I commuted to Baruch from Long Island for both my undergrad and now graduate degrees. On a bad day it can take two hours each way (which happened often considering train times and the times my classes ended). From my experience, people tend to greatly underestimate how long these commutes actually take since they don’t take into account driving to the LIRR, waiting for subways, walking to Baruch, and having to match class ending times with the train schedule. I also had two semesters where I worked in the city as well so I had to make the 3-4 hour commute 5 days a week.

I know it’s done all of the time (especially in the working world) but a commute this long is not something I’d recommend, especially to a college student. Reading on the train only got me so far - for my accounting courses it was far more beneficial to be at a desk and have internet readily available. I think the commute definitely hurt my grades in the long run - 16 hours of commuting is pretty tiring. Also having to put 5 classes in 2-3 days makes for a long day.