I'm now applying to graduate school, which means someday I'll return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want.

我现在正在向研究生院提交申请，这意味着有朝一日，我会重新找到一份工作，一份人们为了得到他们想要的东西而对我非常友好的工作。

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This can only mean that in a year when more people are applying to business school, admissions will be more competitive and a smaller percentage of applicants will get in.

这就意味着在未来的一年里，当越来越多的人申请商学院时，竞争将更为激烈，只有很少比例的申请人将获得入学机会。

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And so you just have to remember when your kid is applying to school, he's competing against parents who have been at this a lot longer than you have.

因此你不得不记住，当你的孩子申请大学时，他是在和那些父母比你超前太多的孩子们竞争。

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and then I worked in an auction house; "Christie's", for a year before applying to come back to graduate school.

在我申请研究生院之前我还在佳士得拍卖行工作了一年。

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