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One senior tells about the academic advisor she had during junior and senior years. This woman is a government major, an exceptionally strong student, She tells of consulting several faculty members whom she respected, whose classes she had taken, and who knew her and her academic excellence. She reports that one person made all the difference. 
Each time at the end of sophomore year when I went to talk with professors about research topics and honors thesis, our conversations were very academic, but somehow I was missing the connection between those academic conversations and my own personal values and convictions.

你看，虽然做出了尝试却觉得没有得到期待的“超出意外”“一见钟情”的回答也不是你一个。你只是还尝试得不够多罢了。