上大学你应该做哪些事情?

 美国的文化教育一向很看重学生的综合素质。四年大学生涯,大学生的身份不仅仅是学生,他们把大学视作从学生到成人的转型期。他们的活动已不仅仅限于青葱校园内,他们通过互联网出售创意、从大一开始积累各种经验:自我心态的调整、处事能力的提升到与人相处的技巧。在生活中,既要当好演员,也要当好观众;在大学中,既要当好学生,也要当好初涉社会的预备人才。  
    Get out of the library. You can have a degree and a huge GPA and not be ready for the workplace. A student should plan that college is four years of experience rather than 120 credits.  

　　第一,走出图书馆。就算有了学位和很高的GPA, 你也不见得就为工作做好了准备。作为一名学生,应该把大学生涯看作是四年人生经验而非只是一堆学分来好好计划。  

　　Start a business in your dorm room. It’s cheap, Google and Yahoo are dying to buy your website, and it’s better than washing dishes in the cafeteria.  

　　第二,从宿舍开始做生意。这很便宜,谷歌、雅虎都会争先恐后地收购你的网站,这比在大学食堂里洗盘子好多了。  

　　Get involved on campus. When it comes to career success, emotional intelligence—social skills to read and lead others—gets you farther than knowledge or job competence.

　　第三,积极参加校园活动。论及事业成功,情商——具有读懂并领导别人的社交技能——比起知识或工作能力,对你更有帮助。  

      Play a sport. People who play sports earn more money than couch potatoes, and women executives who played sports attribute much of their career success to their athletic experience. You don’t need to be great at sports, you just need to be part of a team.  

　　第四,参加体育运动。玩运动的人要比整天看电视的人收入高。参加过体育运动的女性行政人员事业成功的原因很大程度上要归功于其运动经历。你无需在运动上表现出色,而只需参与其中。  

     Separate your expectations from those of your parents. Otherwise you wake up and realize you’re not living your own life.  

　　第五,别遵循父母的期待生活。否则你醒来后会发现你过的不是属于自己的生活。  

      Try new things that you’re not good at. Ditch the superstar mentality that if you don’t reach the top, become president, get an A+, or get promoted to editor-in-chief, then the efforts were worthless. It’s important to learn to enjoy things without getting recognition.  

　　第六,尝试一些你并不擅长的新事物。抛弃那些名缰利锁:觉得如果不能成为第一名,当不了学生会主席,拿不了A+的优异成绩,或晋升到总编的位置,那么一切努力都是无意义的。重要的是学着去享受那些无需他人赞赏肯定的事情。  
　
       Define success for yourself. Society defines success very narrowly. Rather than defining success as financial gain or accolades, define it in terms of individual interests and personal happiness.  

　　第七,自己定义成功。社会对成功的定义很狭隘。与其把成功定义为经济上的收获或嘉奖,不如将其定义为个人兴趣和快乐所在。  

     Make your job search a priority. Jobs do not fall in your lap, you have to chase them. Especially a good one. It’s a job to look for a job. Use spreadsheets to track your progress. And plan early.  

　　第八,要优先考虑求职此事。工作要自己去找,特别是好工作,不要等着天上掉馅饼。把找工作看成是一项工作。使用电子表格来记录你的进度,并早日作计划。 

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 From: http://www.hxen.com/englisharticle/yingyuyuedu/2011-01-11/133002.html