Engineering: Reflections

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<p>It has been a while since I last posted here but just wanted to hear some feedback. </p>

<p>Well, I only have 3 more semesters until I graduate. I think I have come a long way compared to some very bright people, I mean, some much smarter people that decided much early in the game that Engineering was not for them. </p>

<p>I am proud of myself for sticking through and I think If I did not like it, I would have quit it by now but in some ways, I feel like I have bullshitted my way through it. </p>

<p>I was able to pass some classes, or better yet, barely pass some classes where I felt like I learned almost nothing.</p>

<p>On the other hand, I started my first internship last May and I really like some of the stuff and projects I have been exposed to. Deep inside, I feel that I deserve to graduate and get a good job but sometimes I feel like I don't</p>

<p>Is it natural to feel this way? Were your last 3 semesters better than your first year? Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you have 3 more semesters to go, then you are just starting to get into the fun part of engineering school. Freshman year is typically just more STEM basics and sophomore year is the beginning fundamentals of engineering. In these two years your classes may just seem like disconnected subjects and you aren’t really progressing anywhere. But, you really are progressing. Junior and senior years are where it starts to all come together. You actually start to apply your knowledge and makes it much more interesting and rewarding. It now starts to feel as though you are really learning something.</p>

<p>Many schools will put some seminar classes in their first two years but these classes (IMHO) have their limitations. You get some feel for what engineering is about but you don’t have enough engineering knowledge yet to delve deeply into it.</p>

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<p>It’s a common feeling. Look up “imposter syndrome.”</p>