Defining the Challenges

When you’re struggling in a class, balancing too many commitments, or feeling anxious about your research, it’s important to know that you are not alone.

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Career/Paths

Finding a fulfilling academic or career path

Academic/Professional Performance

Overcoming setbacks and improving performance in classes and research

Balance

Managing time, energy, and competing priorities

Career/Paths

Finding a fulfilling academic or career path

COVID

Reflecting on the effects of a global pandemic on life as a student

Stress & Mental Health

Coping with mental health concerns beyond the typical stresses of student life

Transition to MIT

Adjusting to a new cultural and academic context

All Challenges

  • Read more: Samir

    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.

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    Samir
    Graduate Student
  • Read more: Melissa

    Choosing a Major

    When I switched majors, I knew deep down that I didn’t really want to pursue those long term…I always knew I did not like them; I just kept making myself do them because I thought this is what I am supposed to be doing.

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    Melissa
    Undergraduate Student
  • Read more: Delia

    Finding Her Passion

    Unfortunately, I did not have something that I was extremely passionate about, like many people I didn’t know what I loved and I thought that was fine, it would just take me some time to figure out the one thing that consumed me.

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    Delia
    Undergraduate Student