This means I need to travel about 1-2 hrs to Deakin. But if I got into La Trobe I can move to Reservoir which is close to it.
Honestly man, it's not that bad. I'm not going to tell you to suck it up or anything, i remember being in this situation not so long ago.
I also remember thinking it would suck hard and it was a big deal. It's kind of hard to liken to anything unless you've done it before. It's a bit like getting an injection, sometimes the buildup and thoughts of it are worse than the actual thing.
It seems like you'll have all your time sucked away or something. Compare it to school though. I don't know the exact hours but say school went from 8-3. That's 7 hours a day, plus maybe 10-20 minutes travel too, about 8 hours a day. Now, lets look at uni. Even the highest courses have contact hours somewhere around 22 hours a week. Divide that by 5, you get 4.4 hours at uni a day. Add in 4 hours of travel (2 up, 2 back). You get 8.4 hours a day spent at uni and traveling. It's honestly not far off a school day.
Remember, that is an average across all days. Assuming you go to school every day of the week or even one less you get
32-40 hours a week at school/traveling to school. Assuming you go to every lecture, you have 22 contact hours. Unlike school, you will probably be able to jam your timetable into two or three days if you miss lectures, i wont even subtract the missed lectures from the contact hours, i'll leave them as is. 22 contact hours and say you only travel 4 days a week, for 4 hours a day. 4*4=16, 16+22=
34. I
t's pretty much the same as school, maybe better. I'm still counting the contact hours for all lectures even though you might miss some and the lower bound of my school estimate depends on you getting a day a week off.
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Now for the other side..
Granted, it is still a sucky scenario. I'm not going to lie. Most people have a vision of uni having greatly reduced hours compared to highschool, i proved they're roughly equivalent but certainly not any or much lower. If you go 4 days a week, 4*4 = 16 hours of travel. Not to mention everything is shifted 2 hours back for you. A lecture that starts at 10am means you gotta leave at 8am and maybe wake up 7am (this is assuming all the buses and trains run when you want them to run, its doubtful itll be exactly 10 or
. So, what isn't too bad for someone who lives close could be bad for you.
Spending 4 hours on a train a day, when you're only awake for 16 as well sounds mathematically sucky. I doubt everyone is studying all the time. You'd probably spend 4 hours procrastinating at home too. I guess you might have 2 or 3 hours less than closer people though. If you're not working, i cant see it affecting you THAT badly, especially if you skip the earlier lectures/ manage to swing days off. You'll still have more than ample free time to do your work and other things. You won't be living like a king with your time compared to a lot of the closer people but it's certainly not bad either.
If you are working though, i can see it making it harder for you.
TL;DR Total time at uni + travel is roughly equal to total time at highschool + travel. You're not really losing, you won't be gaining shitloads of free time like other people making the highschool -> uni transition though. Travel has its legitimately sucky points. There's still enough time in your waking day to buffer it out enough so you don't suffer academically or even socially. Still 4 hours a day on a train is 1/4th of the time you're awake. You have to get up earlier than everyone else. It's up to you to figure out the pros and cons. 
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