If you were becoming a doctoral Student. Readings by Fraenza & Palermo-Kielb (2020) and Watts (2019) and take a moment to consider how your role may be changing. Are you coming from a previous educational experience? Are you coming back to school after working as a professional in the field? Maybe both?

Use your discussion post to answer the following questions:

1. How may your previous experiences have been similar to or different from your expectations of the doctoral student experience?
2. How will your previous experiences impact you as you transition to become a doctoral student?
3. What strategies can you employ to increase your likelihood of success?