Utilizing Strategies

MIT students share strategies they used to calm their nerves before stressful situations.

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MIT students describe how making deliberate efforts to recognize and attend to their emotions as well as their bodies has helped them cope.

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MIT students share how exploring their interests, engaging in co-curricular activities, and reflecting on their values helped them clarify their paths and find more joy in their daily routines.

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Asking for feedback can be difficult. Hear how MIT students have used feedback to identify areas for improvement as well as for bolstering their confidence.

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MIT students discuss how stepping back and looking at their situations objectively helped them to put their struggles in a broader context and realize that it's going to be okay.

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MIT students talk about ways to reflect and remain grateful for the small things, in order to remain positive in difficult times.

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MIT students share how shifting to a growth mindset has helped them see their struggle as a learning experience and feel less like an impostor.

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MIT students discuss meditation practice and how it helped them shift their perspectives to gain mental clarity and feel more compassion.

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MIT students talk about how reaching out for support from mental health counselors and friends helped them reframe negative thoughts.

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When facing difficult experiences, it is natural to draw comparisons to peers and doubt your own abilities. MIT students reflect on insights gained about who they are and what they are capable of when they learned to stop comparing themselves to others.

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MIT students describe strategies they use to make progress when they feel stuck due to their own unrealistic expectations.

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MIT students share how they overcame resistance to challenging situations and emotions to practice self-compassion and accept situations they cannot change.

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

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MIT students share how they learn to recognize and revise problematic thought patterns that often result when confronted by challenging academic situations.

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MIT students talk about setting goals and prioritizing their time to deal with challenges such as test anxiety, work overload, and making progress on their academic work.

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Hear strategies for getting enough sleep and how sleep has positively impacted MIT students' overall performance.

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Hear MIT students discuss how giving and receiving support from peers has helped them stick to their study plans, prevent overload, and keep them energized.

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Hear how MIT students have fine tuned problem solving and note taking strategies and have utilized office hours when struggling with academic performance.

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MIT students talk about the valuable conversations they had with their mentors: conversations that led to different perspectives on personal struggles and personal strengths; and clarification of goals and advice on how to achieve them.

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MIT students describe how they use the myriad academic and wellness resources available on campus.

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