dabble in

释义：“涉猎”，形容非正式的参与某项活动，常在留学文书中形容申请者在较早的时间段就因机缘巧合接触了预申请专业相关的内容。

例句：
Folwarczny, who now lives in Lincoln Park, dabbled in art in high school.
They would marry in 1971, she would earn a doctorate, and he would dabble in advanced study, without getting an advanced degree.