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&Findoutwhatyou'reworth

YOU

havefinallyfoughtyourwaythroughtheCollegeEntranceExamandhavearrivedataplacewhereyoucanbeyourself,butareyouready?

Youhavemorefreedom.

Firstlet'stakethistest.Supposeyouaresomenewtypeofproductinabigshopandnopricetaghasbeenputonyouyet.Howwellyousellasaproductinthistestdependsonhowwellyougetusedtocampuslife.

Weputastartingpricetagof1,00021stdollarsonyou.Gothroughthelistofquestionsbelowandaddortakeawaymoneyonyourpricetagaccordingtotheinstructions.

Thenseehowmuchyou'reworth?

Themoreexpensiveyoubecome,theeasieritwillbeforyoutopassthroughcollege.

1.Iwanttoknowmoreaboutmynewlife.+100

2.I'mlonely.Ijustwanttogobacktothoselovelydaysathighschool.Imissmyformerclassmateseverynight.-200

3.Idon'tknowwhattodoafterclass.-300

4.Iknowhowtousethe201phoneserviceinmyroomtophonemyfamily.+100

5.IknowhowtousetheATM（automatictellermachine）togetmoney.TheATMisoutsidethebankandisusedtogetmoneyatallhours.+100

6.Icanintroducemyselftostrangersinaneasywayandgetthemtorememberme.+200

7.Ieasilylocatetheclassroomsfordifferentlectures.+100

8.（Forboysonly）Icanplayfootball,basketball,tabletennis.+100foreachifyes,-100ifno.

（Forgirlsonly）Icanplaybadminton,tabletennisandvolleyball.+100foreachifyes,-100foreachifno.

9.IknowwhatthewordsTOEFL,IELTS,GREmean.+100foreach.

10.IhaveastrongaccentwhenIamtalkingwithmyclassmates.Anaccentisthewayyouandyourneighboursbackhomespeaktoeachother.-200

11.Ieatbreakfasteveryday.+100

12.Ihatethoseroommateswhokeeptalkinglateintothenight.ButIdon'tknowhowtopersuadethemtostop.So,IjusteitherbearitorIquarrelwiththem.-200

13.Iknowseveralstoriesandjokesaboutmyuniversityanditshistory.+100

14.Icancoverallmyexpenseseverymonth.+300

15.Iunderstandthecustomsofpeoplefromdifferentpartsofthecountry.+100

16.IcanuseacomputerandtheInternettohelpmystudies.+200

17.MyfriendsandIsharethebillatarestaurant.+200

18.Idon'tlikemycurrentmajor.So,Ithinkthefutureisbad.-300

19.Ithinkstudyistheonlythingtodoatcollege.-200

20.IhaveafriendatschoolwhoIcantalkheart-to-heartwith.+200

21.Iamconfident.+300

&Youneedsomemethods

FRESHMEN

willsoonnoticehowdifferentuniversitystudyisfromthatathighschool.Tobebetterpreparedforthe"cultureshock"ofthenewacademicenvironment,it'shelpfulforfreshmentounderstanddifferencesinstudymethodandmotivation.

Learningtolookfurther

Highschool:

Studentsworkhardmainlytotrytheirbesttodowellatthecollegeentranceexamstogetintouniversity.Thefocusisusuallyontextbooks.Theyneedtolearnthesewelltoscorewellontheexams.

University:

It'sadifferentsituationhere.Textbooklearningnolongerguaranteeshighexamscores.Youneedtodooutside-classreadingtoexpandyourknowledgeinareasoutsideyourmajor.

Whatonefreshman（WangNan,atChengduInformationandTechnologyUniversity,SichuanProvince）says:

"Ihadtopreviewlessons,listentoteachersattentivelyinclass,aswellasreviewthelessons.Inaddition,IdidlotsofexercisestomakesureIcouldfullyunderstandwhatIgotintextbooks."

Whatasenior（FuTing,gradstudentatBeijingForeignStudiesUniversity）says:

"Thetextbookknowledgeisfarfromenough.Ican'tfindanswerstothereadingcomprehensionsectionofmyexamsinbooks.Instead,Ihavetoreadsomeothermaterialsafterclass.Myeffortscanbetestedintheexam."

Anothersenior（YanXi,gradstudentatShanghaiUniversity）says:

"I'mmajoringinsociology,butmyreadingcoversotherfieldssuchasbusiness,philosophy,andliterature.Thefiercecompetitionmeansthatweneedawidescopeofknowledge.Weneedtoprepareourselvesfromnowon."

And,here'swhataprofessor（LuoGuiquan,economicsprofessoratBeijingBroadcastingInstitute）says:

"Themainpurposeofacollegeeducationistodevelopastudent'soverallquality.Studentsshouldgetnotonlytextbookknowledge,butalsoknowledgeoutsidetheirfield."

Tips

Dos:

Dogotoyourteachersandtoseniorsforadviceonhowtostudywell.

Doattenddifferentkindsoflecturestoincreaseyourknowledge.

Domakefulluseofthefacilitiesoncampus,suchasthelibrary,laboratories,andtheaudio-visualcentre.

Dopreviewandreviewyourlessons.Teacherswon’tcovereverything,soyouneedtogetpreparedtotrytolearnasmuchaspossible.

Dofinishyourhomeworkontime.Eventhoughtheteacherswon’tcheckit,youcantestyourselfwiththeprocess.

Don’ts:

Don’tmissclass.Someclassesmaybenotinteresting,butyoucangenerallylearnsomethingfromthem.

Don’tcheatonexams.You’reonlycheatingyourself.

Onyourown

Highschool:

Studentshavestudypressurefromparentsandteachers.They’retoldtoattendclassanddotheirhomeworkeveryday.

University:

Studentsgenerallyleavetheirparentsbehindwhentheygotoacampus.Ifastudentwantstoquitclasses,it’sreallyquiteeasy.

Whatafreshman（"Bai",atBeijingForeignStudiesUniversity）says:

"MyparentsandteacherssaidIhadtoworkhardorIwouldfailthecollegeentranceexams.IwouldfeelguiltyifIdisappointedthem.I’veworkedhardnotjustformyselfbutforthemaswell."

Whatafreshman（"Liang",atChengduTechnologyUniversityinSichuanProvince）says:

"Studypressuresaregreatlyreduced.Withoutthesupervisionofmyparentsandteachers,I’mafraidI’llgetlazyandwon’tstudyashardasbefore."

Andasenior（WuBin,gradstudentatSichuanElectronicandTechnologyUniversity）says:

"Studyingisourownbusiness.Teacherswon’ttelluswhattodo.Weneedtostudyashardaspossibleifwewanttolearnmore."

Whataprofessor（ChengMusheng,EnglishprofessoratTsinghuaUniversity）says:

"WhenIteachpronunciationclass,somestudentsmakeprogress,someshownoimprovement.Wecantellthemhowtostudywellbutwecannotforcethemtostudy."

&Befamiliarwiththeseexams

THERE

aresomeimportantexamsforcollege.Someofthemyouhavetotake,othersareuptoyou.Here,weintroducesomeexamsthatcanshowyourEnglishability.

CET（CollegeEnglishTest）

AllcollegestudentshavetotaketheBandFourCollegeEnglishExam,ofCET.Failuretopasssometimesmeansnobachelor'sdegree.

TherearetwotypesofCET:

bandfourandbandsix.Thefirstislowerlevel.Andthesecondisupperlevel.Therearesectionslikelistening,reading,vocabularyandstructure,clozeortranslation,errorcorrectionandwriting.Thetotalscoreis100points,with60beingapass,and85beingexcellent.

TOEFL

Studentsfromnon-English-speakingcountrieshavetotaketheTOEFL（TestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage）toapplyforgraduateorpostgraduatecoursesinAmericanandCanadianuniversities.TheexamisalsorecognizedincountrieslikeBritain,Australia,andSingapore.

Theexamhasfoursections:

listening,structure,reading,andtheTestofWrittenEnglish（TWE）.

Youhave110minutestocompletethefirstthreeandthirtyminutesfortheTWE.Totalscoreis667points（minustheTWE）,andsixpointsfortheTWE.Mostuniversitieshave550asthelowestadmissiblelevelforpostgraduatecourses.Thescoreisgoodfortwoyears.

GRE

Studentsinnon-English-speakingcountriesalsohavetotaketheGRE（GraduateRecordExamination）toapplyforgraduateschoolintheUSandCanada.

Theexamhastwoparts:

ananalyticalwritingsectiononcomputer;andverbalandquantitativesectionsonpaper.Youarerequiredtotaketheanalyticalsectionfirstandtheothertwopartssometimeinthesameyear.

Testtakershavetwohoursfortheanalyticalpart,andtwoandahalfhoursfortherest.

Fortheanalyticalwritingpart,thefullscoreis6.Andthetotalscorefortheothertwopartsis1,600points,800pointsforeach.ManyAmericangraduateschoolsrequireascoreofatleast1100or1200fortheverbalandquantitativesections.Thescoreisvalidforfiveyears.

IELTS

Studentsinnon-English-speakingcountriesarealsorequiredtotaketheIELTS（InternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem）toapplyforgraduateorpostgraduatecoursesinmostBritish,Australian,NewZealand,andCanadianuniversities.

Theexamhasfourparts:

listening,reading,writing,andspeaking.

Youhave30,60,60,and15minutestofinishthefour,respectively.

Totalscoreisninepoints.Manyuniversitiessetsixpointsasthelowestpermissable.Thescoreisgoodfortwoyears.

&Somanynewthings

EIGHTEEN

-year-oldChenChenhasbeenoverjoyedsinceshesetfootontheRenminUniversitycampusinearlySeptember.Therearesomanynewthingstoexperiencealmosteveryday:

awelcomingparty,thefirstnightwithroommates,thefirstclass,thefirstcampuscanteenmeal,andsoon.Buttherearealsotheworries:

Howtochoosethebestofthenearly100studentorganizationsandsocietiesoncampus.

Tobeginwith,there’sthecampusradiostationwhereshehopestobeluckyenoughtobeaskedtojoin.Shealsowantstohoneherwritingskillsat"RenminYouth",thecampusnewspaper.Andsheisalsoreadytolendahelpinghandtoothers,sojoiningavolunteergroupisanotherpossibility.And,asanenvironmentmajor,itisnaturalforhertojointheenvironmentalprotectionsociety.

"TherearestillotherexcitingorganizationsoutthereandIjustdon’tknowwhichisthebestforme,"Chensaid."IhopeIcanmakeupmymindwhenIlearnmoreaboutthem."

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