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How far away from home is your college? |
 Jul 6 2009, 02:17 AM
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 Jesus Freak  Group: Resident Posts: 281 Joined: 4-November 08 Member No.: 21,478 Gender : Female  |
I'm looking at a school I love, where a ton of my friends go, but it is almost 2000 miles away. Is that completely ridiculous?
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Jul 6 2009, 06:28 AM
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 Friendly Llama or Psychotic Woolly Creature? Group: 10Ker Posts: 16,466 Joined: 10-July 08 From: Indiana Member No.: 19,132 Gender : Male Name : Zoe Daniella |
My college is 35 miles from home. I commute.
2,000 miles away? Wow. But I think the only thing ridiculous is going to be the cost of traveling between home and college. o_o |
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Jul 6 2009, 08:51 AM
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Crazy Fingers Group: Resident Posts: 1,284 Joined: 25-November 07 Member No.: 14,629 Gender : Female |
I have no idea in terms of miles as we don't use them. My school is about a 6 hour drive and a 5 hour train ride. I have friends who live in hawaii who go to my school, yay 25 hour plane ride, so I don't think you wanting to go far away is ridiculous at all.
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Jul 6 2009, 12:26 PM
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 CTF's Cookie Monster Group: Resident Posts: 1,608 Joined: 7-July 08 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 19,050 Gender : Female Name : Vickie |
Its about 42km from my home soo... 26 miles. lol
I travel day and night, its an 45mins-1hr ride. =/ |
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Jul 6 2009, 03:26 PM
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Jesus Freak Group: Resident Posts: 281 Joined: 4-November 08 Member No.: 21,478 Gender : Female |
QUOTE (Zach D. @ Jul 6 2009, 06:28 AM)  My college is 35 miles from home. I commute. 2,000 miles away? Wow. But I think the only thing ridiculous is going to be the cost of traveling between home and college. o_o Well, I have a family member who works for the airlines so I can fly standby for free. |
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Jul 6 2009, 06:44 PM
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 Walking through life not knowing where I am going Group: Gentryman Posts: 3,640 Joined: 3-June 08 From: Lynchburg, VA and De Pere, WI Member No.: 18,402 Gender : Female Name : Kim |
I am 1,000 miles away from home for college.
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Jul 6 2009, 09:32 PM
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 Bible Thumper Group: Resident Posts: 176 Joined: 15-June 09 From: Texas Member No.: 24,590 Gender : Female |
Wow! That sounds crazy to me! I don't mean in a bad way, just that I couldn't do it. I'm 400 miles (about a 7 hour drive) from home, and I can handle it pretty well, but it's a hassle getting back home. One of my roommates is from England though (our school's in Texas) so she has it worse than I do, and she sometimes has trouble finding a place to stay over holidays since she can't always go home, and she also has trouble with moving in/out of the dorms each year...but if that school is where you want to go, go! I came to my university even when there's one 5 minutes from my house!
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Jul 7 2009, 12:16 AM
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 Bible Thumper Group: Resident Posts: 172 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Washington Member No.: 16,343 Gender : Female Name : Kristin |
I don't know the exact mileage, but it takes almost exactly two hours to get to my school from my house.
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Jul 7 2009, 08:01 PM
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Bible Thumper Group: Resident Posts: 129 Joined: 28-December 07 From: Central Pennsylvania Member No.: 15,115 Gender : Male |
The college i want to go to is like 15 miles from home. Just a short drive over the mountain and I'm there.
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Jul 8 2009, 07:20 PM
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dreamlike Group: Resident Posts: 424 Joined: 9-December 08 Member No.: 22,041 Gender : Female Name : Alex |
Approx. 1700 miles distance but from a sociological standpoint, the two aren't even on the same planet.
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Jul 9 2009, 02:37 PM
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 ~Amor Vincit Omnia~ Group: Resident Posts: 760 Joined: 6-June 08 From: Ont. Canada Member No.: 18,468 Gender : Female Name : Jue |
QUOTE Its about 42km from my home soo... 26 miles. lol I travel day and night, its an 45mins-1hr ride. =/ I go to the same university as her. XP Therefore, me too. lol. All hail our bus! (Btw, Iky, you must give me the hours!) |
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Jul 9 2009, 11:10 PM
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Church Goer Group: Resident Posts: 52 Joined: 29-June 09 From: North Carolina Member No.: 24,762 Gender : Male Name : Scott |
I have several friends who have studied abroad over seas in Europe and Asia. It's not all that unusual to travel that far for school if you can afford it. But I'd suggest if you do it you do it because you love the school enough to travel and not only because you have friends there.
Oh, and I go to school about 170 miles from home. Looking at possibly jumping across the country for grad school though. |
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Jul 10 2009, 11:43 AM
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 Live Simply...  Group: Limited Administrator Posts: 4,055 Joined: 10-April 05 From: Soon to be California!! Member No.: 1,599 Gender : Female Name : Brittany |
My college is 381.41 miles away from home.
If you love the college you're going to, and you don't think you could get the same education anywhere else... go for it. Plus where you said you can fly stand-by for free- that's an awesome bonus. |
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Jul 10 2009, 02:28 PM
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 Catching On Group: Newcomer Posts: 20 Joined: 9-July 09 From: Tampa, Fl Member No.: 24,878 Gender : Male Name : Michael |
It was 300 miles, and then my parents relocated down near me.
 Now its only 10 miles away.
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Jul 10 2009, 08:30 PM
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 Jesus Freak Group: Resident Posts: 293 Joined: 3-June 09 Member No.: 24,443 Gender : Male Name : Svante |
m y universitet is closs. i f i stand o n roof o f my house i can see it to were i live.
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Jul 13 2009, 02:12 PM
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 Jesus Freak Group: Resident Posts: 269 Joined: 4-September 08 From: Florida :) Member No.: 20,044 Gender : Female Name : Miranda |
My school is about 55 miles away. I commute, and it takes me around an hour to get there.
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Jul 13 2009, 05:34 PM
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 Jesus Freak Group: Resident Posts: 340 Joined: 25-December 07 From: Oklahoma >.< Member No.: 15,060 Gender : Male Name : Ross |
1300 miles! So if I get homesick the first month of class I'll just have to deal with it
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Jul 26 2009, 02:31 PM
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 Catching On Group: Newcomer Posts: 12 Joined: 25-July 09 From: Here and Now Member No.: 25,106 Gender : Male |
Mine is about 2 hours 30 minutes away by car. It is the perfect distance IMO. Not too close, not too far.
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Jul 26 2009, 05:44 PM
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 French fried potatoes Group: Gentryman Posts: 2,954 Joined: 17-February 09 From: Neareast Asian Market Member No.: 23,153 Gender : Female Name : Pie |
The college I was supposed to go to was 2 hours away. My new one is 1 hour.
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Jul 26 2009, 06:22 PM
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 Chatterbox Group: Resident Posts: 483 Joined: 27-December 07 From: Ohio girl!!! =D Member No.: 15,088 Gender : Female |
mine is a little over 100 miles away
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Jul 26 2009, 06:42 PM
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 Give us a scream. Group: Gentryman Posts: 8,589 Joined: 27-August 07 From: Iridonia Member No.: 13,236 Gender : Female Name : Rave |
I always commuted to college and lived with my family
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Jul 26 2009, 06:57 PM
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 Be the change you wish to see in the world Group: Gentryman Posts: 3,569 Joined: 15-September 08 From: Baton Rouge, La Member No.: 20,203 Gender : Male Name : Jordan |
The school that I would like to go to is about 4600 miles away.
So no, your not completely unusual.
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Jul 30 2009, 01:25 PM
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Gettin' Crazy Group: Resident Posts: 876 Joined: 21-June 07 From: GA Member No.: 11,864 Gender : Female Name : Deborah |
6 hours
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Jul 30 2009, 02:03 PM
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 Caffeine Queen Group: Resident Posts: 1,530 Joined: 10-April 08 From: Ohio Member No.: 17,024 Gender : Female Name : Sam |
My parents live about 1100 miles away, but I live about 110 miles away I think....I'm going to move into the dorms Aug, 22nd!
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Jul 30 2009, 07:42 PM
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 Animal Behavior Consultant Group: Resident Posts: 2,066 Joined: 4-July 06 From: NW Ohio Member No.: 6,516 Gender : Female |
A little over an hour away. About 50 or so miles. I commute every day.
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