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Northwestern University ROCSA
New Student Orientation
2005 July 2nd Taipei Public Library
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Welcome to Join NU!!
• 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
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Location
• 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)
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Weather
• Rough conversion from F to C– minus 30 and divide by 2– By the way, 1 mile = 1.6 km
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Things to do
• 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)
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Living
• 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, Chi
cago Ave.
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Sherman Ridge Noyes Chicago
$$$$$ 2 4 3 1
Distance to tech
2 3 1 4
Safety 2 4 3 1
New 2 3 4 1
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Shopping
• 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
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Eat out
• Evanston• Argyle (Uptown Chicago, Little Chinatown or Vietnam Town)
• Skokie – Old Orchard Mall
• Chinatown (Southern part of Chicago, Big Chinatown)
• Mitsuwa – Arlington Heights
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How to tip
• 10% for lunch (before tax)
• 15% for dinner (before tax)
• credit card
• cash
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Credit card/debit card
• 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)
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How to transfer money from Taiwan?
• Update
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SSN, State ID, Driver’s License
• Update
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Entertainment• 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, Ravi
nia, Chicago Broadway shows, Blueman Group…etc.
• Internet• television
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Transportation
• CTA or “L”– Full fare-$1.75, transfer $0.25 (first two transfers, within t
wo hours)
• Shuttle bus (Shop, Football Stadium, inter-campus. Day and Night)
• Car • Bike• Taxi• Metra
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Airport Transportation
• TAXI– $23 + $2 per additional person + tip
• Friends pickup
• Airport Express
• CTA – Purple/Red/Blue lines
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CAESAR
• http://www.northwestern.edu/caesar/
• pay tuition
• Classes enrollment
• Transcript (unofficial)
• personal information
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Information• 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
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Passport and VISA
• Always ask International Office when you have any questions!
• Don’t just ask your friends! Always confirm with the International Office.
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Discussion
• 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
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MAP
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TECH BUILDING
• Engineering and Science Schools• Tech Library• Tech Express
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Main Library
http://www.library.northwestern.edu
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Norris Center
• US Bank• Restaurant• Cafeteria• Bookstore• Wildcard Office
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NUTSA pickup for new students
• Please email the form to – Phillip Lin : [email protected] If you don’t live in Evanston, please put the address on the for
m, 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 c
ase no one is available to pick you up
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Is it possible to see Jordan in Chicago?????
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Definitely YES!!!!
SEE YOU SOON IN NU!!!