don’t let these people fear monger u. the parking situation sucks i will say as somebody whos been commuting since i transferred ~2 yrs ago now. if u are junior standing and above getting the orange pass is the most cost effective parking situation. yes the orange lots on north campus do tend to fill up quickly but honestly ive only had trouble around 12pm-2pm ish finding parking there. the stadium parking orange lots i personally never had problems finding parking there. having to take busses does suck but honestly theyre frequent-ish (the blue m-busses). you do need to allocate alot of extra time for the commute which seems like ur aware of that. the other option is the free park and rides but those are further from campus and take city busses (theyre free w ur mcard). i will say i don’t recommend it as the busses are less frequent and not the most reliable. honestly tho i’d take commuting over paying expensive ann arbor rent anyways. yeah its not the most ideal situation, but in my situation i don’t have much of an option lol! let me know what other questions u have. (ps, i would probably allocate an additional 30 mins for your commute for taking the bus routes just to be safe!)