达拉斯德州大学中国新生手册Chinese Student Handbook ofUniversity of Texas at Dallas1st EditionMay, 2007Copyright 2007@ by GCCF，FCASS of UT DallasIndex 目录第一章学校简介 (2)1.1 学校 (2)1.2 全美第八大城市 (3)第二章行前准备 (4)2.1 行李 (4)2.2 出入境 (5)2.3.住房 (6)2.4 机场接送、临时住所 (7)第三章办理重要文件 (9)3.1 社会安全号码 (Social Security Number， SSN) (9)3.2 驾照 (9)3.3 学生证(Comet Card) (10)3.4 Texas ID (11)3.5 办理F2 (11)第四章学校设施与课程注册 (12)4.1 重要的日程 (12)4.2 注册流程 (13)4.3. International Student Office (13)4.4. 图书馆(Eugene McDermott Library) (14)4.5 购书 (14)4.6学校计算机系统 (15)第五章银行账户 (16)5.1 银行概况 (16)5.2 账户种类 (17)5.3 信用卡 (17)第六章保险 (18)6.1 个人健康保险 (18)6.2 汽车保险 (19)第七章购物与吃穿行 (21)7.1 餐厅 (21)7.2 购物 (21)7.3 衣服 (22)7.4 网上购物 (22)7.5 机票与长途巴士 (22)7.6 媒体消息 (23)7.7 手机与国际通讯 (24)7.8 买车 (24)7.8 子女教育 (25)后记 (25)第一章学校简介1.1 学校各位亲爱的新同学们，欢迎来到UTD! 除了学校网站的介绍外，这里从Wiki摘编一些学校的关键信息：The University of Texas at Dallas, often called UT Dallas or UTD, is a university in the university of Texas System. Despite its name, the UTD main campus is located in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas, just adjacent to the city of Dallas' northern limits. However, a satellite location (the Callier Center for Communication Disorders) of UT Dallas is located adjacent to the UT Southwestern campus, in central Dallas. Known for its computer science, engineering, management, and behavioral/brain sciences programs among others, the average SAT scores of the school sometimes exceed that of UT Austin, the flagship university in the system (the average SAT score of incoming UTD fall 2005 freshmen was 1240). It ranks third among public universities in Texas in the percentage of National Merit Scholars in its freshman class. UTD also is known for its graduate programs in international management, economics and political economy, which offer both masters and doctoral programs. [4] UTD is located in the heart of Telecom Corridor, and has its roots in the development of the Metroplex's high tech industry.civitatispraesidiumMotto： DisciplinaEstablished：1961universityType： StatePresident：Dr. David Daniel(Fall2005)Faculty： 696Undergraduates： 9,353Postgraduates： 5,068USATexas,Location：Richardson,Campus Suburban：455 acres (1.8 km²)Endowment：$222.4 millionColors：Green and OrangeNickname： CometsMascot：Temoc （别忘了，有次统计课就将这个做附加题！实际上是Comet的倒序写法）历史The university was originally started as a research arm of Texas Instruments as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest in 1961. The institute (by then renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies) was later donated to the University of Texas system by its founders Eugene McDermott, Cecil Howard Green and J. Erik Jonsson. By law, UTD conferred only graduatedegrees until 1975. Upper-division undergraduate students were allowed to start enrolling in UTD starting in 1974. Eventually freshmen and sophomores were allowed by legislative decree in 1990.校园Although a relatively new campus, it has grown by leaps and bounds. Having more room than the UT System's flagship school, University of Texas at Austin, there is plenty room for growth. Future development for the land can be found in UTD's Master Plan as created in 2003. The area controlled by UTD totals 866 acres (3.5 km²), with half of that (460 acres or 1.9 km²) designated as the real limit to "campus" development. The remainder is held and strategically subdivided and sold over time to increase the University's endowment. 学生主要居住在校内的Waterview公寓。
学校最骄傲的是拥有2名诺贝尔奖获得者，学生队屡次获得全美国际象棋比赛冠军。
For Univ. in Texas/wiki/Education_in_TexasThe Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex has the fourth-largest university in the state—the University of North Texas—along with two UT System institutions—The University of Texas at Dallas and The University of Texas at Arlington, as well as private universities such as Southern Methodist University, which has the Metroplex's largest law school, University of Dallas, and Texas Christian University.学校的中文译名，有人喜欢“德州大学达拉斯分校”，但UT at Austin 就直称自己为德州大学，搞得我们成了他们的分校似的（其实我们本科生的录取线比他们还高！），所以在这个版就叫“达拉斯德州大学”。
（砖头！）1.2 全美第八大城市一条南北方向的75号高速公路横穿达拉斯。
在这条高速公路的两边，散落着一栋栋低矮的厂房和科技园园区，其中驻扎着AT&T、阿尔卡特，华为（约有600多人）、中兴（约有200多人）等鼎鼎大名的电信厂商。
因此，这一带也被称为“通信走廊”。
学校就与他们比邻而居。
达拉斯，很多人只知道这是肯尼迪总统被刺杀的地方，以及NBA的小牛队。
其实这是一个以石油与高科技在八十年代新兴的城市，很多公司将公司总部设在这里，Fortune 500强今年的第一 Exxon Mobil 就在达拉斯，就在学校边上有信息技术集成商EDS，百货公司J.C.Penny；全球第三大半导体厂商德州仪器(TI)；其他还有Affiliated Computer Svcs；Alliance Data Systems；Kimberly-Clark，西南航空，TXU, Dean Foods, Tenet Healthcare都将总部设在达拉斯。