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If you are a local living near the Orange County area, commuting to MBKU is a great money-saving alternative to renting housing near campus!

After living on-campus at UC Irvine during undergrad, I decided to commute during my first year at MBKU since my family lives in Riverside (about 30 minutes without traffic). Commuting allowed me to spend more time practicing my clinical skills, making friends with classmates, attending club meetings, exploring the local area, and doing lots of studying.

Welcome! Congrats on starting your first year of graduate school!

“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” – John Steinbeck

First and foremost, welcome and congratulations to the new incoming classes!

Congratulations and welcome to MBKU! Starting graduate school can be scary but making some minor changes to your old study habits can go a long way!

You have left undergraduate school and have finally entered into the final educational stage of your career! However, since you have never been tested on graduate school material before, you have no idea how to study. Should you do everything you used to do or should you change up the way you used to study?

By the time you are reading this blog, school has started and you have just taken your very first exam in graduate school.

You may find yourself asking the following questions: what can I do to get a better grade on my next exam? Or how can I improve my studying style?

Even though we all have different studying and learning styles, there are some tips that will help direct you towards success when you are studying. You can utilize these tips and make it your own style.

I imagine most students in graduate school don’t figure the added complexity of having a family in their daily routine.

Whether you’re 1 mile or 5,000 miles from home, being in graduate school is a big commitment that requires way too much time and energy.

You may find that it becomes difficult maintaining relationships and close connections with the people around you who aren’t going through the same thing as you.

I am from Hawaii and being so far from my friends and family back home can get difficult at times. The best way that I’ve found to stay connected to my friends and family back home is by scheduling time to catch up.

Scheduled Fun

Before I discuss how I manage to work out almost daily in PA school, I wanted to congratulate you all for your acceptance into MBKU.

Congratulations and welcome to MBKU!