新生必備美國大學生存法則

Don't overpack when you go to college and pack for the climate that you are in.

當你去學校的時候不要帶太多的東西，只帶適合你所處氛圍的東西。

Remember that ironing can become tiring and is not the most exciting college activity. Dry cleaning bills do add up also. Consider packing clothes that wrinkle less and clothes that don't need dry cleaning.

請記住在大學活動中，熨燙衣服是一件很累，而且並不那麼有勁的事情。乾洗的費用也不那麼便宜。你得考慮帶一些不容易起皺、不需要乾洗的衣服。

Meet as many fellow students as you can during orientation. It's a great time to meet everyone. Sometimes the people you meet during orientation become your best friends.

在新生教育的時候儘可能多地認識你的同學。這是個認識新夥伴的絕佳機會。有時候你在新生教育中認識的人會成爲你最好的朋友。

Get well acquainted with your campus and explore the campus, the buildings, and its history. Go into buildings that you would otherwise not go into.

好好地認識你的校園，並且探索這一校園中的建築和它們的歷史。你要去那些你平時不會去的建築裏走一圈。

Walk around campus before your classes begin and get familiar with where you are going and what times your classes are.

在課程開始之前繞校園走一圈，熟悉一下每節課在哪裏上、在什麼時候上。

Have a schedule that you can handle and vary your courses. Don't enroll in more than three reading intensive courses.

排出一張你可以應付自如的課表並據此調整你的課程安排。不要在一個學期選三門以上閱讀量很大的課程。

Find out who the best professors are from your friends and take their classes. The professor can make the course better than the actual subject if they are really good.

從朋友那兒瞭解一下哪些是最好的老師，並且選他們的課。如果他們真的是很好的老師，那他們能把課上的比學科本身更吸引人。

Try to fulfill your core requirements and get them out of the way early on in college.

努力去完成你的核心課程要求，並且在大學生涯中儘早的去完成這些課程。

Seek advice from older students and of course your advisor. They are experienced with many of the things you will go through and they can help. Don't wait for them to come to you, go to them.

向學長和你的輔導員尋求建議。對於很多你將要面對的事情，他們比你有經驗的多。不要等着他們來找你，你要自己主動去找他們。

Don't decide on your major right away. Take some time to think about it and then decide what interests you most. Remember that majors are not geared for careers or entering the "real working world." If majors were geared only to prepare you for a job and career, then many companies wouldn't have training programs.

不要馬上決定自己的專業。花點時間好好考慮一下，選擇你最感興趣的學科作爲專業。你要記住，專業並不與你的職業生涯或者進入"真實的工作世界"掛鉤。如果專業僅僅是爲了給你的工作和職業做準備，那麼許多公司就不會有培訓項目了。

When registering for classes try not to schedule classes that are back to back. If you do, you won't have time to study right before or after class and it also can wear you out.

在選課的時候儘量避免"背靠背"的課程，這種課程會讓你在課前或者課後沒有時間學習，也會讓你筋疲力盡。

Try not to drop classes too early. Go to few of the classes and then decide if you should drop it. -Don't give up on a class if it seems too difficult. You could do well in a difficult class that you find to be challenging with help from a tutor or a peer.

不要過早地去退課。試着去上幾節課再決定你是否應該退掉這門課。—不要因爲它看上去很難就放棄。在老師和同學的幫助下，你可以在一些很具挑戰性的課上學得很好。