The Rose Café last night was about “how to succeed in college and beyond.” It was an interesting talk because it is very relevant for me as a college student. It was also slightly overwhelming to digest all of the information presented by the speaker. Nevertheless, his enthusiasm of the topic kept the audience engaged throughout.

I do not think that current college Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors is the perfect audience for the talk because some of the talk focused on what do to before college in order to prepare. This discussion was interesting, but not very relevant for me because I have already gone through high school and the college admission process. If I was still in high school, I think this portion of the lecture would have been extremely helpful. In the future I will recommend the speakers book to any high school students asking for college advice.

I was surprised that the speaker did not define what he meant by “success.” I was not sure if his advice was focused on getting a good job, getting good grades, meeting good friends, or being a protective member of society. It would have been helpful if he had talked about what “success” means to different people. This could change the type of advice that would be needed to help someone succeed. For example, if getting good grades was a measure of “success” for one person then the best advice would be to study a lot. But for another person who’s goal is to meet good friends this would not be good advice.

Even after seeing the talk twice I was still glad that I attended. I think this is a testament to the quality of the speaker and the importance of the topic that he presented about. Unfortunately, I did not win the raffle so I will return next year to try to win.