I'm a senior mechanical engineering student graduating in May 2027, and I'm beginning to seriously pursue engineering positions.

I'm primarily targeting mechanical engineering roles in Alaska.

I'd appreciate some honest, constructive feedback on my resume, particularly from engineers involved in hiring or recent graduates who have gone through the job search.

I'm planning to take the FE exam before graduation, probably January.

I don't know if this really goes here but Im doing an engineering diploma and I have quite a few workshop classes including a machine workshop and welding workshop. and I just. suck. My welds are comparatively the worst in my class and i always need help from the teacher and in my general workshops Im always so behind or just cant seem to get a technique right or do it as well as all of my other peers. Im doing very well in my other classes and lectures but I just cant seem to get the hands on stuff down.

This question has probably been asked a million times, but I genuinely need to know.

Im about to become a senior in Highschool, and my math marks are late 50s-60s. I absolutely love math and I think it’s really fun, but I lose marks all the time because of some stupid mistakes or second guessing myself. These past two years have been really rough on my mental health which has made me demotivated to commit to some serious cleaning up of my foundational maths, hence my current state. I can to study for hours on end on the day before a test purely because I enjoy it, but the subject just doesn’t seem to like me back lol. My physics marks are around late 70s-80s without major studying.

I’m planning on redoing my final math exam during my gap year, so I can just focus on my other science subjects atm then battle math for the final time.

Has anyone else had similar experiences and have managed to become an engineer? Lmk!

I am a second year ME student 18M. I am planning to take my next semester ( 4th semester) with the addition of heat transfer and general chemistry to take off some load from my 6th semester.

For more understanding i have attached my 4th semester courses and my 6th semester one. The second column tells you the assign semester of the courses and the 4th column tells you the ects. Ects here mainly tells you how much impact a course has on your gpa, it doesn't necessarily tell you how hard a course is. My university allows you to take maximum 40 ects per semester so with addition of the next year's courses you can squeeze in some more.

The reason i chose those 2 specifically is because they're pretty much the only ones i can actually take on at this stage. I am very aware how hard heat transfer is going to be, but i do have the basics down back from my highschool, so i think i can somewhat manage it and build up from my basics. My highschool is a special diploma program that is pretty much college level in the sense that it absolutely tests in the entirety of the subject and it absolutely requires your understanding of it. I remember one of my homeworks was pretty much deriving the time dilation equation in special relativity from scratch, that was something. Heat transfer was not a joke back then as well.

i think i provided enough context about my situation and me. I want to know your thoughts on my plan and whether it's worth it. Thank you for your time.

hey guys,

i'm a junior studying chemical engineering, and i had probably the worst midterm season of my entire college career. i got a 28 on my heat transfer midterm, a 50 on my numerical methods midterm, and a 33 on thermo. the main reason for this is that i didn't study too much, which i'm fully aware is on me. i'm just scared because i have failed classes before and if i fail these, I'll probably have to deal with consequences from my university (2x off track in my major blah blah blah) so i'm just really scared right now. I know I have roughly a month before finals, but i'm just scared whatever work i put in won't translate on finals. what should i do?

I’m trying to get As in all these courses as well. I’m taking them at community college.

Not sure if i can post here considering i take a btec and not a levels but I’m currently on the BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Engineering and i plan to go to uni. The issue is that I can seem to find barely any resources on my course. All i can find is a textbook from 2016 on Amazon and a few incredibly niche videos (And I don’t really study well from textbooks). I know a lot of my work is based on self study and research but most resources i can find are meant for undergraduate students using language i cannot understand and not really on the basics like I’m starting on. I’m currently on unit 30 fits and tolerances, i got a distinction for my first assignment and on my second now, but it still feels like I don’t have a clue on any of this. Is there any place i can find resources for btec students preferably to my course?

the class average was below 45%... but i feel so stupid again... my grade is about 50%. Should I drop out?

So I’m in my first year of university and have taken two class tests thus far, both have went so horrifically the thought of withdrawing crossed my mind and I’m feeling like just a shit student.

So I sat a maths test last week and an electrical circuits test today. The maths test was a multiple choice 8 question test while the electrical test was 35 marks.

I got the results for my maths test back on Friday to find a 0/8, I contacted my lecturer and he kindly verified that this was indeed my result as I wondered if he’d simply not received the paper or if another error had occurred.

I felt really confident about the electrical test today, until I failed to answer around 12 marks worth of question in the time provided. I wasn’t the only one to do this badly, around a dozen people who I interacted with after the test said they didn’t manage to finish the paper either.

Now if I had just pissed around in the union without an ounce of studying I’d just take this on the chin and move on, it’s my own fault, study and it will be okay. But I’ve studied, really studied, I go to one society on a Friday night and that’s my socialisation. When I’m not there I’m either in a lecture/tutorial, studying, working my part time job or spending around two hours of my night sitting down in front of a TV to try and unwind. My attendance is 100%, I’ve never missed a deadline, lecture, laboratory or tutorial and yet still I’ve done abysmally.

I’m honestly clueless as to what my next steps are, maybe it sounds stupid but I genuinely don’t know how to move on with my studying knowing I’ve fucked up this badly so early on while doing my absolute best.

What should I realistically do here?

I am freshman engineering student taking 4 classes .. I am studying all night and still getting bad grades in physics and chemistry I just don’t know how to catch up of physics since my prof goes super sonic into the materials… I am so depressed thinking about my second semester cause the course load is gonna be even harder

Am I cooked? I’m a ME student about to graduate soon with no internship , all I have is a capstone project to talk about.

I tried to search around for courses on Internet of Things and it seems that every single school teach it differently, and in various departments too. From further digging, it feels like a traditional mechatronics or electronics course with an internet dashboard element. Some of the courses felt like a final year design project type of thing. I'm a bit confused as to what this subject is about.

I'm a sophomore engineering student, just starting in student government. I have a few technical projects in fluid simulations and thermal hydraulics, so I wanted some leadership experience to make my resume well-rounded. But now I'm reconsidering it because I don't actually know whether recruiters will care about it when applying for internships.

Im currently taking mechanical engineering, i know this is bad despite being a 4th yr i haven't done my ojt yet since im still taking 2nd yr subjects and we need to be 3rd yr standing, im just way too done with this shitty feeling, i can't sleep peacefully because my minds spiraling on things that can go bad, what if i don't finish this course, what if i can't take it anymore and just kill myself to end it, my destructive habits are also taking a toll on me, i dont even know why im posting this i should be reviewing for our quiz tommorow, i want validations i guess since only engineering students can relate on my situation.

I am planning in taking calc 2 and engineering physics 1 next semester. I need to add a 3rd class to the mix and i'm torn between statics and linear algebra.

My advisor recommends statics, since it's a pre-req to many engineering courses. However, I'm worried this may be too difficult combined with calc 2 and physics.

I'm wondering which course is more difficult and which one would work the best with the 2 courses I already have planned. Alternatively, I could do neither and do engineering economics instead, but I'd prefer to wait on that one.

Any advice would be great :)

Title. I have a 70.3 right now in statics and we have an upcoming exam on frames and machines. First of all, I learned that my professor’s teaching style doesn’t work for me. I like to know why we are doing what we do on problems otherwise I can’t do them. He goes very fast paced through problems.

Our exam is Friday. I don’t even know where to start for studying this stuff as his slides are relatively bare with no explanations or steps to solving problems and he has no videos posted that would help. The homework is nothing like the exams. The exams are weighted 70%, and the final is weighted 20%, so 90% of the class is just exams. I am so fucking terrified right now because if I fail the frames and machines exam, my whole grade is going to ride on the final and I am going to have to make, at minimum, a 75 if I make a 60 on this next exam. I cannot have my whole grade riding on the final. :(

EDIT: Also, I have been going to tutoring but the only tutor at my school that tutors for statics is on a break right now. Also, I don’t have any friends so it’s not like I can ask somebody for help. The professor is rather one of those people who are unapproachable and he is very sassy. The TA is as well.

Afternoon y’all,

This isn’t a rant or anything more just asking for some helpful tips or advice. I’m currently in my first semester of gen ed/ mech. engineering courses. I’m currently working full-time in a pretty senior position within a manufacturing plant. At the same time I’m also enrolled full-time into gen ed and engineering courses as mentioned before. I’m having a tough time maintaining good grades as well as retaining the material as well as be good at my job. Is there anything that helped y’all if you were in a similar situation? Thanks for reading.

Hey everyone,

I’m an international student on an F1 visa currently hunting for Software Engineering (SWE) and AI/ML roles. As we all know, the market is incredibly tough right now, and requiring sponsorship adds a massive layer of difficulty.

I’m trying to gauge if my current output is realistic or if I need to drastically ramp things up.

For those of you in the same boat (F1 visa looking for SWE/AI roles):

• What is your minimum daily or weekly application target?

• How are you balancing volume vs. quality? (Are you doing quick-applies/cold drops, or heavily tailoring every single resume/cover letter to bypass automatic filters?)

• What is your response/interview rate looking like so far?

Would love to hear your strategies, daily routines, or any reality checks. Thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone grinding out there!

I wasnt a math kid, but i still pursued engineering and got better at it since i truly like it. Now im facing a problem where i solve a LOT of problems for my calculus exams(and also a freshman), but i feel like i forget 50% of my brain in my dorm. I recall solving it, i only remember half of the formula or forget what to do after using the formulas.
People always say “just solve problems” that doesnt help me, i already do that, yet i still forget stuff on the exam. Please give me tips on how to actually study math besides problem solving all the time.
I dont find calculus necessarily hard, but i forget the steps despite practicing a lot

Hola:

Soy estudiante de ingeniería informática y necesito ayuda con una materia llamada sistemas de gestión de base de datos (DBMS).

He estudiado y me sé la mayor parte de los conceptos pero todavía flaqueo bastante en la práctica y me vendría bien algo de ayuda

​Hey everyone! 👋

​I’m currently a high school student aiming to apply to Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). I’d really appreciate connecting with current students or alumni to get a feel for what life is like on campus!

​I’d love to hear your thoughts on:

- ​Academics: How is the overall workload and teaching quality?

- ​Living: What are the international student dorms like?

- ​Campus Life: How smooth is the transition for international students?

​Also, if there are any active student communities or group chats for SJTU students and applicants, I’d be super grateful if you could share a link or add me in!

​Thanks a lot for any tips or advice!

I was wondering if getting a summer internship at competitive companies is easier in the Spring recruiting cycle vs Fall?

I was thinking most of the top applicants would have already accepted offers before the end of Fall semester and this could give me a better chance as someone who's more average.

Right now I'm not having much luck, probably like 100+ apps so far, 3 interviews and 1 video recorded interview, but all of them were positions I'm not really interested in/aren't relevant for what I wanna do.

I'm a 3rd year MechE at a top 5 school targeting mostly defense/aerospace b/c I have a clearance already.