to revisit every once in a while, and it goes:

以每隔一段時間重溫一次，它去。

"Everything around you that you call life was made up by

"你周圍的一切，你所謂的生活是由

"people that were no smarter than you and you can change it,

"人，並不比你聰明，你可以改變它。

"you can influence it, you can build your own things that

＆quot;你可以影響它，你可以建立自己的東西，。

"other people can use."

"其他人可以使用.&quot。

And I wanted to share that quote with you guys because

我想和你們分享這句話，因為... ...

well, for one it's just an incredibly insightful quote

好了，對於一個它只是一個令人難以置信的洞察力的報價

taken as a whole, but more specific to the topic of this

整體而言，但更具體到本報告的主題。

particular video, I think the first half of that quote

我覺得這句話的前半部分

can really help you to build the correct mindset

可以真正幫助你建立正確的心態

for going into college.

為進入大學。

We are kind of in the back to school season right now

我們現在正處於返校的季節。

and I've been getting a lot of questions, via email,

和我'已經得到了很多的問題，通過電子郵件。

via Reddit, via Twitter from people who are justifiably

通過Reddit，通過Twitter，從人們誰是合理的

worried about what college holds.

擔心大學會有什麼。

They've been told that the workloads are insane,

他們'已經被告知，工作量是瘋狂的。

and there's just a lot of uncertainty and things that they

和有'只是很多的不確定性和事情，他們

don't know about and a lot of people feel like they can't

不知道，很多人覺得自己不能't

handle what college is going to dump on them.

處理大學要甩給他們的東西。

And I want to tell you, that yes you can handle it,

我想告訴你，是的，你可以處理它。

and you're gonna have a much better chance of handling it

你會有一個更好的機會處理它。

in the best possible way if you set your mindset right.

只要你擺正心態，就能以最好的方式。

So let me dispel a myth for you really quickly.

所以，讓我為你真正快速地消除一個迷思。

There was actually a survey done of college students

其實有一個大學生的調查

recently that found that 60% of students felt that they

最近，發現有60%的學生認為自己

were emotionally unprepared for college and more than 50%

在情感上沒有做好上大學的準備，超過50%的人沒有做好上大學的準備。

felt they were stressed either most or all the time.

感到自己在大部分時間或所有時間都有壓力。

And honestly, these are worrying statistics and they're

說實話，這些都是令人擔憂的統計數據，他們'。

not good and I'm hoping the content on this channel can

不好，我'希望這個頻道的內容可以

help, in some small way to bring those numbers down as

在某種程度上幫助，以使這些數字下降，因為

time goes on.

時光荏苒

But there is a silver lining to those statistics and that

但是，這些統計數字也有一線希望，那就是......。

is the realization that you are not alone if you are

是意識到你並不孤單，如果你是。

uncertain or stressed or afraid about college.

不確定或緊張或害怕上大學，

I'm 25 now, I've been out of college for three years

我現在25歲了，我已經離開大學三年了。

and I can tell you this "secret" of sorts, and that is that

我可以告訴你這個"祕密"的種類，那就是，。

nobody knows what they're doing.

沒有人知道他們在做什麼'。

We're all basically just making things up as we go along,

我們'基本上都是邊走邊編。

we're adopting models and best practices to hopefully

我們正在採用模型和最佳實踐，希望能做到

get the outcome we want but nobody knows what they're doing.

得到我們想要的結果，但沒有人知道他們在做什麼'。

So the game is basically to appear to know what you're doing

所以遊戲基本上是要顯得知道自己在做什麼'。

and to make the best educated guesses that you can, and the

並作出最好的教育的猜測，你可以，和。

people who play that game best are the ones who constantly

玩這個遊戲的人最好的是那些誰不斷。

evaluate their choices and the results of their actions and

評估他們的選擇和行動的結果，以及...。

where they're going.

他們在哪裡'去。

But also the ones who have learned to react to things and

但也有的人學會了對事物的反應和

to adopt the correct attitude, and to accept help and to

採取正確的態度，接受幫助，並以

seek out help when they need it.

在他們需要時尋求幫助。

And honestly college is a huge concentrated ball of help and

而且說實話，大學是一個巨大的集中球的幫助和

resources and people who are really invested

資源和真正投入的人

in your success.

在你的成功。

So going to college with a mindset that you are going to do

所以上大學的時候要抱著一種心態，你要做的是

as best as you can, but also you're going to adapt to things

儘可能地，但你也'要適應的東西。

that you can't predict right now.

你現在無法預測的。

And honestly that's good because that's the whole point of

說實話，這很好，因為這才是我們的重點

growth, and in pursuing new opportunities.

增長，並在追求新的機會。

If you know exactly what was coming, then it wouldn't be

如果你清楚地知道會發生什麼，那麼它就不會是

interesting, right?

有趣的，對不對？

You're going to college because you're going to

你要上大學是因為你要去。

find new horizons, basically.

找到新的視野，基本上。

And when you run into something that you can't deal with

而當你遇到一些你無法處理的事情時

on your own be willing to seek out help.

自己願意尋求幫助。

College has a ton of help for you to seek out.

大學有大量的幫助，你可以尋求。

For one, there are academic advisors, there are academic

一是有學業顧問，有學?

success centers with tutors you can get hooked up with.

成功中心，有你可以聯繫的導師。

But, number two, if you're living in the dorms,

但是，第二，如果你'住在宿舍裡。

get to know your R.A.

瞭解你的R.A.。

I was actually an R.A. once, during my junior year and

其實我曾經做過一次R.A.，在我大三的時候和

let me tell you we went through intensive and extensive

讓我告訴你，我們經歷了密集而廣泛的。

training to basically be able to answer every question

訓練，基本能夠回答每一個問題

a student might have in any area of your life.

一個學生在你生活的任何領域都可能有。

And even if we didn't know the answer ourselves, each of

即使我們自己不知道答案，每一個人都

us had a huge binder in our dorm room with lots of on campus

我們在宿舍裡有一個巨大的文件夾，裡面有很多校園裡的資料

resources and at the very least, we would be able to point

資源，至少，我們將能夠指出。

a student in the right direction for any problem.

一個學生在任何問題的正確方向。

So, get to know your R.A.

所以，瞭解一下你的R. A. 。

Now, of course there is a lot more you can do beyond just

現在，當然還有很多事情你可以做，不僅僅是

being willing to accept help and one of those things is

願意接受幫助，其中之一就是

preparing yourself for everything that college is going to

準備自己的一切，大學是怎麼回事

throw at you by reading books and listening to podcasts

通過看書和聽播客，向你拋出

that have been made to help you out.

已經做出了幫助你的。

This is actually what I did when I was a high school student

這其實是我在高中時做的事。

I went down to my local library and I read every single

我去了我當地的圖書館，我讀了每一個。

college prep book they had on the shelf including one that

他們在書架上的大學預科書包括一本

I still personally own which is, "How to Win at College"

我個人還擁有的是，"如何在大學裡獲勝&quot。

by Cal Newport and I think this is a great book.

由卡爾-紐波特，我認為這是一本偉大的書。

I also wrote a book on how to earn better grades so that

我還寫了一本關於如何獲得更好的成績的書，這樣一來。

might be helpful and a few weeks ago my friend Mart and I

可能是有幫助的，幾個星期前，我和我的朋友馬特。

did an entire podcast series called "The Path to College".

做了一個完整的播客系列，叫做"大學之路"。

Now the first episode was about how to get into college,

現在第一集是關於如何考上大學的。

the second one was about how to pay for it, but

第二個是關於如何支付，但。

the third one was a much more holistic look at everything

第三個是更全面的審視一切

your need to learn to be able to take on college.

你需要學習能夠承擔大學。

It was basically the episode about becoming college ready.

基本上是關於成為大學準備的情節。

So if you want a lot more detail on this whole process of

所以，如果你想了解更多關於這個整個過程中的細節。

becoming college ready, you can click the annotation on

成為大學的準備，你可以點擊註釋上的

the screen right now, or the link in the description

或描述中的鏈接。

below, but hopefully this particular video just helped

下面，但希望這個特殊的視頻只是幫助了

to ease your nerves a little bit if

以緩解你的神經，如果

you are still worried about college.

你還在擔心大學的事情。

And helped you to set your mindset in a

並幫你擺正了心態。

very positive and productive way.

非常積極和有效的方式。

Now before I leave you guys I did want to mention one more

在我離開你們之前，我還想再提一個問題

thing and that is that we just launched

的事情，那就是我們剛剛推出的

a new page on College Info Geek called

在大學資訊極客上開闢了一個新的頁面，名為

"The Ultimate College Packing Guide" so if you're

"終極大學包裝指南"所以，如果你'。

still wondering what all you should bring to college,

還在想你上大學應該帶什麼東西。

this is our attempt at creating a comprehensive resource

這是我們試圖創建一個全面的資源

that should answer that question for you.

這應該可以回答你的問題。

And right now it's totally V 1.0 I still have a lot of

而現在它完全是V 1.0，我還有很多的問題。

features to add but I wanted to get it up as earlier as I

的功能，但我想讓它儘早的，因為我。

possibly could so you guys could make use of it.

可能可以，所以你們可以利用它。

So once again, cards on the screen if you wanna check it

所以，再一次，卡在螢幕上，如果你想檢查它。

out and there's a link down in the description below.

出，並有'的鏈接在下面的描述。

That is all I've got for this particular video, so hopefully

這就是我的所有''ve得到了這個特殊的視頻，所以希望

you guys enjoyed it and if you did you can leave a Like

你們喜歡它，如果你這樣做，你可以留下一個喜歡。

to support this channel and if you've got additional

以支持這個頻道，如果你有額外的。

questions be sure to put them down in the comments below

有問題請務必在下面的評論中提出來。

so I can make future videos tackling those topics.

這樣我就可以在未來製作視頻來解決這些話題。

Also, if you wanna get new videos every single week on

此外，如果你想獲得新的視頻，每一個星期在

being a more effective student you can click your mouse

作為一個更有效的學生，你可以點擊你的滑鼠。

button on the big red subscribe button down there and

下面的大紅色訂閱按鈕上的按鈕，然後是

if you wanna get a free copy of my book on earning

如果你想得到一本免費的我的書，關於賺取

better grades you can click your mouse button on the

更好的成績，你可以點擊你的滑鼠按鈕上的

picture of the book right over there.

書的圖片就在那邊。

If you missed last weeks video we talked about aconcept

如果你錯過了上週的視頻，我們談到了一個接受

called space repetition which is a really effective

稱為空間重複，這是一個非常有效的

learning technique, so check it out if you missed it.

學習技術，如果你錯過了就去看看吧。

And you can find the full article as always for this video

而你可以找到這段視頻的完整文章，一如既往的。

at the full article button right there.

在完整的文章按鈕就在那裡。

If you wanna connect with me,

如果你想和我聯繫，

I'm right behind you.

我就在你身後。