校園生活:新來的你該怎麼上大學?

College is your chance to see what you've been missing, both in the outside world and within yourself. Use this time to explore as much as you can.

上大學給了你一個機會去正視自己的缺點，這當中既包括你在走進這個社會時欠缺了什麼，也包括你個人的缺陷。你要利用這段時間，儘可能去探尋自我。

Take classes in many different subjects before picking your major. Try lots of different clubs and activities. Make friends with people who grew up much poorer than you, and others much richer. Date someone of a different race or religion. (And no, hooking up at a party doesn't count.) Spend a semester abroad or save up and go backpacking in Europe or Asia.

你要上各種課程，然後再選定自己的專業。你應該儘可能嘗試不同的社團和社會活動。既要結交家境遠不如你的同學，也要結交出身比你優裕得多的同學。試試跟不同人種或信仰不同宗教的同學約會。（還有，在派對上親熱一番做不上正式交往。）用一個學期出國看看，或者存夠了錢，去歐洲或亞洲揹包旅遊。

College is also a chance to learn new things about yourself. Never been much of a leader? Try forming a club or a band.

讀大學還爲你提供了一個機會，去了解你不知道的自我。過去你沒怎麼擔任過領導者的角色？你可以試着組建一個社團或樂隊。

小編摘抄了幾段其他大學生的經驗之談，希望可以給新生們一些借鑑。

Try lots of things in college. You never know what's going to stick.

讀大學時，儘可能嘗試做各種事情。說不定哪件事就能成就你。

— TIM NOVIKOFF, Ph.D. student in applied mathematics at Cornell

—蒂姆·諾維科夫(Tim Novikoff)，康奈爾大學(Cornell)大學應用數學系博士生

Most important: research experience shows you how knowledge is produced. There are worse ways to prepare for life in an information age.

最重要的是：科研經歷會讓你明白知識是如何產生的，這能更好地讓你面對信息時代的生活。

— AMAN SINGH GILL, Ph.D. student in the ecology and evolution department at Stony Brook University

—阿曼·辛格·吉爾(Aman Singh Gill)，紐約州立大學石溪分校(Stony Brook University)生態與進化系博士生

You don't need a computer to take notes — good note-taking is not transcribing. All that clack, clack, clacking ... you're a student, not a court reporter. And in seminar or discussion sections, get used to being around a table with a dozen other humans, a few books and your ideas. After all, you have the rest of your life to hide behind a screen during meetings.

記筆記沒必要用電腦——好的課堂筆記並不是做抄抄寫寫的功夫，別一個勁噼啪噼啪敲擊鍵盤了……你是學生，不是法院書記官。同時，在參加研論會或進行討論時，你得習慣坐在桌子前，身邊是十幾個跟你一樣活生生的人、幾本書和幾個奇思妙想。說到底，今後你還有大半輩子能在參加會議時把臉藏在電腦後面。

— CHRISTINE SMALLWOOD, Ph.D. student in English and American literature at Columbia

—克里斯汀·斯莫爾伍德(Christine Smallwood)，哥倫比亞大學(Columbia)英語和美國文學系博士生