The weeks after graduation are a time for reflection. Regardless of how excited you are when you finally get your hands on that diploma, there are always things about your college experience that you wish you could change. While I was thrilled to finally graduate and mostly satisfied with the choices I’d made, there are a few things I’d do differently given the chance.
毕业季过后就是对大学生活的各种回想。不管脱离大四狗的状态有多么让人喜悦，大学里总有些事让你希望自己当初会做出不同的选择。尽管我非常高兴自己终于拿到这一纸薄薄的证书且对大学生活中大多数选择都比较满意，但有些事，如果能再给我一次机会，我可能会做的不同。

I WISH I’D GONE TO MORE SPORTS GAMES
我希望自己去看了更多体育比赛

While the Ivy League may have started as a college athletics conference, its members are no longer powerhouses in the most important American sports. At Princeton, that meant that unless a particular team was doing uncharacteristically well, hardly anyone showed up for games. I’m glad a friend finally dragged me to half of a football game, but I wish I’d made an effort to go watch other Princeton teams play—such as our women’s basketball team, who made it to the NCAA tournament this year after an undefeated regular season.
尽管“常春藤”的结盟最初起源于高校之间的体育赛事联盟，但现在在多数美国传统体育项目里，藤校已然不再以“肌肉发达”而闻名了。在普林斯顿，除非一个队打得出奇的好，一般大家都不会去看比赛。我很庆幸一个朋友在大学期间拽我去看了半场的橄榄球比赛。不过我当时应该多去关注其他项目的比赛——比如说女篮，她们在今年的赛季里打遍天下无敌手，成功晋级全国大学体育协会（NCAA）联赛。

WISH I’D TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE
我希望自己抓住更多社区服务的机会

After participating in Princeton’s service-focused orientation program, I was psyched to jump into the university’s huge and well-organized network of opportunities to give back to the community. Service didn’t end up being as much a part of my college experience as I’d hoped, and I wish I’d tried harder to get involved while Princeton made it easy.
在参加了入学仪式里的社区服务后，我就立马关注了学校强大的志愿服务平台。不过可惜的是，社区服务并没有像我希望的一样成为大学生活中那么密不可分的一部分。我当时应该好好利用学校丰富的资源更积极地投身于志愿活动中。

I WISH I’D ATTENDED MORE ON-CAMPUS EVENTS
我希望自己去了更多学校里举办的活动

The list of lectures and workshops happening on campus every week is too long to keep track of, and if you add in exhibitions at the University’s world-class art museum, the number of ways to spend an afternoon or weekend is mind-boggling. Although most of my weekday afternoons were taken up by crew practice, I wish I’d made an effort to attend the events that I was free for.
在普林斯顿，每周的讲座和小型研讨会多的数不胜数。如果你加上学校世界级的艺术博物馆的展览，度过一个下午或周末的方法数起来能让人觉得压力山大。尽管周一到周五下午多数时间我都要和队友练习赛艇，如果再给我一次机会，我希望在我有空的时候能多参加些学校里的活动。

I WISH I’D MADE FRIENDS WITH MORE GRAD STUDENTS
我希望自己还能多认识些研究生

One of the best things about attending a small, undergraduate-focused school like Princeton was that I had access to resources and funding that I wouldn’t have had at a university that had big graduate programs like a medical or law school. On the downside, this also meant that I hardly ever came into contact with graduate students. Those that I did meet quickly became some of my best friends and mentors, people I could turn to when faced with real-world dilemmas, like the stress of figuring out what I’d do after graduating.
和有大型研究生院（例如医学院或法学院）的大学相比，在像普林斯顿这样一个小型，注重本科教育的学校就读的好处之一就是我能享受到足够的资源以及资金支持。可惜这也意味着我很难得到与研究生交流的机会。那些我接触到的研究生很快就成为了我的良师益友。在各种“后校园生活”中可能会遇到的难题，尤其是作为大四狗不知何去何从的焦虑面前，我总是可以向他们寻求建议和帮助。

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