Failure is

Human

We’ve all felt “less than” at some point—not smart enough, not talented enough. But we’ve found that learning from our failures helps us grow.

Meet Your Peers

MIT students share stories about their own challenges and the strategies that help them learn from their struggles.

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Challenge

Dealing with Imposter Syndrome

Facing the quals challenge really made me feel like I was not necessarily going to be competent enough to do it. I might not even be capable of doing it.”

Meet Mary,

Graduate Student
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Challenge

Choosing a Path

I was worried that I wasn't giving my other passions... the opportunity to be something more...I did not want to find out thirty years from now that that's what I should have been doing instead.”

Meet Samir,

Graduate Student

Utilizing Strategies

MIT students share the strategies they have used to cope with difficult situations. While there are many routes to overcoming challenges and no single strategy will work for everyone, listening to others’ strategies might help you reframe your own struggles and find strategies that work for you.

Strategy

Study Strategies

Hear how MIT students have asked for academic support and fine tuned their study strategies when struggling with classes or qualifying exams.

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Strategy

Self-Care

MIT students describe how they create space to be mentally and physically healthy while tackling difficult challenges.

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