Guide for New Chinese Students at North Carolina State University CSSFA at NCSU
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1889 The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Duke University Research Triangle Park 623 Raleigh 182 1000 Centennial Campus Centennial Campus NCSU USNews 2005 33 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/eng/brief/engrank_brief.php NCSU CSSFA NCSU triangle
1 2 OISSS Office of International Student and Scholar Service 3 NCSU deposit $100.00~$300.00 $300.00 Dollar Where to Live? On campus or Off campus. On Campus Off Campus Off Campus E.S. King Village E.S.King Village 1 1 1 1 How to Choose a House Wolfline Apartment 30 Centennial Campus (ECE CS ) 5-15 Apartment 10 Gorman Street Avent Ferry Talley Student Center Apartment
Name Address of Rental Office Tel. of Rental Office Parkwood Village 2729A Conifer Dr. 832-7611 Kensington Park 2716 Brigadoon Dr. 851-7831 University Apartment 700 Ryan Ct. 833-5588 Gorman Crossing 2101 Gorman Street 851-8309 Ivy Commons 3500 Ivy Commons 834-9311 Birchtree 5400-6 Portree PI. 851-2403 Boars head 907 Method Road 834-6616 Western Manor 2300 Avent Ferry Road Campus Suites 3802 Lexington Dr. 832-5350 Apartment 6 9 12 Lease ( Rental Office 12 Lease) Apartment Roommate 2 3 Apartment $250~$330/Month Caption Lease roommate Sign the Lease deposit Lease roommate sublease 4 Wochovia Bank College Account checking account saving account banking card debit card Wochovia ATM credit card checking account Debit Card www.checkworks.com 5 Facility 7
Progress Energy ( CP&L) 508-5400 Admission temporary ID 999-XX-XXXX deposit cash check Progress Energy deposit I will bring it by myself BellSouth 780-2355 temporary ID basic service which only covers the local call interstate international prepaid calling card be patient voice mail Deposit cash check Bellsouth Water&Sewer 890-3245 Gas 833-3355 6 NCSU yard sale clearance sale Walmart BigK-mart SuperK-Mart Sam s club comforter /Pillow /Sheet fitted or flat /Blanket /Hanger Broom /Dust Pan /Mop /Waste Bin(trash bin) /Toilet Cleaner /Laundry Detergent /Towel /Tissue /Plastic Foil /Aluminum Foil /Laundry Basket /Trash Bag /Telephone / Soap /Comb /Shampoo /Conditioner /Tooth 8
Brush /Tooth Paste Cup /Bowl /Dish /Container /Spoon /Frying Pan /Stockpot /Cutting Board /Can opener /Rice Cooker /Microwave Oven /Napkin Food Lion Harris Teeter Grand Asian A&C Asian Market Rice /Noodle /Cabbage /Soy Sauce /Sesame Oil /Cooking wine /Vinegar /starch /Monosodium Glutamate /Chopstick /Chinese knife Bestbuy Circuit City DIY www.pricescan.com www.ubid.com www.bestbuy.com Bestbuy www.circuitcity.com Circuit City Staples Officemax OfficeDepot. Deal Coupon Rebate... www.pricegrabber.com www.fatwallet.com deal www.dealsea.com deal 9
( Thanks to Yahoo!Maps): TO Main Campus ParkWood APT Gorman Crossing APT Kensington Park APT University APT Centennial Campus FoodLion & Postal Office TO I40, Duke, UNC Recreated by CSSFA, 2002 Parkwood Village Food Lion 10 Smart Dollar Food Lion Food Lion Avent Ferry Gorman Street 200 Smart Dollar Food Line Salt /Sugar /Cooking Oil /Drink /meat /vegetable Food Lion MVP BigKmart E.S.King Village Western Boulevard BigKmart Parkwood BigKmart 25 7 admission letter offer letter if you have one I-20 immunization 10
form OISSS Daniels Hall volunteer OISSS Orientation schedule student health service 2815 Cates Avenue Cates Avenue Dan Allen Drive immunization form all campus card W. Dunn Building Gym all campus card cashier office Pullen Hall 11
payroll office Administrative Services Center http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_map/cmap-tbl.htm 8 International Student Orientation OISSS OISSS email International Student Orientation social security number OISSS schedule Speak test TSE 45 pass 40 401, presentation 40 400 401 400 401 TSE presentation topic 5 pass TA presentation pass 401 ( bbs.zixia.net, NCSU-- ) 9 enjoy yourself! 10 social security number All campus card 12
Payroll office www.socialsecurity.gov Raleigh social security office NCSU! 13
1 (push ) hit-and-run 800$ ; (learning permit) 2 ( ). (Campus CriminalAlert). Apartment cancel... : 911.
3 1?? local 919 local make sure AT&T MCI Program prepaid calling card program program 4~10cents/min ( 2003 ) no connection fee connection fee IP IP 201 www.firstphonecard.com www.phonecardonsale.com www.cybercalling.com Grand Asia Market www.dialpad.com www.msn.com 5 9 2 credit card?? Credit charge cash advance ATM Visa Mastercard American Express Discover Card 15
rebate American Express www.americanexpress.com www.discovercard.com 3?? 1oz 1 ounce = 28.35 0.37$ 0.20$ Canada Mexico 0.5oz 0.60$ 0.5~1oz 1.00$ Avent Ferry Station 851-8591 Cameron Village Station 833-0647 www.usps.gov UPS united parcel service DHL Fedex UPS UPS 1-800-742-5877 Fedex offer www.ups.com www.dhl.com www.fedex.com authorized center for ups and fedex 3104 Hillsborough Street Raleigh NC 27607 821-9233 4 3 CSSFA yard sale mattress yard sale moving sale surplus 5 3240 Ligon Street 5 Witherspoon Student Center 1.5$~2$ Blue Ridge Cinema Blue Ridge BigKMart $1.5 16
United Artist Theaters Avent Ferry Rd Mission Valley 4.5~7$ CSSFA Asia Market Video Bar&Block Buster Mission Valley 4$/. CSSFA@NCSU duke UNC CAFA gym www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/stud_orgs/cssfa/ 6 building Tally Student Center subway burger king Macdonald KFC Raleigh 7 wolfline wolfline E.S.King Village BigKmart Tally Student Center www2.acs.ncsu.edu/trans 515-wolf 9653 night service werewolf Wolf line 17
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/trans/transit/fall-spring/hours.html CAT CAT CAT downtown CAT http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/ptargs_0_0_306_202_0_43/http;/pt03/dig_ Web_Content/category/Resident/Transportation/Cat-Index.html Raleigh mechanic www.kbb.com kelly s blue book trade in trade out www.cars.com www.autotrader.com bbs.mit.edu 8 extremely expensive 18
NCSU bookstore Adam s University of Bookstore 2109-100 Avent Ferry Rd 832-9938 Dollins Bookstore 3950 Western Blvd 832-2882 Hillsborough Street Textbook 2416 Hillsborough St. 664-8733 www.addall.com www.bn.com Barners&Noble www.amazon.com 9 a.?. Laundry Building computer lab computer lab ID. b. ID? email XXX@unity.ncsu.edu. XXX ID (username) (999- ).. c. email? XXX@unity.ncsu.edu email. XXX@ncsu.edu? Window2000 Unix Solaris Linux MacOS d.? Window2000 RichWin ; Unix username@host$ add cssfa_ftp. e.? Internet cable or DSL $30-40 919 515-6320 unity f.? http://www.ncsu.edu/it/index.html http://google.com 19
10 F2 OISSS ( ) I-20 F2 F2 Club: 2005 1. 2. 3. 4. OIS( http://www4.ncsu.edu/~aliu3/club.html 11 orientation bbs.mit.edu Police Fire Ambulance Emergency: 5-3333 Medical Aid-Student Health Service: 5-2563 Adverse Weather: 5-8888 maillist NCSU email. CSSFA. 20
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