Success, whether academic or professional, involves an ability to survive in a new environment and, eventually, to change it.

Success is to achieve great things. It can be viewed in different perspectives. When you face a new environment it deals with how better you adjust to the environment rather than the description of the environment. Once you understand the complexities of the new changes then you can find a description for yourself in that environment. The end to this is that you would be a master to survive in the new environment. At this stage you can start changing the environment to suite the needs and the environment starts surviving for you!