01-31-2011 at 11:40 AM
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Ok so hear are my choices
Live in res or live in home and get a car
what should i chose
my parents live in saudi arabia and will be renting the house and keeping the basement for me and couple other guys (its big)
what should i chose
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Live in res. Saudi Arabia is a pretty long drive, from what I hear. |
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01-31-2011 at 11:42 AM
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Oink! Oink! Oink! Oink!
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Do you trust me?
If so, live on resident.
Benefits for living on resident is posted everywhere so I won't repeat it.
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01-31-2011 at 12:25 PM
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From Oakville Carpool to Mac - Student pass is $165/month
For 8:30 classes, I take 47E bus which leaves at 7:44 AM and gets to mac at around 8:25 AM. Commuting is not bad at all.
EDIT: Oh, and it goes through HWY 407 not QEW as someone mentioned in previous posts
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01-31-2011 at 12:45 PM
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From Oakville Carpool to Mac - Student pass is $165/month
For 8:30 classes, I take 47E bus which leaves at 7:44 AM and gets to mac at around 8:25 AM. Commuting is not bad at all.
EDIT: Oh, and it goes through HWY 407 not QEW as someone mentioned in previous posts
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The commenter just thought that the OP was driving. OP didn't say that he was taking the bus back when he posted. |
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01-31-2011 at 01:25 PM
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If your commute is over 1 hour, I suggest living on residence or close to campus, otherwise you lose close to 300 hours in your school year purely in commute.. plus if its GO bus, there goes a crap-load of money per month.
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01-31-2011 at 01:30 PM
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Just go to UTM Brah. Problem solved.
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01-31-2011 at 02:36 PM
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Assuming your total commute time is 2h both ways you'll be commuting for 10 hours a week. There are about 10 weeks of school each term, so thats about 200h wasted commuting. Plus, if you commute you wont be able to go back home if you have a break for a few hours. You'll have to lug around your backpack the whole day and be stuck in the library or student center which gets packed quite quickly.
Personally I'd suggest living on residence, or even renting a room close to Mac. Commuting leaves a toll on you.
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01-31-2011 at 07:02 PM
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Depends on your program as well xD I commute everyday and I manage to find time to do homework. If you have a heavy workload, I would suggest residence then you don't waste an extra hour on pure travel.
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