Don't read this advice; it might help you succeed in college

Successful people offer you some good advice here.  One example: your grades are irrelevant. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/how-to-reap-the-most-out-of-college-or-any-education/

I know a young lady who started college living in a dorm.  Every time her family visited her, they told me, they found her with her nose buried in her phone, on social media.  She flunked out at the end of her freshman year.  This study, http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/12/social-media-use-may-harm-grades-of-college-freshman/53711.html  says there is a link between heavy social media use and declining GPA's.  That may or may not be so, since correlation isn't causality, but if you're in college and your GPA isn't so good, I suggest you read the article.

I'm a sucker for ads that use emotion.  Here's one from Wrigley's gum.  Yes, an emotional commercial about chewing gum!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgC84kDhWl4

More about grades not really mattering much

In June I posted about your GPA not really mattering much in the real world.  Here's more.  A very large German firm will consider your application even if your GPA is so small you need a magnifying glass to read it: http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/who-says-top-students-make-the-best-employees-/job-hiring-grades-talent-deutsche-bahn/c3s12782/#!

Do you like beautiful things?

Everyone should appreciate beauty.  Here's proof that even commercials can be beautiful: http://www.psyop.tv/toshiba/

Work hard, really hard, and you might own your own business

Here's an Amstel beer commercial that downplays the beer and motivates you to work harder.  Take a look:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nFCSZSqSskk

Watch the fascinating story of advertising in the 1960's

If you find advertising at all interesting, I guarantee you'll enjoy this video of advertising in the 1960's: sex, drinking, and, oh yes, amazingly creative advertising like we don't see any more.  It's the real story of Mad Men. Here's the link: http://www.thirteen.org/programs/real-mad-men/#the-real-mad-men-and-women-of-madison-avenue