<p>With a lot of you going to HYP with amazing stats and great goals, will I be successful. If I end up going to a Tier schools such as Northeastern, University of Delaware or Penn State, will I be successful in life? If so, how can I make that happen? If I wanna major in science and maybe work for NASA, how would I do that?</p>
<p>Study hard, get good grades, do research with a professor and get into a good grad school.</p>
<p>"end up"</p>
<p>first change that mind set....if you think you are settling, it will reflect in all you do</p>
<p>so be glad you are where you end up, and make the most of it...</p>
<p>success is as much if not more about attitude....and much less about what prof you had</p>
<p>Sorry, I didn't mean end up, those are my top choices. I love them all , I don't know why I said end up.</p>
<p>It all depends on how you measure success. If you are happy will you be successful?</p>
<p>That's true, by successful, I mean well respected and well known in my field but I will put my happiness first.</p>
<p>Tier 1 undergrads are not the be all and end all of a succesful career - they're merely a leg up. You may have to work a little harder to get into grad school from other schools, but you can still do it - and by the time you've started working, if you're talented, the difference will in most cases be pretty much evened out.</p>
<p>I have come to realize that "success" means nothing, and is the most abstract form of human perception. Success is not what you perceive of yourself but rather what other people perceive of you. Therefore, the desire to achieve success is based on the "pride" of other's perceptions toward yourself. </p>
<p>In conclusion, everything about the desire to get to top colleges, money, fame, and lastly "success" is the result of pride, the root of all evil.</p>
<p>Have you been talking with creativemind too much?</p>
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I have come to realize that "success" means nothing, and is the most abstract form of human perception. Success is not what you perceive of yourself but rather what other people perceive of you. Therefore, the desire to achieve success is based on the "pride" of other's perceptions toward yourself.</p>
<p>In conclusion, everything about the desire to get to top colleges, money, fame, and lastly "success" is the result of pride, the root of all evil.
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<p>I'm sorry, but you can not generalize success like that.
What you described is called "social" success.
Personal success and "social" success are two completely different things.</p>
<p>I had a professor that's working at WMU, which by no means a top school, but not a bad one like the ones you listed, and is doing research for NASA. </p>
<p>While I don't like her teaching style, she would always brag about it. </p>
<p>I believe she graduated out of the CUNY system, not sure which one in there.</p>
<p>I once talked to a collegeboard counselor looking for the best journalism programs in the nation. He did suggest some great schools, but not without saying that my success would not depend on the high prestige of any school; he simply told me to pick a school, get involved with the paper, and work hard. </p>
<p>Think about it, do you think all of the most successful people in the world went to tier 1 schools? Some of them didn't even GO to college.</p>