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1.Giving away your freshman status: 1. 长得一张新生脸 Every school has freshmen, and these new faces are generally tolerated if not outright welcomed. Then they go ahead and do something that flaunts the fact that they have no idea what’s really going on – from failing to refer to traditions or buildings by their proper nicknames to sitting in the front row in a large lecture hall – and they start to lose their cute status and get rather annoying instead. I remember enthusiastically introducing myself to someone who I assumed was a freshman in the dining hall during my first semester; it turns out he was a graduate student trying to catch a quick bite by himself, and he was not amused by my assumption of his freshman status. 每所学校都会迎来大一新生，新面孔就算没受到热烈欢迎，前辈也一般宽容以待。不过新生很容易因此得意忘形，忘记了一个事实——自己根本不了解周围的一切。从不会使用惯有名词和建筑物的昵称，到坐在大教室第一排，自己渐渐变得不再可爱，甚至有些让人抓狂。我还记得我刚入学时，在食堂热情地跟同学搭讪，我以为他是新生，但其实他是个研究生，只想自己赶快吃完饭，被误认成新生也让他有些不爽。 2.Buying all the books and trying to do all the reading: 2. 买所有书，读所有材料 Your first college textbook bill will likely be your highest – more experienced students quickly realize libraries, student textbook exchanges, and borrowing from friends are all far more economical. Also, most students eventually come to terms with the fact that the seemingly insurmountable pile of readings is actually insurmountable, and instead become more effective at skimming and forming study groups to split readings. | 
