1.Get out of the library. You can have a egree an a huge GPA an not be reay for the workplace. A stuent shoul plan that college is four years of experience rather than 120 creits,” says William Coplin,professor at Syracuse University an author of the book,10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College.”第一，走出圖書館。就算有了學(xué)位和很高的GPA你也不見(jiàn)得就為工作做好了準(zhǔn)備。學(xué)生應(yīng)該有規(guī)劃，校園四年的人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)比120個(gè)學(xué)分更重要。感想：在美國(guó)大學(xué)里，課外活動(dòng)常常和功課一樣重要，通過(guò)課外活動(dòng)可以得到很多課本外的知識(shí)。

1. Start a business in your orm room. It’s cheap,Google an Yahoo are ying to buy your website,an it’s better than washing ishes in the cafeteria. Note to those who play poker online until 4 a.m.: Gambling isn’t a business. It’s an aiction.

第二，從宿舍開(kāi)始做生意，這很便宜。雅虎、谷歌都會(huì)爭(zhēng)先恐后地買你弄出來(lái)的網(wǎng)站，這比餐館里洗盤子好多了。至于那些通宵在線玩撲克的人，記住賭博不是生意，賭博是癮。感想：要想創(chuàng)業(yè)可從大學(xué)同步開(kāi)始，不見(jiàn)得需要大量的啟動(dòng)資金。大學(xué)有大把的時(shí)光和大量的人力及知識(shí)資源。

1. Don’t take on ebt that is too limiting. This is not a reference to online gambling,although it coul be. This is about choosing a state school over a pricey private school. Almost everyone agrees you can get a great eucation at an inexpensive school. So in many cases the ebt from a private school is more career-limiting than the lack of bran name on your iploma.

第三，別債務(wù)纏身。這和在線賭博關(guān)系不大，雖然可能有關(guān)系。這是關(guān)于應(yīng)該選擇一所州立大學(xué)而不是昂貴的私立學(xué)校的問(wèn)題。幾乎所有人都同意在不那么貴的學(xué)校里也能得到良好的教育。所以從個(gè)人前途上看，無(wú)債一身輕比花錢買個(gè)名牌文憑要有利得多。感想：不要僅僅盯著大學(xué)排名，需要選擇適合自己的學(xué)校，才會(huì)有更大的發(fā)展。

1. Get involve on campus. When it comes to career success,emotional intelligence – social skills to rea an lea others – get you farther than knowlege or job competence,accoring to Tiziana Casciaro,professor at Harvar Business School. Julie Albert,a junior at Braneis University,is the irector of her a capella group an hea of orientation this year. She hones her leaership skills outsie the classroom,which is exactly where to o it.

第四，積極參加校園文化活動(dòng)。哈佛商學(xué)院的Tiziana Casciaro教授在談到事業(yè)的成功，情商――閱讀和領(lǐng)導(dǎo)別人的社會(huì)技能――均來(lái)源于在大學(xué)做合唱團(tuán)的指揮和領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，在那里獲取的能力要遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)你的學(xué)識(shí)和工作能力。這在美國(guó)文化中，是所謂”領(lǐng)袖素質(zhì)”的基礎(chǔ)。感想：通過(guò)校園活動(dòng)，可以學(xué)會(huì)怎么理解、幫助別人，滿足別人的需要和別人溝通。找工作時(shí)會(huì)被別人另眼相看。千萬(wàn)不要認(rèn)為這些僅僅是校園生活而已。

1. Avoi gra school in the liberal arts. One in five English Ph’s fin stable university jobs,an the egree won’t help outsie the university: “Schooling only gives you the capacity to stan behin a cash register,” says Thomas Benton,a columnist at the Chronicle of Higher Eucation (who has an English egree from Yale an a tenure-track teaching job.)

第五，避免在文理學(xué)院中讀研究生。五分之一的英語(yǔ)博士可以在大學(xué)里找到穩(wěn)定的工作，走出校門(找工作)，學(xué)位沒(méi)有任何幫助。Thomas Benton(一位高等教育紀(jì)事報(bào)專欄作家，擁有耶魯大學(xué)英語(yǔ)學(xué)士學(xué)位和一個(gè)任期的田徑教學(xué)工作)說(shuō)：大學(xué)僅僅是給你一個(gè)站在收銀機(jī)后面的能力。感想：除非你離了學(xué)術(shù)不能活，讀博士對(duì)實(shí)際工作毫無(wú)幫助。在美國(guó)博士不見(jiàn)得比本科更好找工作。與中國(guó)情況相反，中國(guó)有很多公司，碩士生以下不要。不能拿中國(guó)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)去套國(guó)外的生活哦。

1. Skip the law-school track. Lawyers are the most epresse of all professionals. Stress itself oes not make a job ba,says Alan Kreuger,economist at Princeton University. Not having control over one’s work oes make a ba job,though,an lawyers are always acting on behalf of someone else. Suicie is among the leaing causes of premature eath among lawyers.

第六，Alan Kreuger(普林斯頓經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家)說(shuō)：跳出法律學(xué)校的軌跡。律師是所有職業(yè)中最壓抑的。本身有壓力的工作并不代表是一份壞的工作。律師總是代表別人去爭(zhēng)利，沒(méi)有辦法掌控自己的工作，是一份壞工作。自殺是律師中第一號(hào)非正常死亡的原因。感想：收入高不代表是好工作。人的一生不僅僅只有工作。

1. Play a sport. People who play sports earn more money than couch potatoes,an women executives who playe sports attribute much of their career success to their athletic experience,says Jennifer Cripsen of Sweet Briar College in Virginia. You on’t nee to be great at sports,you just nee to be part of a team.

第七，參加體育運(yùn)動(dòng)。調(diào)查表明，大學(xué)從事體育運(yùn)動(dòng)的人，畢業(yè)后比那些不沾體育的同學(xué)明顯收入高。美國(guó)人從事體育不僅是鍛煉身體，而且是培養(yǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的才能和領(lǐng)袖素質(zhì)。一個(gè)大學(xué)運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)的隊(duì)長(zhǎng)到華爾街找工作，優(yōu)勢(shì)不可限量。感想：生命在于運(yùn)動(dòng)。美國(guó)大學(xué)里的體育生需要完成與其他人一樣的學(xué)習(xí)，訓(xùn)練通常是每天都要占3~4小時(shí)(我孩子告訴我，體育校隊(duì)的人每天下午4點(diǎn)到7點(diǎn)進(jìn)行訓(xùn)練，天天如此)。這也是美國(guó)大學(xué)一視同仁的特色，這樣畢業(yè)出來(lái)的人難道不更優(yōu)秀嗎?

1. Separate your expectations from those of your parents. “Otherwise you wake up an realize you’re not living your own life,” says Alexanra Robbins,author of the popular new book “The Overachievers.“

第八，別按著父母的期待生活?！狈駝t你醒來(lái)后會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你過(guò)的不是自己的日子?！备邢耄焊改赣懈改傅纳罱?jīng)驗(yàn)，但孩子有孩子的喜好。按照自己的人生去生活，自己會(huì)感覺(jué)更快樂(lè)些。

1. Try new things that you’re not goo at. “Ditch the superstar mentality that if you on’t reach the top,presient,A+,eitor in chief,then the efforts were worthless. It’s important to learn to enjoy things without getting recognition,” says Robbins.

第九，做一些你并不擅長(zhǎng)的新事物。你對(duì)自己未必了解，這是蘇格拉底給人類的教誨?！叭绻銢](méi)有達(dá)到頂峰、做總統(tǒng)、得A+、做主編，看起來(lái)你做得毫無(wú)價(jià)值，沒(méi)有達(dá)到巨心得狀態(tài)。重要的是要學(xué)會(huì)享受沒(méi)有得到認(rèn)可的事情。感想：請(qǐng)給自己一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。什么自己不擅長(zhǎng)這個(gè)，不擅長(zhǎng)那個(gè)，作繭自縛。很多人二十年后會(huì)生活在自己完全沒(méi)有設(shè)想過(guò)的現(xiàn)實(shí)中。

1. Define success for yourself. “Society efines success very narrowly. Rather than efining success as financial gain or accolaes,efine it in terms of iniviual interests an personal happiness,” says Robbins.

第十，以自己為中心來(lái)定義成功，“社會(huì)上成功的定義非常狹隘，相比較收益和榮譽(yù)的定義，成功應(yīng)該定義為個(gè)人的興趣和幸福感更重要。以自己為中心來(lái)定義成功，別以外在的東西(比如金錢)來(lái)定義成功。

【微語(yǔ)】留學(xué)是增長(zhǎng)見(jiàn)識(shí)，提升自我的好機(jī)會(huì)，愿你在外國(guó)的土地上收獲滿滿，前程似錦。