possible traduction of the suspensive form/ と particle


when I have to make a translation I always find hard to translate the
suspensive form. I know that I can translate it with "and", but can I
translate it in a different way? as in this case with "because"?

中学、高校 **と** ずっと受験勉強に **追われて** 、大学に入ってから突然遊び始める人も多いんですよね

and the と particole, how can it be translated? "With"?




I translate 中学、高校とずっと受験勉強に追われて as "Because they were busy preparing for their
entrance exam, when they were in junior high school and high school".

I think literal translations are often unnatural.




I translate 中学、高校とずっと受験勉強に追われて as "Because they were busy preparing for their
entrance exam, when they were in junior high school and high school".

I think literal translations are often unnatural.

