As a freshman， the sense of being lost in a big new world was exciting， but at the same time I treasured every bit of advice I could get。 Now that I‘m a few years older， I thought I’d share some thoughts。 More importantly， I went around and asked some of the most accomplished Penn students for what recommendations they‘d give to freshmen。

作為大學新生，在大的新世界里迷失的感覺很刺激，但同時我也珍視得到的每一點建議。既然我年長幾歲，就想分享一些我的想法。更重要的是，我四處找了一些學業有成的賓夕法尼亞大學學生，讓他們給新生提出了一些建議。

1。 College is about the people you meet。 Value them above all else。

上大學就是跟人交往，要把他們看得比別的都重要。

2。 Avoid eating alone。 You should value this part of your day as a moment to talk to friends and meet new people。

不要獨自吃飯，你應該利用一天中吃飯的時間和朋友聊天并結交新朋友。

3。 A romantic relationship is not a waste of time。

談戀愛并非浪費時間。

4。 Your parents love and miss you。 Indulge them with a call from time to time。

父母愛你也想你，偶爾給他們打打電話。

5。 There are people willing to help you with anything。 All you have to do is ask。

總是有人愿意給予你任何幫助，你需要做的就是尋求幫助。

6。 You have two ears and one mouth， and that design happens to be intelligent。

你有兩只耳朵一張嘴，這個設計很明智。

7。 Try to learn very different things。 Some of the most confident and successful graduates are skilled in two seemingly polar subjects， like computer science and political science。

努力學習非常難的東西，一些最自信、最成功的畢業生都擅長選兩門對立學科，比如計算機和政治學。

8。 Don‘t take advice from movies， magazines， or newspapers。 Read good books， learn by doing， and come to your own conclusions。

不要從電影、雜志或報紙上獲取建議，你要讀好書，從實踐中學習并得出自己的結論。

9。 Appreciate your summers and use them wisely。 Travel to Japan， write a book， read， follow things that interest you。

感激你的暑假并有效利用之。去日本旅行、寫本書、讀讀書、做些你感興趣的事。

10。 Protect your dreams。 It‘s too easy to abandon something you care about because you’re told it‘s not important。

保護好你的夢想，有人告訴你你在乎的事并不重要時你很容易會放棄。

11。 Ask for forgiveness， not for permission。

請求原諒，而不要請求允許。

12。 Your school is willing and eager to throw money at you in research grants。

學校很愿意為你提供研究經費。

13。 If you don‘t get， it may very well be because you don’t ask。

如果你沒有得到，很有可能是你沒有爭取。

14。 If you‘re faced with a choice between locking yourself up and studying for an exam or doing something much more epic and memorable， choose epic。

如果你面臨一個選擇，是該把自己鎖起來備考還是該做些更有意義、更難忘的事，那么你還是選擇有意義的事吧。

15。 Don‘t wait till senior year to do those things you want to do or become who you want to be。

不要等到大四再去做你想做的事或成為你想成為的人。

16。 Don‘t miss your classes because of sleeping in， but nap religiously in the middle of the day。

不要因為睡過頭了就逃課，應該保證午睡。

17。 Pick up a book for fun once in a while。

偶爾讀本書娛樂一下。

18。 Get a bike。 It‘ll make the campus so much smaller。

買個自行車，你會發現校園小了很多。

19。 Find and protect the time of day when you‘re most productive。

找到一天之中效率最高的時間段并保持住。

20。 Don‘t be complacent but be happy。 Be thankful for where you are。 Everything is already pretty great。

不要自滿，要開心，要感激你能在這里，一切都已經很好了。

(來源：滬江英語)