a hybrid curriculum and we’re expected to be on campus a couple times a week for anatomy. I currently live about an hour away from campus (without traffic) and was wondering if commuting seemed doable.
Some background: I’m married so living at home means I get to be with my spouse. We live rent-free so commuting would save a lot of $$. No kids, but 5 chill pets. I’ve commuted for most of my adult life. Last job I worked 80hr weeks with a daily hour commute (30 min to and from), it definitely sucked but at least with school I’ll only have to drive a couple times a week. Husband and I already talked about logistics, he’ll be doing most of the cooking/cleaning/pet care while I’m in school. And if I need to, I can always Airbnb near campus if I don’t feel like driving.
BUT I‘m feeling pretty intimidated by med school. I’m having a hard time gauging the load and how tired I’m going to feel. Now I’m thinking about renting a studio near campus which will cost $1500 (renting a bedroom with a private bath isn’t much cheaper unfortunately). I’ll definitely miss my husband but we’ve done long distance before (he worked in France for a year while I stayed in CA, and this past year he worked 4 hrs away during the week and came home on the weekends so me being an hour away kinda pales in comparison). If I rented a place, I’d like to go back home on the weekends.
So far I only know the schedule for the fall semester, but given how covid numbers have been going up, I don’t anticipate we’ll be back to normal by spring semester. What do you guys think? If I lived at home, I’d save money but I’d be driving at least four hours a week...is that feasible? Am I better off just getting a place close to campus?
Some background: I’m married so living at home means I get to be with my spouse. We live rent-free so commuting would save a lot of $$. No kids, but 5 chill pets. I’ve commuted for most of my adult life. Last job I worked 80hr weeks with a daily hour commute (30 min to and from), it definitely sucked but at least with school I’ll only have to drive a couple times a week. Husband and I already talked about logistics, he’ll be doing most of the cooking/cleaning/pet care while I’m in school. And if I need to, I can always Airbnb near campus if I don’t feel like driving.
BUT I‘m feeling pretty intimidated by med school. I’m having a hard time gauging the load and how tired I’m going to feel. Now I’m thinking about renting a studio near campus which will cost $1500 (renting a bedroom with a private bath isn’t much cheaper unfortunately). I’ll definitely miss my husband but we’ve done long distance before (he worked in France for a year while I stayed in CA, and this past year he worked 4 hrs away during the week and came home on the weekends so me being an hour away kinda pales in comparison). If I rented a place, I’d like to go back home on the weekends.
So far I only know the schedule for the fall semester, but given how covid numbers have been going up, I don’t anticipate we’ll be back to normal by spring semester. What do you guys think? If I lived at home, I’d save money but I’d be driving at least four hours a week...is that feasible? Am I better off just getting a place close to campus?