Welcome
The mission of the Success-Failure Project is to create opportunities for discussion, reflection, understanding, and creative engagement regarding issues of success and failure.
Learn, Explore, and Participate
- Learn from our Resources: videos, quotations, and articles from students, faculty, and alumni
- Explore the Theme Pages
- Check out our Initiatives
- Contact us to help you organize a discussion, panel or other event related to the Project
Students Talk About Success and Failure
Student Questions
Students asked these questions of professors and each other in a series of Desserts and Dialogues sponsored in partnership with the Harvard Foundation. Click to see more questions.
What would it look like to succeed at a place like Harvard – both academically and personally? What kind of success do we reward?
What do you do when you’ve given something your all and still fail…?
In today’s highly materialist and competitive culture (especially at Harvard) how do you balance doing something you love with something that matters/makes a difference and what is financially lucrative?
Once success is achieved, it often seems like the goal posts are quickly moved… How can I combat this treadmill where one success only serves as the gateway to another expected success?
Resources from the Bureau of Study Counsel website
- Join a Bureau workshop or discussion group*
- Meet individually with a BSC academic counselor to discuss what "success" and "failure" mean to you.*
* Eligibility: Students in Harvard College, GSAS, HKS, and GSE.