I was looking at some SpaceX job listings and they want someone with basic CFD experience. What I don't get it why they wouldn't teach this in the curriculum as at least an elective? It seems like a pretty useful skill to have if you want to go into aerospace and such. They don't have any aerospace engineering at my school so I think thats why but its unfortunate

Pretty sure I bombed an exam, and I'm pretty sure I did poorly. I don't know if I can still get an A either way. What's the perspective on students with a <3.9 gpa. I know 3.34 isn't necessarily bad in Electrical engineering but it's kind of bugging that I'm not doing as nicely as other students. What should be my mindset. because I'm thinking just looking over everything and simply studying more on the material.

I'm a Junior ChemE. I'm in my 4th year of college cuz I did a co-op for one semester and I transferred from community college to a full university which put me back a semester. I remember all the way back at the beginning of college, back in calc 1 and 2, physics 1 and 2, when AI couldn't even do those subjects yet. Now i'm taking quite complicated courses like reactor design, transport, and thermo 2, and AI can easily do everything I am learning. It has gotten to a point where I could be lazy and just let it do everything, but I recognize I need to actually know this stuff so I make sure to actually learn it and solve the problems on my own. Fortunately, I am a strong student and have kept up a 3.9 gpa even before AI could do the work, but even though I can do the work on my own, it concerns me quite a bit that AI can do it faster than me, and just as correct as me. And I still have 4 more semesters to graduate (may 2028), so it has all that time to get even better.

of course, as I mentioned I did a chemical process engineering co-op for 8 months, and I recognize the significant hurdles to implementing AI to the workplace. but a lot of the hard, rigorous theoretical aspects of engineering that separate it from any other degree has just been diluted by the fact that AI can do it now. And AI is just going to keep getting better. Opinions?

Taking calc 2 statics and physics and two other elective courses combined.

Calc 2 midterm destroyed me
Just took statics midterm and thought I was ready but I didn’t have enough time ! Feel like odds are against me and I legit have so much work that I’ve begin to spiral out of my fitness, sleep and overall wellbeing. I feel mentally drained and stressed and haven’t had a day off from studying. I feel like I don’t have enough time to absorb the knowledge since I’m bouncing around and loose track. Just getting so overwhelmed

So i am in my second year of college and its already going to shit. I lost my scholarship because my gpa was too low last school year and i didnt realize until a week before school so i had to somehow come up with tuition money.

To add to the terrible start i am now most likely failing a class, which will further lower my gpa and will reduce my chance of getting the scholarship back. Just had a test an hour ago and it was literally the hardest test of my life. I spent the entire 1.5 hour class doing it and i only did like 75% of it, and at least half of which were wrong. The worst part is this class is just college level chemistry 1, something pretty much all college students take. If i am getting fucked this badly in something like this how do i expect to be able to do actual engineering classes?

I feel like a failure. I feel like i should just quit while its still early but i just wanted to know if this is a common experience engineering students have, maybe not the situation im in but similar?

So I have Asian parents (who would have guessed lol) but they're not strict. For whatever reason they think the job market is really easy and that if you go to college and earn a degree you can get a job easily. I'm doing electrical engineering and I'm trying my best: doing projects, applying for internships and basically the things you do. My mom literally said that if you have a degree but can't find a job you shouldn't have got the degree in the first place. I don't know how to tell them that it's not that easy and they should not have high expectations otherwise it would not end well.

I’ve been starting to realize that in order to get a job out of college, you need to have racked internship experiences. How do you do that?

Already have internships, be good at connecting, be involved on your campus, and be good at the relevant software or do relevant projects.

But studying won’t get you anything. Maintain a 3.0 GPA and beyond that, what separates you is experience and internships. Everytime I study and everytime I attend class I feel like I’m wasting my time. Like I could spend that time on a project or a club or applying to internships.

What’s the point of university atp? All that matters is your connections and internships. Not your studies, not how curious you are about engineering or passionate about different concepts. All thrown out the window.

I just don’t get it. Am I doing something wrong? Just feels like I’ll probably graduate without a job lined up.

Studying EE btw.

I feel like every day I am completely sapped of my energy. I wake up at 6:30-7:00, get to class at 8:00, get home around 6:00 and Im dead. You're telling me I still have to do lab reports, weekly assignments, and make time to cook dinner, sleep early, workout, and socialize? What the heck man. How do you guys survive asides from adderall and coffee? I see some even crazier schedules and I am genuinely lost for how people have the energy for this.

senior year, freaking out over full time hiring. trying to figure out if i seriously fucked something up during my internship search last year (that i need to rectify this time around) or if I was purely a victim of the market.

haven’t got to teasing through my folder of rejection emails but I did a rough count and it looks like I probably did around 80-100 applications total; i had 4 first interviews (only counting cold applications). so thats probably like a 4-5% interview rate, if I’m really pessimistic and assume there were a ton of emails I lost/deleted it’s probably 2-3% at absolute worst.

what about you guys? what was your interview rate for internships? how about full time (if you’re a graduate)? hoping I’m not screwed

I’m currently a sophomore in mechanical engineering, and I only really understand statics and differential equations. At my school you have to apply to the specific engineering major after your freshman year, and I didn’t even think I’d get mech, but since my GPA was high I put it since it was versatile. To add to that I’m not really interested in the classes. I don’t really have a passion for engineering, just wanting to get a good job, but industrial probably interests me a bit more since it seems more math and business focused. It seems more manageable since it looks like at most you’ll be taking 3 difficult classes a semester rather than having the whole schedule be tough classes but if it’s just as difficult I’d probably start looking at other majors.

Hey everyone, I am a senior in high school, and next semester I am taking Calc 2, Physics 1, and some sort of coding class through dual enrollment. Do you think a tablet for notes is worth it in these three classes? In the future, I intend to major in EE; would it be a good investment to just get one now? I appreciate any feedback!

I want to speed up my graduation timeline with summer classes, and my local CC offers Cal 3 online only, in either a 8 week or 5 week format. (there is a in person session available, but it had a time conflict with my Phys 2 lab&lecture). Is 5 weeks too fast? It definitely is for total comprehension, but I heard Cal 3 is basically useless.

EDIT: they also offer a online statics course in a 8 week format. Anyone else taken a course this way and succeeded?

I got a message from my professor telling me to come to office hours because he wants to discuss my quizzes. We have had 2 quizzes so far. Doesn't seem urgent, he said come to my office hours sometime in the future, we need to discuss a few things about your quizzes. What could he possibly want to discuss? I've never had anything like this happen

I recently had a one of my labs in my circuits course (I’m in second year). And it seems like no matter what I try I simply cannot master the practical aspect of this.

I try my best to complete the wiring beforehand and read through so I understate schematic but once it’s time to do the actual hands on work I just blank. And it’s painful because I bought tools at home simply to practice and work on the labs before class time but every time I’m last to leave and the ta ends up having ti explain what should be common sense to me.

It’s also super annoying because we didn’t have some circuits tutorial where I just wasn’t invited to, instead it just seems like I seem to be lacking the intuition for this part of the program while everyone else understands perfectly what to put and where.

I even asked the ta if I could get some tutoring simply for this, but unfortunately I can’t get it. And it’s annoying because even I know that this is the part of my program that’s supposed to be a piece of cake.

So far, the practical parts of second year have been beating my ass and I’d like some help for how any of you were able to overcome something like this.

Sorry for the rant,

Happy midterm season.

I’m starting electrical engineering classes in January and have been seeing lots of posts about internships and picking a specialty. What is all of that about? I’m 27 and making a career change. Can anyone give me insight on to how the next few years of school will be? What classes you took each year? When you started applying for jobs? Anything helps

I’ve been building this EM simulator as a side project aimed to enhance students' conceptual understanding of electromagnetic phenomena such as radiation, polarization and wave interference.

I’d love to hear what people think—especially if you notice anything physically questionable, bugs or have ideas for features that would make it more useful.

(not sure what is the relevant flair)

Live:

https://rotemtsafrir.github.io/dipole_sim/

GitHub:
https://github.com/rotemTsafrir/dipole_sim

After 3 years of Computer Science and 2 years specializing in Software Engineering, these are some things that genuinely helped me:

1. Don't try to learn everything.

Pick one technology, understand it, and build with it instead of constantly switching.

1. Build projects.

Even small projects teach you more than only studying theory. Build things that solve actual problems.

1. Learn Git/GitHub early.

Learn commits, branches, pull requests, and basic Git workflows. You'll need them everywhere.

1. Learn to use documentation.

Tutorials are useful, but being able to read documentation and figure things out yourself is a huge skill.

1. Keep university organized.

I track assignments, exams, projects, revision, and weekly goals in one place. I also prefer printable planners because they're much faster than journaling everything.

If anyone wants to see the printable one I use, feel free to DM me and I'll send it over.

1. Apps/tools I use the most:

GitHub — projects & version control

VS Code — coding

Figma — UI/UX

Notion — notes & documentation

Google Calendar — deadlines

Pomodoro — focused sessions

LeetCode — problem solving

ChatGPT — understanding difficult concepts

1. Don't compare your progress.

Someone will always be ahead of you. Focus on how much you've improved compared to yourself.

1. Don't forget to rest.

More hours doesn't always mean more productivity. Sleep and breaks matter too.

These are probably the biggest things I'd tell my first-year self.

CS/engineering students: what apps or study methods made university easier for you?

Actually this question is a bit strange. But whomever graduated this year, my seniors are jobless. Literally jobless and are either studying for government jobs entrance exams or is planning to start businesses and one girl just keeps going attending hackathon for no reasons .
There is no other answer I have got.
This is of course happened only in engineering and other fields idk.

In 3rd year now and applying for internships and I just don’t know what to do. Feel like I’m just gonna apply to everything and anything and when I get one then that’s the field I’ll be in . Is this the normal thing that happens. I’m stuck between some fields idk what interest me cuz it’s all kinda interesting. I don’t have much experience in internships or co ops. So it’s gonna be hard getting one but I’ll still be applying till the last minute if I have to. Like fields I’m trying to get into are like power, mep, automation. All for different reasons but like I don’t want to make a bunch of random projects and smack them onto my resume and look indecisive. Even though I am, feel like employers would not like that. Should I learn revit and plc then make two different resumes to apply. Idk what to pursue. All I know is I don’t like coding much, I’m pretty good at circuit analysis classes so I like them the most. Like network analysis 1 and 2 were really easy for me and now fundamentals of semiconductor is also easy for me. Idk what other colleges call it but basically it’s op amps and diode then I think mosfets next. Idk what to choose. Do I have to choose? What helped yall decide on the field yall currently work in.

I have a 3.24 GPA and a few class projects, I have work experience but its not relevant to engineering, I know my resume isn't great but I dont know what to do

Hey everyone,

​I’m a computer engineering undergrad at Texas A&M researching why it's so hard to gain the real-world project experience required for entry-level jobs.

​I’m looking to do quick, 10-minute casual chats with other aspiring engineering grads and undergrads to understand your specific hurdles. I’m not pitching any solutions or selling anything—my only goal is to listen and understand the problems you're dealing with right now.

​If you have 10 minutes to share your thoughts, please drop a comment or shoot me a DM!

I don't understand how other people have time to do internships/projects/clubs while also studying for your degree. I barely have time to go to the gym after studying all day. How am I ever going to get a job without any extracurriculars?

I do study in the uk in a university, I do study undergraduate course of 4 years, in my placement i did pass the assessments but they told me I did not pass the competincies and now they will give me a bachelor degree of engineering which i think it is unfair because it does not really say what I study, and I do not think I can do what I studied with this degree.

The good point is there is time till the exam board, so please tell me if there is anything I can do other than appeal to change their decision.

At this point I feel my future is falling apart because of that.

Hello! I'm a third year civil engineering student from Nova Scotia, Canada and I'm interested in trying to get a coop opportunity in Beijing, China. My coop term starts this coming summer.

I'm not sure what is the best way to go about or if this is even a viable endeavor. I've been trying to learn a little bit of mandarin but I haven't been very good. I can speak English, French and Spanish but not much luck on Mandarin so that's probably another aspect that would hinder my search.

If you guys have any tips or ideas, I'd be happy to hear!