I applied to the rose scholars program because I often get so carried away with academic activities that I am never a part of other social activities on campus. I wasn’t so sure of what the Rose Scholar experience would be like but my first week being a rose Scholar exceeded my expectations and gave me what I’ve been looking for—an opportunity to have a balanced academic/social life. Out of about 7 different activities to choose from, I ended up going to the one which stuck out to me the most– a meeting with the director of Entrepreneurship at Cornell.

I am really happy that an event relating to entrepreneurship was incorporated into the program this week. I learned a whole lot about how to go about transforming an idea into a business and the facilities available to entrepreneurs on campus.

I look very forward to my subsequent weeks as a rose scholar. I have a feeling it’s going to be awesome!

Best,

Tolani Yesufu