Real Freshman Handbook（ISBN=9780618163427）

　　In a guide to college life that is a little more realistic than Felicity and a little more fun than Stanley Kaplan, Jennifer Hanson charts a course through the dips and bends of freshman year. Written with the collective "wisdom" of twelve college students from across the country, THE REAL FRESHMAN HANDBOOK is the only one of its kind a "handy and humorous book that will fit in any first-year's backpack" (Harvard University Gazette) and that offers an inside look at the real deal on college life from those who have been there and survived. Hanson gives readers a crash course in avoiding freshman year follies, from filling out roommate questionnaires and evaluating putative hangover remedies to writing papers and studying for exams. College-bound students will relish the down-to-earth advice, and parents can rest assured that they won't have to fund a new wardrobe because Junior didn't separate the colors from the whites. The advice throughout is insightful, smart, practical, entertaining, proving that "Hanson has really done her homework" (U Magazine).

　　Jennifer Hanson, a proverbial professional student, is a graduate of Harvard University and a second-year law student at the University of Michigan. She has sought the advice and experiences of friends at colleges and universities all over the country to ensure a guide that will speak to all freshmen.

Introduction vii
Avoiding Ex-cons: How to Make the Rooming Questionnaire Make Your Year
Narrowing the Field: Course Selection
The Ultimate Packing List
Word! Computers
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles: Transportation
Transportation on Campus
Bonding to Blowouts: The Law of Roommates
Urban Sophisticate: Apartment Living
Martha Stewart Meets the Barracks: Room Decorating
Cheapskating Your Way through College: Finances
From Break-ins to Ben & Jerry's Bodyguards: Safety & Security
Don't Count on the Premed: Health & Emergencies
B.S. & Friends: Course Survival
Research & Romance: The Library
Get a Job
The Tide of Love: Laundry
Room or Ruins? Simple Dorm Maintenance
Phys. Ed.
Sleep & Exercise
The Glory That Was Greece: Fraternities and Sororities
The Leisure Class: Student Activities
Wild Thing: Sex
Be Your Own Dog: Drinking
Food(?)
Turkey in a Toast-R-Oven & Other Trappings of Celebration: Holidays
Conclusion: Looking Ahead
Acknowledgments