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Meet Katie
Katie
Undergraduate Student
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Challenge Areas:
Working on Class Performance
Katie entered her sophomore year feeling like she was getting a handle on MIT. After receiving one of the lowest scores in the class on her first exam in introductory neural computation, a core subject in her major, Katie questioned her path and her judgement. Enacting the failure plan that she had made for herself, Katie took time for self-care and reflection, so that she could more calmly reach out to her professor and TAs for feedback on her study strategies.
I am now a computational neuroscientist. I love it. It's the only thing I'd like to be doing on this planet.”
Katie’s Strategies
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Katie: Studying for Deeper Understanding
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Katie: Not Comparing Yourself to Others
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Katie: Growth Mindset
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