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之前看到的很多电影（嗯主要是电影）听到很多叙述感觉要和美国人混好就要会泡吧但我实在对泡吧没有兴趣也不喜欢烟和酒和一个CMU的教授交流中得到发现其实也不必去泡吧还是比较开心的哈哈他是做AI的 http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/ ===线的是我问的内容 William, ============================================================ That sounds good to me. I personally do not care about big excitements much. I'd prefer a quieter place with friendly folks around. Speaking of American way of leisure, I have some questions about it. Since I intend to apply for grad school in the U.S. next year, I'd like to know in what ways I can get along with other American students if I succeed in applying. Obviously, building a connection network is important for living abroad as well as a good foundation for future career. However, it gives me the sense that the most thing people hang out in the bars. I am not too comfortable with the bar and drinking; it is kind of wasting time and boring. So, in what other healthier ways can I make friends with native Americans? I feel free to communicate with foreigners, be they Americans, Germans or Italians. But I just don't feel well spending hours in the bar and just sitting there. Is CMU a little different from a typical American university? Since it has a huge CS department, I think maybe many of the activities will be CS-oriented. :) ========================================================= Among college students, I think that hanging around in bars is pretty rare, especially at the elite universities. I never did that myself because I don't like to drink or to be around smokers (though most Pittsburgh restaurants and bars will be smoke-free starting this fall). And while meeting random women (or men) at bars may be a way to meet some attractive ones, it's not a very good way to meet intelligent people who may share your interests. Most of our students start out by meeting other students (and faculty and staff), in their departments, projects, and just around CMU. That's really easy. And, of course, there are plenty of Chinese students here already, and they know their way around. There are other parts of CMU -- the music, art, and drama departments -- that have students with other interests, and plenty of social events and activities for students from CMU and the (much larger) University of Pittsburgh. So there is no problem making some friends in the local university community, and there are some opportunities to meet with people from the "intellectual elite" of Pittsburgh: medical people, people in hi-tech companies, etc. As for the Pittsburgh natives, they are friendly and easy to meet -- people talk to strangers at the bus stop or the supermarket. I know some people who have made good friends among the natives, but not too many; most people have some acquaintances, however. I guess there is a bar scene, but more people make friends at activities (camera club, film society, whatever) or just meet people at parks or museums or the laundromat. I think that's true at every university city in the U.S., but Pittsburgh is friendlier than most.

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