The You 2.0 Podcast

Ep. 33: Why I Dropped Out of MIT


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This is the story all about how (and why!) I decided to leave my graduate program at MIT and seriously pursue my coaching business. 

In May of 2020 I declared a leave of absence from my graduate program at MIT. A year later, I officially withdrew.

I was at the top program in my field, on a scholarship, in a spot that thousands of people had applied for.

I had worked my whole life to be the kind of person who went to top universities.

So why, after all those standardized tests and student loans and all-nighters, did I decide to walk away?

Pull up a chair, bb.


Let’s talk about it,

Samara xo


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