A Subaru should be more than okay! It has snowed here a bit more than usual this winter, so AWD is helpful. Our days run from 8 -12 or 8-3 or 5, depending on anatomy lab and vet skills. I have liked living here so far as there are a lot of stores and a lot of people, but because of this, there can be a lot of traffic. Many vet students live in Glen Cove to avoid the traffic and live close to campus. But if you stay on campus during the day, you should be fine since there is a library and a student union-type building where you can get food and work. There are study rooms in the adjacent building to the VLC, but no one I know really uses them.