原文：Perhaps you were class president in high school. Or perhaps you were a member of the honor society. You could have graduated in the top percentile of your graduating class; perhaps you were even valedictorian. Maybe your were in the honors program or the International Baccalaureate program. Actually, it doesn't really matter what you did in high school as you make the transition to college. High school success (or lack of it) doesn't automatically apply to college.
译文：或许你高中的时候是学校的学生会主席，或许你还是某个社会荣誉团体的一名成员，或许你是从一所名列前茅的重点中学毕业的，又或许你还是毕业生代表，还有甚你参与了什么荣誉项目或参加了国际文凭课程。但是，进入大学，你高中曾做过什么就已经变得不重要了。你高中是否成功、表现突出并不能代表你大学的表现。
原文：You start college with a clean academic slate, along with a lot of independence and a myriad of critical decisions as you begin the transition into adulthood. The decisions that you make and the actions you take during this first year of college will have a major impact on the rest of your college experience.
译文：你跟其他许多的个体一样，你们站在同一学术水平线上，向成年人迈进，而这一阶段你们做出的决定与决策关乎你们一生的转变。大学第一年里，你做的所有的决定和所做的一切都将会对你接下来的大学生活产生深刻的影响。
原文：According to American College Testing (ACT), one in every four college students leaves before completing their sophomore year -- and nearly half of all freshmen will either drop out before obtaining a degree or complete their college education elsewhere.
译文：根据美国大学入学测试的数据，每四个人中就有一个人没有读完大二，差不多有一半的大学新生要么就是没有拿到...