7 Things Every Engineering Student Has to Face in College

Engineering may be fun for some and a nightmare for others, but a few things are common. Find out the seven things that every engineering student goes through in college.

1. Realising you bombed the first test because you underestimated how hard this was going to be

So you thought your engineering course was going to be just like studying Physics or Maths in class XII? Maybe a step up? Wrong. And you have the (dreadful) results of your first test to prove it.

2. Assignments not going the way they were planned

You have a project or assignment due tomorrow. You thought you had it all mapped out and enough time to complete it in, but with just a few hours to go, it all falls apart in front of your eyes. Nothing is working the way you intended. NOTHING.

3. Falling asleep in class

Because you stayed up the night before. Oh and the night before that. Oh and the night…

4. Spending birthdays in the lab, or in the library

Other people plan birthday lunches, dinners, parties, outings, etc. You plan to put in some extra lab hours.

5. Receiving a question paper that looks like it was written in Greek

Seriously. Were all these strange, scary-looking topics part of the syllabus too? When did that happen?

6. You’ve considered dropping out. Multiple times.

You lie in bed making lists of all the careers you could have chosen instead of engineering. Why couldn’t you have gone for a nice, simple course like your friends in the humanities fields?

7. Realising that your friends and roomies are what make it worth it

That, and the engineering degree that will make you so proud someday and set you apart from the crowd for the rest of your life.