In the span of a chapter, Beatrice has ran down 20 flights of stairs, jumped onto a moving train, jumped off of a moving train, seen a girl die from falling of a ledge, jumped off that same ledge (first, voluntarily), and changed her name to Tris.
I think that when she dripped her blood into the Dauntless bowl, she hadn't thought at all about what would happen after she chose Dauntless. She didn't think about the risk, she didn't think about the things that she'd have to do, and the things she'd be faced with. In part, I think this is why she's good as a Dauntless-- a Dauntless does things without assessing risk, because they are courageous and reckless and get thrill from doing extreme things.
Once Beatrice gets down to the compound, she is asked for her name. She hesitates, and decides to introduce herself as Tris. In this, I think she is starting the process of leaving her old, Abnegation life being and starting as Tris, the Dauntless.
"Think about it," he says, a faint smile curling at his lips. "You don't get to pick again."
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