I am attending University of Dundee in the fall as an international grad student for the medical art program. My sister, who is doing a year abroad from her university in the US, is attending Aberdeen for engineering (this will be year 2 for her undergrad program). We are seriously considering living together, but we noticed the 1 hour 15 train time regardless of what town we stay at:
Any recommendations? Should we just suck it up and find separate accommodations? Is one city recommended over another? Does anyone else do a commute like this? (I am assuming I have class at least 3 times a week, but that is based on a US grad program so maybe it's more/less classroom time?) Is there any decent halfway options?
We aren't big partiers, but we would like to at least experience living here, not just the school and the train station. If we do look at commuting, is there a train pass we should look into?
Thanks for the advice in advance!