Failure is
Human
Meet Your Peers
MIT students share stories about their own challenges and the strategies that help them learn from their struggles.
New Coping Strategies
MIT students share strategies they have used to cultivate awareness of thoughts and emotions, focus on the present, recognize unhelpful ways of thinking, and gain new perspectives.
Strategies to Build Community
Being away from home and far from support as you face academic challenges can leave you feeling sad, isolated, and disconnected. MIT students share strategies that helped them to make new friends and feel more connected as they balanced academic work and competing demands.
Evan: Making New Connections
Evan discusses how being around other people keeps him energized and how working with people results in a better product.
Vyshnavi: Sharing Struggles with Peers
Vyshnavi describes how conversations with peers helped her normalize the struggles she experienced during the pandemic.
Emily: Scheduling Free Time
Emily describes the value of setting aside free time to get off campus, whether alone or with friends.
Jessica: Prioritizing Office Hours
Jessica prioritizes office hours by adding them to her calendar to get clarification on material and problems she finds confusing. She finds both the academic and social support of teaching assistants to be helpful.