stay near by the school... traffic into the city... in the mornings are hell... to give you an idea... when I use to live in the bay area... it took me 2 hrs just to get to the city from oakland... thats only across the bay bridge... then you have to tackle the morning traffic to get to the area where UCSF is... so try and keep it walking distance... it doesn't look good if you're late to your interview....no matter what the excuse 😀