College is the time to try new things, meet new people, and have new experiences. The things is, it can all fall apart if you don’t have a clear idea of what you are getting into. Be sure to make the best of it with these tips for new college students.
大學(xué)是嘗試新事物、結交新朋友、經(jīng)歷新體驗的時(shí)機。問(wèn)題是如果你不清楚自己要做什么，這些機遇就會(huì )白白浪費掉。大學(xué)新生一定要好好用用下面的這幾個(gè)方法。
1. Go to class去上課
Oh, it will be so tempting to sleep in. After all, you’re a college student! You can do what you want, right? Well, you sure can if you want to scramble to make up for it later on. It is much easier to hold a GPA than to attempt to bring it up!睡覺(jué)很誘人呀。畢竟你是大學(xué)生了！你可以想做什么就做什么，對吧？好吧，如果你想以后倉促補上那當然可以。保持住學(xué)分績(jì)點(diǎn)比嘗試提高它要容易得多！
2. Know what you can handle course-wise知道如何能明智地處理課程
It is much better to finish a semester ‘late’ (who doesn’t these days?) than to have a nervous breakdown because of over-scheduling yourself. In the bigger picture, a few months or even a year does not make that much of a difference, unless you want to brag about how you finished school on time.推遲完成（現在誰(shuí)不這樣？）比過(guò)度安排導致自己精神緊張要好得多。從大局的角度看，幾個(gè)月甚至一年的時(shí)間也不會(huì )有多大的不同，除非你想吹噓自己如何按時(shí)完成學(xué)業(yè)。
3. Get involved參與進(jìn)去
You might be attending school in a different state, or even in your own state. Either way you can afford to expand your interests and meet new people. College is an easy way to make contacts and new friends!你可能要去到另外一個(gè)州讀大學(xué)，也可能還是在自己家鄉所在的州。無(wú)論是在哪里，你都能夠擴大你的興趣并結交新的朋友。大學(xué)是接觸和結交新朋友的簡(jiǎn)單方式！
4. Make friends in your program who are ahead of you結交班級里成績(jì)比你好的朋友
This way you might be able to borrow their old tests, notes and/or lab reports. This is not cheating, but using your resources and contacts wisely. Many sororities and fraternities have these resources available, some even in database form! You can trade off with this friend or do something nice like bake him/her cookies for their help.這樣你就可能向借他們以前的測驗、筆記和/或實(shí)驗報告了。這不是作弊，而是明智地使用你的資源和人脈。很多姐妹會(huì )和兄弟會(huì )都有這些資源，有一些甚至存在了數據庫里！你可以和你的朋友交換下，或做一些像給他/她烤餅干這樣的事情來(lái)感謝他們的幫助。
5. On that note, consider joining a sorority or fraternity說(shuō)到這里，可以考慮加入姐妹會(huì )或兄弟會(huì )
Yes, you have to go to social events. Yes, you might get categorized as a snob or fill-in-the-inappropriate-name-blank, but you really can benefit from the social network and resources (such as old tests).是的，你必須要去社交。是的，可能有同學(xué)覺(jué)得你很勢利，覺(jué)得你很煩哪兒哪兒都有你，但你真的可以從這些社交網(wǎng)絡(luò )和資源中受益（如以前的測驗）。
6. Buy your books online or from a friend從網(wǎng)上或朋友那里買(mǎi)書(shū)
Holy cow, the universities make a boatload off of textbooks! Using one book for a semester (even with selling it back) can cost $100 plus! Many companies like Amazon sell textbooks cheaper than at universities and offer gift cards at a decent rate to sell them back.我的天，大學(xué)的教科書(shū)可以裝滿(mǎn)一船！一學(xué)期用一本書(shū)（甚至把它賣(mài)掉后）就得花100多美元！許多像亞馬遜這樣的公司賣(mài)的教科書(shū)價(jià)格比大學(xué)里要便宜，而且還提供禮品卡，用完后賣(mài)出去的價(jià)格也合理。
7. Keep in contact with your family和家人保持聯(lián)系
Yes, you should make contacts and friends at college. This does not mean you should ignore your family who likely supports you, or encouraged you to get to where you are today. Give them a call, Skype them, send them a card, or do something during the semester to let them know you are thinking about them.是的，在大學(xué)里你應該和他人接觸、交朋友。這并不是說(shuō)你該忽視你的家人，你的家人會(huì )支持你或鼓勵過(guò)你才讓你有了今天。這個(gè)學(xué)期給他們打打電話(huà)，用Skype和他們通信，送給他們賀卡，或做些什么事情來(lái)讓他們知道你在想著(zhù)他們。
8. Keep in contact with old friends和老朋友保持聯(lián)系
One of my biggest regrets in life was intentionally falling out of touch with high school friends. I had joined a group of people who convinced me that the only important thing was their group and if friends or family did not understand, they should be cut off. I missed out on so much, and now the stream of Facebook updates from my high school friends makes me sad.我人生中的一大遺憾是和高中朋友鬧翻了。我加入了一個(gè)團體，那里的人讓我相信最重要的事情就是這個(gè)團體，如果朋友和家人不理解的話(huà)，應該和他們斷絕關(guān)系。我錯過(guò)了這么多，現在我高中朋友Facebook上的更新讓我很難過(guò)。
Sometimes something similar happens if you meet the man or woman ‘of your life’ who you can’t stand being away from. Break away and connect with the friends who have been there for you forever.有時(shí)如果你遇到了“生命中的那個(gè)人” ，而你又離不開(kāi)他/她時(shí)，也會(huì )有相似的事情發(fā)生。和他/她分手，并和一直在那里支持你的朋友聯(lián)系。
9. Learn from mistakes從錯誤中學(xué)習
If you do something stupid, learn from your mistakes. College is a time not only for learning about Chemistry and the correct way to cite a source, but for learning about life. Learning how to come back from mistakes is a big part of the college experience.如果你做了一些蠢事，從錯誤中學(xué)習。大學(xué)不僅僅是用來(lái)學(xué)習學(xué)科知識和如何去引經(jīng)據典的，它還是學(xué)習生活的地方。學(xué)習如何從錯誤中走出來(lái)是大學(xué)經(jīng)驗的一大重要部分。
10. Be silly做些傻事
You have a little bit of margin during this time to get away with crazy things and not look too foolish (hey, it’s college!) Use this time to go on adventures and do silly things that likely will be looked down upon later in life. This is also a great way to bond with your new friends.在這段時(shí)間內，你要留有余地，不要做太瘋狂的事情，也不要看上去太愚蠢。（嘿，這是大學(xué)！）用這段時(shí)間來(lái)冒險和做一些傻乎乎的事情，這樣以后在生活中還可以回想回想。這也是和你新朋友交流的一個(gè)好方式。
11. Be careful要小心
Yes, have new experiences. Yes, be silly. Do not do things that you know might endanger your life, health or self-image.對，要有新的體驗。對，要做些傻事。但是不要做可能危及到生命、健康或自我形象的事情。
12. Learn how to balance and prioritize學(xué)會(huì )平衡和為事情設定優(yōu)先級
Time management skills are completely necessary to explore all that college life has to offer. There will always be activities, social events, school events, trips, homework, and tests for which to study. Part of life is managing the time that we have, so my advice would be to learn this early on in your college career.去探索大學(xué)生活時(shí)，時(shí)間管理技巧是非常有必要的。總是有各種各樣的活動(dòng)、社交活動(dòng)、學(xué)校活動(dòng)、旅行、作業(yè)和測驗。生活中的一部分就是管理我們所擁有的時(shí)間，我的建議是在開(kāi)始大學(xué)生涯時(shí)盡早學(xué)習它。
13. Learn about yourself了解自己
Figure out what you want out of life. You don’t need to know right away, but be thinking about this as you experience new things, meet new people, and explore the world of knowledge.弄清你想要過(guò)的生活。你不必現在就知道，但是當你經(jīng)歷新的事情、結識新的朋友、探索世界知識時(shí)就要想一想了。
想說(shuō)：回想在大學(xué)的時(shí)光，那點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴.....盡管在校的時(shí)候，常常會(huì )吐槽學(xué)校這不好那里不好，但是回想起來(lái)，卻都是美好的回憶！
