Thoughts on commuting?

[youbesee]

I will be attending UBC this year, and plan on commuting from home. My commute can be up to an hour each way to UBC during rush hour, and about 30 minutes to VGH. Will this be manageable, especially if I want to attend a variety of events/extracurriculars/research?

[casajayo]

there are a lot of students commuting in to campus from Surrey, Coquitlam, etc so it's definitely doable (and much cheaper if you don't have to pay rent!). I can't speak on their behalf because I don't live very far away, but it probably does impact whether or not you attend some events (much more so if you're taking transit, less so if you're driving) but I wouldn't be too concerned about it. Make some friends who you can stay over at for events that go really late (rare) and you should be ok. Also an option to see how commuting goes for first term and then decide whether or not to move closer!

[hvem]

My commute to UBC & VGH was about the same as yours. It's manageable to do lots of research, and attend events. I didn't do a ton of clubs because I wasn't interested in them. 

But I do strongly recommend driving if you can. I took the bus to UBC all of first term first year and then when I started driving, It opened up a lot more time.