Ambassador Blog

   Don't Regret Anything

Jennifer Abbott
Undergraduate Class Ambassador
Faculty of Arts
March 20, 2012

I was talking to a friend the other day that had just recently gotten accepted into Harvard Law. We were discussing how it was the last year of our undergrad degrees and were reflecting on our experiences the past four years at the University. He told me that going to Harvard had been his dream since high school and he had focused his entire University degree on achieving this goal.  Amazingly enough, he did all of the steps it takes: he studied hard for all four years of his degree, scored incredibly on the LSAT, did some volunteering and got the big acceptance.

I really admire how he knew exactly what he wanted and went for it. While many others and myself are still worrying about acceptances and job offers, he already knows exactly where he will be in September. I told him about my stress and regret that I didn’t have it figured it until a few years ago and wished I would have worked harder, then maybe my goal would have been a lot easier to have achieved than it is now.

He told me that I shouldn’t regret anything. My goals will still be met and that even being the guy who’s going to Harvard, he has regrets.

Despite his acceptance, he felt as though he still didn’t get the most he could out of his university experience and was trying to do as much as he could before it was all over in his last year. He told me that I was lucky that I had fun and took my time to figure it out because that is the one thing he felt like he missed out on.

What I learnt from my friend is that we all have our own goals and unique university experiences; and that there is no right way to do it.

Sacrifices have to be made in whichever path you take, whether you know exactly what you want to do, or if it takes you a bit longer to know exactly what that is. Regardless, it all works out in the end if we want to achieve our goals badly enough. There is no point in regretting the past because the experiences we have had are all unique and we have the ability to learn from our mistakes and change the direction of our lives to cater to our goals.

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