What is Success?

What is success?
 

A Visual Arts major finds himself stumped.

College is just one gigantic melting pot. One of the very few commonalities we share is the fact that we are enrolled in university with the desire to pursue a degree. With that being said, there is a plethora of other factors that contribute to why we all made the decision to take on the challenge of earning a college-level education. Is the need to make an extraordinary salary the driving force? Does the need to make mom and dad proud outweigh all else? 



A Theatre major gives shares her thoughts on success.

Our personal ethics, experiences, and respective friends and family all contribute to our very subjective definition as to what success entails. That fact alone is what motivated me to ask my peers what their idea of success is. Indubitably, I found that Winthrop students are mostly oriented by the goals they set for themselves.

 



What tickled me the most during my interviews was that no one was entirely sure of their answer. Success is something that we all want to achieve, but how many of us have actually stopped to figure out our personal idea of success is compatible with society's generic interpretation?

To hear the opinions of a handful of students around campus, check out my video "What is Success?"