<p>Many a person who is going/went through undergrad regret not having been able to do one or more things while in undergrad, and CCers (or their parents) are no exception. </p>
<p>If you are in undergrad, or graduated from college, what is that one thing that you regret not having done while in undergrad?</p>
<p>I would have liked to have learned how to study better. Pretty simple. Everything else — no regrets. </p>
<p>I did not take a much needed year off, and powered through because I was afraid of messing up my financial aid.</p>
<p>I chose the wrong major. Thankfully, I corrected that mistake after my freshman year, but it came at the cost of dropping out and taking community college classes.</p>
<p>Sorry, had a great time as an undergrad and no real regrets. Grew a lot and really enjoyed it. Ditto for law school. :)</p>
<p>That I started college before I got married & had a family.
Very difficult to have so many balls to keep in the air.</p>
<p>I wish I had known enough to apply for funded PHd programs instead of getting my masters. I was a very independent student and never talked with profs about moving forward from undergrad. I am surprised looking back that they never approached me as I was a top student at a small catholic LAC.</p>
<p>I would have been a much more educated person in all aspects of life had I had the Internet of today. That is a whole new thread.</p>
<p>That I couldn’t achieve anything even remotely resembling dating success…</p>
<p>I wish I had taken more advantage of things happening on campus, like speeches, concerts, plays, etc.</p>
<p>I regret working full time. I missed out on a lot. Didn’t have a choice though. </p>
<p>My biggest regret is not participating in more ECs. I also regret never finding room for Ec 10 and a linguistics course. And I really regret not taking the Japan half the course team taught by Fairbanks and Reischauer. The China half was terrific.</p>
<p>I should have gone to the counseling center. Not kidding.</p>
<p>I regret not asking for help earlier because it would have saved me a lot of trouble. Everything happens for a reason though and it all worked out in the end.</p>
<p>I should have not continued a long-distance relationship with my high school boyfriend. I was at UT and he was at MIT. Before the days of the internet, it was hard to stay in touch. He ended up meeting a girl and dumping me after almost three years, on Christmas Eve. Through mutual friends, I learned that she dumped him after awhile.</p>
<p>My other regret was not taking a class from a particular steel design teacher because he was known to be tough. After I graduated and moved cross-country, I learned that he was a world-renowned expert in his field - all the engineers I worked with knew of him! The teacher I picked was horrible and I didn’t learn as much as I needed to.</p>
<p>I changed my major halfway through, and had to hustle to take all the classes I needed to make sure I could still graduate in four years. So I didn’t have the opportunity to do a study-abroad. I’ve always regretted that missed opportunity. </p>
<p>I wish I would have taken advantage of the cultural options around campus. We were near the orchestra, art museum, botanical gardens and I never went.</p>
<p>No real regrets, but, in hindsight, I probably would have resisted the pressure to major in something “practical” and done a liberal arts degree instead. </p>
<p>Should’ve done something practical instead of liberal arts 
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<p>I would have gone to class and done more homework instead of sliding by with Bs and Cs. By the time I figured out that GPA was a worthy goal, it was already too late. It was total arrogance on my part and disrespectful to my parents footing the bill.</p>
<p>I wish I had been brave enough to try out for a particular dance group. I also wish I’d been brave enough to tell a certain young man my true feelings for him. </p>
<p>My life has been (and is) very happy, but I still regret those lost opportunities.</p>