New Student Orientation

1. 2005 July 2nd Taipei Public Library New Student Orientation

2. 100 or so Taiwanese students In 2003, 13614 total (under 7772, graduate 5842, 2002-2003) (UIUC 38,291) NUTSA –Taiwanese Student Association at Northwestern University Welcome to Join NU!!

3. Evanston, Illinois North of Chicago 30-40 min by car 50-60 min to Chicago downtown by CTA “L” (40 min during rush hours) Chicago, Illinois (Medical and Law) Location

4. Rough conversion from F to C minus 30 and divide by 2 By the way, 1 mile = 1.6 km Weather

5. International office Wildcard office bank account [U.S. Bank/Chase (Bank One)/Citibank] health service insurance (Northwestern or Commercial) TB test department requirements new student orientation (graduate school and departments and international office) Things to do

6. On Campus Engelhart (for graduate students) Foster Walker and other student dorms (for undergraduate students) Off Campus Popular places on Ridge, Noyes, Sherman, Hyman, Davis, Chicago Ave. Living

8. food Jewel Osco, Dominick’s (Grocery, 5mins driving) Chinatown and Argyle (Chinese food, 25 mins driving) Market place (Fresh vegetables, 25 mins driving) 大頂好超市 (Taiwanese food, 60 mins driving) Mitsuwa (Japanese market ,40 mins driving) on-line shopping textbook www.amazon.com, www.half.com here and now laptop and desktop Shopping

9. Evanston Argyle (Uptown Chicago, Little Chinatown or Vietnam Town) Skokie – Old Orchard Mall Chinatown (Southern part of Chicago, Big Chinatown) Mitsuwa – Arlington Heights Eat out

10. 10% for lunch (before tax) 15% for dinner (before tax) credit card cash How to tip

11. DEBIT CARD (with or without Master or Visa logo) Credit Card First one is the most difficult to get approved Recommended American Express-Blue (for students) Credit card/debit card

12. Update How to transfer money from Taiwan?

13. Update SSN, State ID, Driver’s License

14. travel tickets and hotels: hotwire, cheaptickets, expedia, priceline car rental: enterprise, priceline, hotwire gym movies City’s Activities: Pubs/Clubbing, Grant Park’s festivals, lakeside activities, Ravinia, Chicago Broadway shows, Blueman Group…etc. Internet television Entertainment

15. CTA or “L” Full fare-$1.75, transfer $0.25 (first two transfers, within two hours) Shuttle bus (Shop, Football Stadium, inter-campus. Day and Night) Car Bike Taxi Metra Transportation

16. TAXI $23 + $2 per additional person + tip Friends pickup Airport Express CTA – Purple/Red/Blue lines Airport Transportation

17. http://www.northwestern.edu/caesar/ pay tuition Classes enrollment Transcript (unofficial) personal information CAESAR

18. Here and Now (most useful one) http://hereandnow.northwestern.edu/ NUTSA website http://groups.northwestern.edu/rocsa/ FAQ is useful to every new student. BBS http://groups.msn.com/NUTSA/_whatsnew.msnw Information

19. Always ask International Office when you have any questions! Don’t just ask your friends! Always confirm with the International Office. Passport and VISA

20. Must bring 1. cables (Ethernet, TV, extended power cables…etc) 2. 國際駕照和台灣駕照 3. telephone 4. 腳踏車大鎖 Discussion

21. MAP

22. TECH BUILDING • Engineering and Science Schools • Tech Library • Tech Express

23. Main Library http://www.library.northwestern.edu

24. Norris Center • US Bank • Restaurant • Cafeteria • Bookstore • Wildcard Office

25. Please email the form to – Phillip Lin : p-lin@northwestern.edu If you don’t live in Evanston, please put the address on the form, print out the map from "mapquest“ or "yahoo“ and and bring that to your driver then. (http://www.mapquest.com/) Please prepare $15.00 for your driver Suggest you NOT to take too early or late flights in case no one is available to pick you up NUTSA pickup for new students

26. Is it possible to see Jordan in Chicago?????

27. SEE YOU SOON IN NU!!! Definitely YES!!!!