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What It's Like Commuting To Pfeiffer

The pros/cons of commuting to Pfeiffer.

Apache Shuping

Sep 21, 2016

Pfeiffer University

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I lived on campus for three years and this makes my second year of commuting. I have found a few pros and cons of commuting when it comes to Pfeiffer.

Pro 1: Money

College is expensive no matter if you live on campus or if you live at home but it does save money to live at home and drive back and forth to school every day! It can cost around $11,000 to live on campus!! For $11,000 I can drive to school for 550 weeks at what I currently pay for gas a week!

Pro 2: I get to see my family every day

Every day I get to drive home and see my family. I get to have dinner with my mom, my sister, my fiancé and my stepdaughter. When I lived on campus I would have to wait until the weekend or a school holiday in order to see my family. I now have a closer relationship with my family and I don't miss stuff for my little sister and I get to take my stepdaughter to school every day!

Pro 3: Food

The food at my house is a lot better than the food I had on campus. Not only is it better quantity, I am able to eat anytime I want to. I am able to eat any time of the day that I want and I have more of an input on what I get to eat. I never realized how much I loved my mom's cooking until I lived on campus and I didn't get to eat my mom's cooking.

Now for the not so fun Cons:

Con 1: Not getting to see friends as much!

Even though I get to see my family more often I miss out on getting to see my Pfriends! A lot of my friends are commuters so we never seem to be on campus at the same time!

Con 2: Student Involvement

It is always great to be involved in things on campus and since Pfeiffer requires culture credits to be completed it is even better to be involved. When you commute it is hard to be involved because most things happen at night and if you live outside of Richfield it may be inconvenient to stay on campus that late so you miss out on activities.

Con 3: Less Sleep!

All college students LOVE their sleep and nap times. When living on campus you can go between classes and take a nap but you don't get to do that if you commute. Also if you have a 9:00am class there is a chance you have to be up before 8:00am. If you oversleep you don't have the luxury of just jumping out of bed and grabbing your stuff and running across campus to class.

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What It's Like Commuting To Pfeiffer

The pros/cons of commuting to Pfeiffer.

Pro 1: Money

Pro 2: I get to see my family every day

Pro 3: Food

Con 1: Not getting to see friends as much!

Con 2: Student Involvement

Con 3: Less Sleep!

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1. Wow. My voice sounds amazing with this song.

2. Okay, if you can't sing, don't do it.

3. But wait, I don't think I can be friends with someone who isn't going to jam out in the car with me.

4. Dance part in the car! Even when I'm alone. Because every song is my favorite.

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7. I don't know this song, but I'm going to sing along anyway.

8. Why am I not famous yet?

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19. Nah, can't do it. Dumb idea.

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1. Having time to nap between classes or at all.

2. Waking up 10 minutes before your class starts and making it there in time.

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4. Only having to hit the snooze button three times.

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11. When there is free food on campus.

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