On My Being Arrived to the UA Graduate Life
One of the best things of being a graduate student in U of A is that you can enjoy your campus life at the fullest. Indeed, graduate students have different responsibilities compared to undergraduate students. However, that does not mean that a graduate student could not enjoy life on campus. UA has many resources on campus which enables students both undergraduate and graduate to have better campus life. Therefore, a graduate student, despite their workload, is able to have an enjoyable student life.
For me, surviving graduate school means that we can manage to balance both school and personal life. As an international graduate student, I did have a hard time during my first year. Adjusting to a
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However, when life gets tough, Fayetteville has many to offers. I personally love to do hiking or just walking along the trails. There are many hiking spots in Fayetteville. If you are an outdoor person, you will love living in Fayetteville. Some of my favorites hiking places are Devils Den (it has so many interesting trails, my favorite is the Yellow Trail), Lost Valley Trail (Ponca) and Whitaker Point Trail (Hawksbill Crag) (Deer). My host family oftentimes takes me to go hiking. Enjoying outdoor scenery helps me to refresh my mind. Fayetteville also has many parks which serve as an alternative place to study or relax. If you do not like doing outdoor activities or studying outdoor, campus provides many study spots. Mullins library, for example, has four floors which provide students a variety of venues best work for them. For graduate students, Mullins library provides graduate carrel and graduate student lounge. Graduate carrel is an individual study room which a student can reserve at the beginning of the semester and renew it every semester. Graduate student lounge is more like a communal, open space for graduate student to study. International student lounge at Gearhart Hall can also be an alternative to study. This particular lounge is quiet and provided with comfortable chairs and