If life is like music, campus life is one sweet song, rich with the drama of first love and the prospect of dreams coming true.

As a new semester looms, college freshmen who have endured painstaking preparations for the national college entrance exam have finally landed on their university campuses. There they are likely to face more of the unknown, and perhaps adapt to life in a new city.

The pictures show freshmen arriving on campus in Beijing and going through the registration process.

[Wang Zhuangfei/FOR CHINA DAILY]