Anyone who drives or takes public transportation is considered a commuter in some aspect of their life. Being a commuter student, however, comes with its own specific perks and challenges. Commuting to school always seems like a great idea in the beginning. There's no room and board fee, you can leave whenever you want, and you can still have the cushy living-at-home lifestyle going on. But as you become a more experienced commuter, you become more comfortable with the art of "risking it," as I like to call it. You also realize that there are plenty of things that can make commuting a difficult experience for some of us. All aboard the ultimate commuter struggle bus:

1. Trying to calculate exactly how much gas you need to get to and from class on a day-to-day basis.

2. Ignoring the "Low Fuel" light in denial that you actually have to stop and get gas again, for the third time this week, and it's only Wednesday.

3. Once you make it to class with your "Low Fuel" light on, you have the mentality, "well if I made it here, I can probably make it home too..."

4. Trying to squeeze all of your classes on Tuesday/Thursday so you only have to drive to school twice a week, even if it means starting class at 9 a.m. and not coming home until 10 p.m.

5. Being the good student that you are and going to class just to find a note on the door that it's been cancelled, and you have to turn around and drive straight home or wait four hours for your next class.

6. Being more passionate about snow days than you were when you were in elementary school.

7. Having to pay for parking and trying to haggle with the parking structure attendant.

8. When something fun is going on on campus, and you have to debate if it's worth driving for.

9. When you go to your friend's on-campus apartment to make food between classes.

10. Sleeping in your car between classes. Don't knock it till you try it!

11. Trying to meet classmates who live near you so you can carpool.

12. When you get to campus for your 11 a.m. class and all of the parking structures are filled up with the overachievers who took 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. classes.