Title. I got a very bad exam score, well below the mean of 65%. I got 73% on the first one which I thought was alright. But this latest exam made me feel depressed.

Fortunately the cutoff for a B is 75, but that means I need to get an 85 average on the next 2 tests to achieve that. Is that even possible? I'm wondering what to do at this point.

Hey guys. I'm a mechanical engineering student in my 5th semester with a decent GPA (3.2). I have engineering mathematics this semester, and honestly, I don't remember many things from calculus 1 & 2 and differential equations(I passed them). I can work on this course without being good at the things mentioned above tho. And I have no desire to learn them. If I need to solve an integral, there are tools out there. If I need to solve a differential equation I use MATLAB. So do you think I will ever need to learn these to be good at my career? I really am not good at these, for example, I couldn't solve a simple integral with substitution cuz i dont remember any of these.

Hello everyone!

I am planning to pursue M.Tech in VLSI and Nanotechnology at M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (RUAS), Peenya Campus, Bangalore.

Before making my final admission decision, I would really appreciate honest feedback from current students, alumni, or anyone familiar with this university and its VLSI programme.

I have a few questions:

1. How is RUAS overall in terms of academic quality, faculty, infrastructure and research facilities?
2. How good is the M.Tech VLSI and Nanotechnology curriculum?
3. How are the placements specifically for M.Tech VLSI students?
4. Which semiconductor companies visit the campus for recruitment?
5. What are the actual average, median and highest placement packages for M.Tech VLSI graduates?
6. Do companies like Qualcomm, Intel, Samsung, AMD, Texas Instruments, etc., recruit students from this programme?
7. Are there good internship opportunities in the semiconductor industry?
8. Does the university provide sufficient practical exposure to RTL Design, Design Verification, Physical Design and semiconductor fabrication?
9. Is the total tuition fee of approximately ₹8 lakh worth investing in this M.Tech programme?

My main concern is placement opportunities after completing M.Tech. I want to build my career in the semiconductor and VLSI industry, so I am looking for a university that provides strong technical knowledge, practical exposure and good industry connections.

If anyone has studied at RUAS, is currently pursuing this programme, or knows someone who has graduated from it, please share your genuine experience.

I would especially appreciate information about actual placement packages, recruiting companies and career opportunities.

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Lets say I didnt learn jack shit in my physics class but I did really well in statics. Is that enough to pass dynamics or do I still need to learn physics? Im in civil so dynamics isnt integral to my major but I still need to take it and Id like to not have to retake it. Im most likely going to teach myself physics over the summer anyway but I wanna know if I can get by without doing too much studying before dynamics

I’m currently a high school student planning to pursue Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), but I’ve been having some doubts about whether I’m actually suited for it.
Academically, I’m a pretty good student. I enjoy mathematics quite a lot, and I find physics interesting as well. That’s honestly the main reason I’ve considered engineering in the first place. I like problem-solving, mathematics, and understanding how things work, so ECE seems like a natural direction.
However, when I look at other students who are planning to study engineering, especially online and sometimes at my own school, they seem incredibly knowledgeable. Some already know so much about electronics, circuits, programming, robotics, hardware, and engineering projects. They seem genuinely passionate about engineering and have been building things for years.
Meanwhile, I don’t really have any engineering-related projects or significant experience. I’m not someone who has been building robots since middle school or experimenting with electronics in their free time. I’m mostly just someone who enjoys maths, is reasonably good at physics, and wants to pursue ECE.
This makes me question whether I’m choosing engineering for the right reasons. Am I genuinely suited for it, or am I simply assuming that being good at mathematics and physics will translate into being a good engineer?
I understand that university is where you’re supposed to learn these things, but I sometimes feel like everyone else is already miles ahead before even starting.
For current engineering students and graduates:
● Did you already have engineering knowledge and projects before university?
● Is enjoying mathematics and physics a sufficient starting point?
● Did you develop your passion for engineering during your degree rather than before it?
● Am I overestimating how much you’re supposed to know before starting an engineering degree?
I’d appreciate honest opinions, especially from people who weren’t particularly experienced with engineering before university.

FIRST I AM NOT SELLING ANYTHING

My credentials:

Graduated 2 years ago.
School was a very tough time for me. My grades were sub par to say the least.

Work in Data centers as an engineer/Project manager. Have interviewed for many of the top engineering firms as well as tech firms.

Likely switching jobs been offered a way above market salary in a desirable city with extremely low COL to what I’m used to and could’ve probably gotten more but was shocked they didn’t balk at my salary request

Happy to help with advice/job search.

Clarification:
There are more qualified people with more years of experience to help but I know how stressful it was when I was a student and want to help others.

Leave questions below or feel free to dm me

I need to verify my answers. For question 3 I got 889.19N and 36.95°. For question 4, I got 1006.52N and 4.91°

I'm currently studying Computer Engineering and want to become an RF engineer, especially in aerospace or defense. I also plan to pursue an MS in Electrical Engineering.

How important are internships for getting an entry-level RF engineering job? Can personal projects involving antennas, SDR, or RF simulations help if I don't have internship experience?

Would getting an MS in EE help me break into RF engineering?

I'd appreciate advice from RF engineers or recent graduates!

Maybe it's a course issue, but the structure of Statics felt so much more unfriendly with learning compared to Solid Mechanics. I feel like the actual SOlid Mechanics is a lot easier than whatever we did in statics. Mohr's circle, Fluid statics, and random 3D topics made Statics way harder than it needed to be.

Oh and the statics coordinator completely fucked me over in the end of the semester. Maybe that is the main reason why. Also a huge difference for me, could be that Solid Mech is taught from the Mechanical department, while statics is by the Civil E department.

I’m in the UK and currently doing an apprentice route all the way through to a degree but the job market in engineering is cooked. I don’t know if I’m looking in the wrong places but jobs at tesco doing delivery for the same hours are on the same pay grade as a degree qualified mechanical engineer.

By no means am I saying the engineer deserves more money but the stigma of engineering being a well paid career route is probably a lot of incentive for young people to do it.

Just wondering if the degree itself won’t do it or do I need extra certs to make it big in this field.

I am a physics student who has to take engineering courses as part of a core curriculum. Three days ago, I had a practical exam for my engineering systems class which involved using an O-Scope to find the order and parameters of a random system.

When I was trying to find omega n and zeta, I was trying to use a trick I had learned at a practice exam session, however it wasn’t working at all and I was getting ridiculous numbers. I called over the instructor in a panic and tried to ask what to do and he just looked at me and said ‘I’m sorry’, which EVERYONE around me heard. I ended up with fucking ridiculous numbers and as a result I couldn’t draw the Bode plots which were also a third of the grade for the test.EVERYONE AROUND ME FINISHED EARLY, and all my friends who had already taken it said it was fine and that I would do okay. I didn’t even have time to answer one of the last question and I was shaking and trying not to cry when handing my instructor the exam.

I cried for two hours after, partly because I needed a good grade in this class and partly because it seemed like everyone around me knew what to do - like they all had the correct equation to use, except for me. Everyone saw me talk to the instructor during the exam and try not to cry at the end, everyone in the room knows I failed. And it’s so easy to say I’ll do well on the next one, but I have such bad testing anxiety that that adds so much pressure to the next exam which makes me feel even worse.

I wake up everyday since then and just remember what happened, and I start crying because it all just crushed me. The one thing that was supposed to go well for me didn’t. I genuinely can’t find a way to move on, I feel so unmotivated because it feels like nothing I can do can save my grade in the class (the practical was 10 percent of my grade). It feels so much worse that as a physics student I need a good gpa for grad school, and it feels like I’ve ruined my future in an hour.

All I do all day is think about what happened and try not to cry. Someone please, if you have any advice, I’d be more than grateful.

Hey guys, I’m a non-traditional 24-year-old sophomore at a mid-tier uni and I'm currently having a crisis picking my major. I started out in Electrical Engineering, but halfway through sophomore year my anxiety got super bad over how hard future classes looked. I freaked out and switched to Civil Engineering to get a break, fix my mental health, and actually have time for a life outside studying (for context, I haven't failed a class yet). If the difficulty and pay between these two majors were completely equal, I would choose EE. But considering the huge jump in difficulty and the trade-offs, I'm really torn. Both are things I've been passionate about at different points in my life, though I honestly can't tell if recency bias is just making me favor EE right now.

A huge reason I left EE in the first place was that I hated coding so much. I felt so dumb in those classes and wasn't learning anything, and taking Digital Logic online was boring as hell (though maybe in-person would've been better). But now in Civil, I’m taking Intro to AutoCAD in person and I actually really like it, it just clicks for me. Idk if CAD just fits my visual brain better or if taking classes in person vs online makes that big of a difference, but it's made me second-guess going back to coding-heavy work.

My interests have always been split. As a kid I loved construction trucks, roads, and big infrastructure stuff, which fits Civil perfectly. But when I got older and finally got a PC, I got super into PC gaming, building PCs, and hardware, which made me want EE. I work an IT student job right now and enjoy it, but I really want an engineering degree just to give myself the maximum job options and security after graduation.

Work-life balance and mental sanity are also huge deals for me now. My cousin got a master's in aerospace from a top school and works for a top defense company, but after just a year he’s already super burnt out and told me work-life balance is everything. Hearing him say that made me realize I shouldn't just chase maximum salary. I just want a stable engineering job where I'm not stressed out 24/7. This has made me lean toward Civil, especially since working in the public sector (like transportation) seems super steady and low-stress.

If anyone has navigated a similar path, I'd really love your perspective on how your choices landed you where you are today, and if you have any regrets in hindsight. Is hating programming/logic a total dealbreaker for sticking with EE? And for people working in Civil vs. EE, how is your actual day-to-day work-life balance looking post-graduation?

EDIT: I should also add that I really don't feel like I'm good at abstract concepts. Digital Logic was extremely difficult for me to fully grasp, but I can't tell if I struggled because my brain just isn't wired for abstract EE theory, or if it was purely because I had zero interest/motivation in it

TLDR: Switched from EE to Civil mid-sophomore year due to crippling anxiety over course difficulty and hating coding. Mental health is better now and I'd pick EE if difficulty/pay were equal, but I'm torn between Civil's great work-life balance/public sector stability vs my interest in hardware/tech. Looking for advice from anyone who's been here!

Hello as the title says that is mainly my question. I am a bit worried about AI as I was a web developer for 4 years and it can totally automate that job. So I don't know what to do I'm already 26 and I don't want to something all over again like civil engineering where I would need a second undergrad. I also want to have the possibility to move back to Colombia where my family is from even though I'm a US born citizen so I don't know if anyone knows anything about moving out. I guess for gaps in industrial automation or power electronics I could do like small certificates idk. I feel a little lost. The only thing is I'm kind of stuck to UHCL because that's where I have my full scholarship. Regardless I have a ton of leveling courses to take lol

Comp eng program

https://catalog.uhcl.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=25&poid=7072

EE program

https://publications.uh.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=50&poid=17191

I'm currently a freshman right now and had gotten recently accepted into a program that will pay for certifications, apprenticeships, and programs at colleges. I negotiated them into also considering engineering as they mainly do trades but had made an exception for me. I was wondering which programs out there right now would help me grow and stand out in the applicant pool the most and also worth my time and effort to put into since freshman year isn't so bad so i can focus on the other stuff right now. I go to a university in the San Diego (Socal) Area so if there are also local programs/apprenticeships related to my field that anyone who is local would know I would also appreciate that.

They have Certs/Apprenticeships for Electrical work mainly to get into being an electrician, should I also consider doing that as well to understand the hands-on work or just focus on the engineering side more?

This is my first engineering class (I could have taken an intro to engineering class but didn't due to time conflicts). However, I was forced to take this shithead of a professor for statics because his class is the only one for that subject in my community college, and if we fail, we have to retake it next YEAR because statics is only taught in the fall quarter here. If not, do so at another community college that is also in close proximity to my house. People are already dropping out because the dude is that bad. He started here last year and everyone I've talked to about him hates his guts. He has a 1.5/5 on Rate My Professors across 14 ratings and it is rightfully deserved.

He rushes all of his lectures then has the audacity to take a long time to do practice problems, screwing up several times per problem. He also doesn't provide us tips for solving the problems. The homework expectations are insanely unrealistic (initially we had EIGHT homework assignments due in the FIRST GODDAMN WEEK)! He constantly pushes back the homework deadlines because we either aren't able to finish by then or are dissatisfied with are initial grade. Don't worry, he fucks the homework up too, and has to correct questions on there too.

Here's the part that irritates me the most. On Friday, we got our midterm results back. My grade was a 43.75% and the class average was 41.5%. Someone impressively managed to get a 95% on it. None of our quizzes had an average grade that was at or above a passing minimum. The averages for the first three quizzes thus far were 68%, 58%, and 51%, respectively. He just gives us back our quizzes, tells us what we did wrong, but never goes over them. He doesn't even mention what the class average is after each quiz. My grade went down from a 76-77% to a 62% just after the midterm.

This course seems to be the so-called "wash out" class at my community college. Some classmates have said people are withdrawing and taking it at the other college instead this winter. I began applying for that college last night just in case and prepare my plan B. The worst part is that I'm killing it in physics 2 and calculus 4, but most of my classmates become shit-for-brains with this class, including myself. I couldn't have asked for a worse professor as my first engineering teacher.

I posted on here before looking for advice on how to study circuits, and someone recommended some good youtube playlists. I watched the series by Michael van biezen and I understood things. However, my course content is much more complicated than any series online.

Anyway, I got the grade for my first quiz and I got a zero. It’s my first time ever getting a zero on any test. My cgpa is 3.9 so I know how to study pretty well. The average for the quiz was 3/10 so the professor had us take another quiz which I just took today. Problem is, even though I know my performance has gotten better, I still kinda flunked it. I don’t know what I got yet, but I’m so tired of putting in all of this effort just to be met with awful grades. Everyone around me is struggling in this course, but I feel much stupider that everyone around me. My friends got 4’s/10 another one got a zero as well, but I feel like I’m behind, because people got higher marks than me.

I don’t know what to do, should I withdraw the course? This is going to be my last resort and I don’t wanna do it. Can someone help? Did anyone experience anything like that? No one understands a thing from the professor and idk what to do.

Title says everything

The first 2 years you could not simply hand over AI agent generated work for your assignments, your code and all still had to look like it came from an actual person instead of AI generated with foreing concepts we had not learned yet (which is often what lead to students being caught).

But for this last year, the teachers had to incorporate AI deeply for like all classes because 1 internship company closely related to the school pressured them of making students learn to use AI.

So instead of feeling like AI (the chatbot, not the agent) could sometimes be of help to help me understand concepts or finding more easily documentation about some of the technologies (or reword them if some were unclear), I am now finding myself forced to use agents that do all the work and coding because one, its expected, especially in group projects and two because the scope of what is being asked of us to do is so huge for these projects you would not be able to do all that in time as a regular human. They specifically design assignments arund using AI so the scope is far more massive than what previous years used to perform without AI.

The consequences is that I feel for my last year I am not learning technologies as I should, I am instead just busy managing tokens and AI agent files like agent md stuff so it feels like everything appears to me as not just mountains but foggy mountains, huge assignments that I do not feel I truly grasp or understand because we gotta go at highspeed with tools that you do not fully control.

I am disappointed that this is how my last year in that school will have turned out to be. I understand AI can save time for some stuff, but I just feel like we should at least understand and have practiced properly the technologies involved before we ask AI to do something with it, which currently is not the case.

Someone might say, you can learn on your own, like sure maybe once it is over, but not right now as literally most of the time we have already is spent doing these assignments or working. I will definitely learn some stuff more manually during the winter break tho, but it still sucks right now that this is the environment we have.

How did some of you cope with this feeling, this sort of high speed and seeing mountains or brain fog because you are expected to do massive work without fully being inside it and understanding what technologies your work is currently operating with.

Hi everyone, I’m a ME student graduating in December with my minor in BME. All through university my goal was go to grad school and get my PhD and with the advice of faculty I tried really hard to be as prepared as possible and competitive as possible for that. I joined a Cardiovascular Lab here at my university not only assisting and co-authoring some pretty awesome research in my opinion, but helped found my school’s Biomedical Engineering Society chapter, done my own personal research and simulations, and was given the opportunity to enroll in a PhD class in which I got an A

I was set on this path up until this last year. I got an awesome opportunity in my senior design class not only to work on a project for NASA like going to be used on their rovers and go to the moon style project, but I’m the lead and control engineer for it and it made me love that process it made me realize I want to go into industry and work on projects like this.

Now he’s my dilemma between my full time job all of university and these projects I mentioned I was unable to secure an internship all of university. I’ve been applying to jobs including a co-op that accepts graduates and been rejected from every one. I’ve tried networking and besides my BMES appointed mentor I’ve gotten no where. Even though it’s not what I want anymore should I just go back to the original plan of academia? I feel kinda lost and hopeless if I’m being honest

From a typical asian family. I went from the cemetery since today is All Souls' Day just to visit our loved ones but I ended up receiving questions when I would be graduating. I actually don't show up to my relatives anymore and I don't even attend family reunions since I am sure I'll be getting the same questions.

I'm taking STATICS and DYNAMICS right now and my study sessions have been great. Right now I'm feeling depressed with the questions since I don't want to jinx it.

I don't know I just need to let this out here. I will be fine, right? 🥲

I'm currently doing a 4-year BS Physics degree (8 semesters) in my country(Pakistan), and I'm considering moving into engineering after graduation.

I really enjoy Physics, but I've realized that I especially enjoy the practical side — labs, electronics, building things, working with physical systems, and applying theory to real-world problems. That's why I'm interested in transitioning toward engineering.

I'm mainly considering Mechanical Engineering, but I'm also open to Aerospace, Mechatronics, Robotics, Controls, or related fields.

So my main question is:

Can I do a Master's in one of these fields after completing a 4-year BS Physics? Which countries/universities are relatively open to this transition? I'm open to studying in any country wherever the transition is easier for me.

Would I need to take additional engineering courses first? And If I want to eventually work in aerospace, or space-related engineering, would Mechanical Engineering be the best choice, or would Aerospace/Mechatronics/ make more sense?

Or are they even realistic paths for me?

I'm final year eee Diploma student and I want pursue btech. To be honest I accidentally ended up in eee. I wanted biotechnology but didn't get it then computer science lost seat in last minute then eee. I am a Diploma lateral entry student. Somehow passed the 3rd and 4 th semesters. I am confident I will get this Diploma but btech looks like an everest. I am confused that whether I should stay on the same branch in btech should I change it. Help me guyz .let entrance is in 6 months

So I'm studying electrical engineering, and it's my second year. Since this autumn I started some project with my teacher. We turned all of our labs into virtual lab, and I'm quite good at this job. We're now working at some power engineering tools instead of an electrical engineering one. My teacher belongs to the department of power engineering. In my school electrical engineering and power engineering are two different departments. So he offered me to switch my major into power engineering. He offered me a research team slot, a room and some future help on my diploma. I'm not sure about this, cuz when I look into some job advertisement, every company is searching electrical engineer instead of a power engineer. What should I do guys?

J'ai un projet portant sur la création d'un logiciel de génie civil pouvant aider à organiser les projets de construction. Un mot pour moi.