Should I take fewer courses and graduate in 4.5-5 years instead of taking the standard number of courses? We have trimesters in our university, and the standar is taking 4 courses each trimester. But, now I'm dealing with harder courses, I can't handle them. I feel like my grades are gonna go way down if I continue doing 4 courses a trimester. I've asked some of my other classmates and they mostly seem to be taking 3 courses or even 2 courses. But that would mean, I'd gradute quite late.

I went to every office hours, reviewed the textbook before every lecture, took detailed notes, reviewed notes after every lecture, do all homework, so extra practice problems, review past exams, go to office hours, and so on, yet that just gets me Cs. How do I get better grades?

To preface, I am a domestic Canadian student.

I am a transfer student in Alberta, my transfer agreement and application go to the University of Alberta. UofA is a fantastic school for engineering (just as good as any other Canadian school if we ignore the co-op programs, engineering undergrad is highly regulated here). Despite this and many other things, I highly regret not shooting out applications to transfer to other Canadian schools who would actually consider my application, such as both of UBC’s campuses.

I really don’t understand why I feel this way. By going to UofA I stay close to my family, as well as taking advantage of a job opportunity in the Edmonton “engineering industry” before my co-op terms would even start. By going to UofA I am putting myself in a better position than the vast majority of engineering students at this school and maybe even a large group of the students at some other Canadian schools.

It may just be the fear of missing out, life outside of school as well as experiencing new things are very important to me. I guess I feel that by sticking around in my home city I am doing myself a disservice, as I could have been exploring a new city and meeting new people while I progressed through my degree. I’m also not a huge fan of the fact that near 100% of my future job prospects are civil and O&G related, neither of which i am interested in. I feel i could find more diverse industry connections at another school.

I may just be doomscrolling at this point, but some words of comfort or advice to help me feel less sh*tty about my school choice would be nice <3.

Is it too late to apply? I’ve applied to a few but I’ve been so swamped this semester and the previous, I haven’t been able to get around to applying to very many. I really want an internship. I had a good one last summer, so I have a pretty good resume but I’m not sure if it’s worth it anymore to apply. Any advice? :(

I already feel exhausted from high course workloads due to feeling behind + internships + working before landing my internships, but despite feeling that way would it be a good idea to take Calc 3, Statics, and intern 40 hours a week somewhere an hour away from my house?

I was going to transfer to University in the fall because scheduling and prerequisites would add 2 years to my associates time, no thanks. I need to finish this semester to for guaranteed admission and not a holistic approval. Due to that reason, I'll miss fall registration. I signed up for my summer and fall classes today at CC but Statics requires Calc II. I had to email the chair for approval to take Calc II with Statics, has anyone had success with this before?

Fall schedule would look like this if approved: Calc Based Psychics I Calculus II Linear Algebra Statics

It will be my toughest semester so far more than likely but I'm excited to keep pushing along.

Thanks!

I'm currently deciding between Purdue and UW for my bachelor's in mechanical engineering, and one of the factors I'm considering is the prestige/reputation of the programs. What are your guys' impressions of the ME program (or just engineering in general) at both of these schools and how do you think they compare?

Hopefully this post gives the people struggling with uncertainty over landing a job/internship some hope. A while ago, I asked people in this sub about how hard it has been to land a job/internship and what they plan on doing if they don't find one. 99% of the replies were super blackpilled. People were talking about how they graduated from a top uni with honors and were working as servers/baristas due to not being able to land a job.

Luckily, through actual experience, I found out that is the furthest thing from the truth. I don't know what these people are doing but landing internships and jobs has been really easy for me. I haven't even graduated from community college and already landed a top notch internship with a high pay close to my house.

People in this sub had convinced me that the process was gonna be excruciating and that there's 0 hope.

Just go to those career fairs/networking events and work on impressing the recruiters. Once you make a connection with the recruiter, it should be an easy process. Online job applications are mostly a waste of time. Sticking to real-life interactions have worked out in my favor.

That is all. Just wanted to give people some hope.

Well, I thought I did good on my second test. I didn’t. I get the info I just suck at tests. I can do the practical applications with no issue. Radioactive decay? Easy. Calculate a moving distance? No problem. Ask me to find the nebulous value that is y’ and I have no idea what you are talking about.

The sad part, for what I plan to go into, electrical engineering, you don’t use a ton of calculus. It’s predominantly trigonometry. I say this as an electrical technician.

It’s so dumb. Honesty in its pure form calculus is kind of a worthless study. It isn’t beautiful it’s torture. I might retake it or I might just drop engineering. Very very very seriously considering dropping it. I can literally do everything else but the calc. I think I am ready to give up.

Long story short I was able to clear first year of engineering with an ok gpa (2.7) but in the second half of the second semester I was dealing with mental health issues and barely passed my finals. Fast forward and i’ve basically completely failed my second year and could only complete 1/10 courses needed. I’ve decided to temporally withdraw from my university. I’m not exactly sure what it was but I just couldn’t push myself to do any work to the point. of complete self destruction. I want to be able to study again like I use to in first year and even high school. I had great work ethics but for some reason I’m struggling to just put in the work. How do I force myself to study again and be productive? Sorry ik i’m probably just rambling but i’m seriously struggling. Every time I try to a study I just keep stressing out thinking about the fact that i’ve lost a year.

Hello, I saw some of you guys posting schedules and I thought I'd post mine to show how different it is 😅 I am Brazilian, 25, doing mechanical engineering graduation, currently on the seventh semester(out of ten). In Brazil engineering is a 5 year course. My classes are at night, from 18:30 to 22:00 every day. Do keep in mind I also work at a engineering firm as a steel structures drafter, been working there since 2021, usually I do around 8:30 to 9:00 hours of work every day, so it gets pretty exhausting haha. The classes are: Monday: hidraulic and pneumatic systems; Tuesday: Materials Resistance 2; Wednesday: Machine elements; Thursday: Fluid mechanics; Friday: strategic people management.

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i started by finding the mass of water already in the room, and thought i could use the relation between humidity and temperature to find out how much water has been evaporated, but both are unknowns so im confused as to what to do, any help?

I got into UCSD as a structural engineering major and Cal Poly SLO as an architecture major. I’ve been going back and forth between the two and I think I have a pretty solid shot for playing baseball at both schools. I am super social and know tons of people going to Cal Poly and a lot of people in the SD area (but not UCSD specifically), so I’m not worried about the social activity aspect. I love both schools equally and just can’t decide either way so I was hoping I could get some insight on my decision from you all!

I feel like I'm in a world of brain hurt! I just started pre-calc, I'm 42, I'm going for my bachelors for MET, and I never took algebra 1 or 2. But during my associates (age 30) they didn't care and put me in a tech math classes. Those classes were kind of rough as I was missing pertinent knowledge for the subject matter at hand, and I should have taken Algebra 1&2, but for some reason I was not having it in high school. Now those "tech math" classes count as have taken algebra 1&2, and I believe I'm missing quite of bit of core knowledge there. I talked to admissions and there seeing if I can withdraw from the class, and "sit in on a "college level algebra" class to help get me back on track, then jump back into pre-calc the following semester. Does this kind of scenario happen often? I know not a direct math problem but its a pickle of a situation and hindsight is always 20/20.

Hey everyone I’ve got a midterm on Monday and I’m in need of some resources for the following subjects:

Fluid Kinematics

Mass and Energy Conservation

Momentum Equation

This is all for a midterm in Fluid Mechanics that I strictly cannot afford to fail. My professors material resource isn’t the greatest and I’m stuck not knowing how I’ll survive this exam. Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance 🙏

I’m sure many people can relate but I just feel so shitty.

I’m graduating next month from Mechanical. I did 24 months of internship experience at the same company across three different roles.

The teams I worked on would love to take me back but don’t have space. So I applied to other teams within the company.

Despite my experience, which I think is quite a lot of experience to have for a student, I only got contacted for 3 positions. 3 interview processes. Each one had multiple interviews. Multiple tests and a panel at the end. I only made it to the panel stage for one of the roles and just got my rejection email. Man I just don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. I must really just suck at interviews.

And yes I can apply to other companies and did start recently, but I was dead set on returning because I know the company is the right fit for me.

Anyone else feeing defeated ?

Hello, I’m from the east coast and just got an offer in Seattle. I’m not sure the difference in COL but hear it’s pretty comparable to Boston. I’m about to graduate with my masters in mechanical engineering with three summers of internship experience. I got an offer of $90,000 with $15,000 relocation and a potential $10,000 bonus if I perform well. This sounds like a great offer but want to hear if it’s worth moving across the country for. I haven’t been able to finalize a job near me yet it’s been tough, thought it would be a lot easier than it’s been lol. Just wanted some input from other engineers

Hey everyone, first post on Reddit so apologies if it's formatted weird. I'm a second-year student in a Mechanical Engineering program, and I've been considering picking up Computer Science as a second degree. Since this decision is definitely nuanced, I've included a lot of context, but any advice on whether this is necessary when YouTube University is an option, especially for personal projects or as a general hire-able skill, would be helpful.

Context: I came into university with a lot of extra credits, to the point that I would graduate a semester early even with an Aerospace minor. To add on the CS degree, I would only require an extra semester beyond the 4-year track (4.5 years for both degrees), with 17 credits each semester and a few classes over summers. I've taken a handful of CS classes already, and I've enjoyed them all.

My reasoning for wanting the CS degree is pretty varied: I grew up coding in my family, so it comes pretty naturally. I definitely want it as a personal skill, for my own projects, and as a fallback if I don't end up enjoying the ME path.

How it would be useful it in my career is another question, though. I'm interested in Aerospace and the experimental side of physics (designing experiments for physicists and assisting in the more physical side of the process), though I don't have enough experience yet to know for sure which route I'm leaning. I know CS knowledge is useful, but is a degree necessary? On the other hand, there aren't many chances in life to get two degrees with only a semester extra of work. Any thoughtful advice would be useful, especially if you have internship experience and were expected to know some C++, etc.

Hi as the title says I'm 2nd year CS major. I was enjoying coding so far but I thought doing it for my life might not be the best fit for me. Part of the reason is I'm seeing too much reels complaining they can't find a job after graduating CS. And this one is more important. I would say I'm pretty smart. Usually was a top student in a class. I feel like I have to use my smartness and do not everyone else can do. But tbh CS seems to be quite doable for everyone and I have to compete with them. I was working on a frontend/backend group project this semester and realized I can't do this for my life. Plus CS requires too much extracurriculars like internships and projects

So I was looking for the major that almost guarantees job after graduation. Fields that can’t be easily challenged by non-engineers. I don't care how much hard the major is. I took physics 1 and 2 but not chemistry yet, but I like science so not a big deal. I'm aware I might not be able to graduate in 4 years.

Can you give me any recommendations of majors? Specific field in CS is good too.

Hi! My son is dead set on studying mechanical engineering in Finland (he has EU citizenship so it is free and he loves the country) and is trying to decide on the best school to choose for his Bachelor and Master. While Finland is regarded as having an outstanding educational system, we are having trouble understanding if the programs he is looking at will be acceptable to pass the FE and PE in the US later as Finland does not use ABET accreditation. There are EUR-ACE accreditations for a very small number of programs but not sure if that is comparable at all.

Anyone here graduate from a Finnish University or UAS and get their PE license in the US after? Any advice on how to select an adequate program in Finland so there is no problem transitioning to the US after graduating?

Banging my head against a wall trying to figure out the last bit of a 2 part thermodynamic question and just wanted a point in the right direction. The question is as follows:

A. 4 kg of a gas is expanded from a volume of 0.2 m3 to 0.3 m3 according to Charles’ law. Evaluate the work done & thermal energy transfer in joules for the gas given that Cp = 1005 J/kg K and the final temperature for the gas is 200K where P = (v-3)2 Answer: *268013.4 J*

Part A is correct. its the part B I'm struggling with..

B. The same gas is expanded from a volume of 0.2 m3 to 0.3 m3 according to Boyle’ law. Evaluate the work done & thermal energy transfer in joules for the gas given that Cp = 1005 J/kg K and the final temperature for the gas is 200K where P = (v-3)2

Surely the answer to part B would be the same as the answer to part A because Boyles Law has ne effect on pressure or temperature?

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When people are talking about their favorite courses and you have enjoyed exactly 0 of them.

Basically to summarize,

I was genuinely interested in this job opportunity. After meeting the employer at a career fair and having an extensive conversation, I was impressed by them and scheduled a facility tour.

Around that time, I recommended the same position to a friend who was struggling to find interviews, thinking they would be an excellent fit. Jokingly, my friend used me as a reference when applying. Unexpectedly, my friend ended up joining me on the facility tour.

Due to scheduling conflicts with classes, I couldn't arrange an in-person interview until a week later. However, after my interview, I learned that my friend had been offered the same position within a few days. When I followed up, I was informed that the position had been filled…

I do think my friend deserves the position more than me, just hurts because I probably costed myself the job. I wouldn’t change what I did knowing what I do now, just sucks.

At the moment, I work for a tier 1 & 2 supplier in the electric vehicle and industrial industry. I am the quality control technician who does all the raw material incoming inspection. I have a great working relationship with my manager, who is a quality engineer with a mechanical engineering degree, and our supplier quality engineer who (I think) has an entirely unrelated degree but has experience and iso9001-2015 & iatf 16494 certification as well as certified quality auditor and certified lead quality auditor certifications.

One, as is obvious, is significantly less expensive and easier than the other in context.

If I wanted to become a supplier quality engineer (or a quality engineer in general) would I be at a loss without any degree? I went to university for a bullshit arts degree that I didn't even finish due to untreated mental illness.

I put my hat in the ring for any possible professional development opportunities this company can offer me (they've sponsored certifications seminars before and I hear they're about to do it again since we just launched a new product line and we're not getting any applicants for our job postings)

Managed to get no class Tuesday or Thursdays lol

I am graduating high school in june and i am majoring in electrical engineering. Any tips ?

On average, my math and science professors have done a much better job managing my courses and dealing with students. The lectures and assignments are often better done, and they seem more willing to meet with students than the average engineering professor.

I already have a math degree and I'm having buyer's remorse with engineering. I don't feel like I'm getting my money's worth. I'm interested in the material but often the professors seem to be doing the absolute bare minimum. I just never had so many problems with professors on the math side. It's really discouraging.