okay so ngl i was kinda struggling in my classes a little bit so i spent some time searching through the dextro astralverse and like during the day and shi i would hear this thing or like entity calling out to me and last night i reached my hand out and got pulled into the astral verse and then sucked into this entity’s hole dimension and the entity touched my mind and transformed it into a magnet 🧲 and know. i understand the laws of nature and equivalent exchange

anyways today i was absolutely in a flow state during homework, i understand everything, i understood everything during lectures and i got a 100 percent on my calculus test without even studying bro i finally did it bro like astral projection actually works trust me bro YES YES FINALLY OMG, like the wisdom of other dimensions are able to be transmitted into your mind astrallly which allows you to gain knowledge and understanding

engineering internships are scattered across hundreds of company career pages, so i pulled them into one list:

https://github.com/mehek-builds/Hiring-Now/blob/main/lists/engineering-internships.md

- 343 internships at 168 US companies (Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, GM, Allison Transmission, Micron, NVIDIA, Johnson & Johnson, Granite Construction, HNTB, Sierra Space)

- about 97 manufacturing, 77 electrical, 73 mechanical, 58 civil

- 88 posted in the last week

- 101 at employers with a visa sponsorship record

posting date on every row, rebuilt every monday.

comment which field you're looking for and i'll send you a list for it.

So

EE freshman at a large public and I got rejected from FSAE, BAJA and Solar. Idk what they expect from a freshman but I prob spent 5 hrs on every app and some gave projects I did. Js sad 😢 I didnt get anything when my friend got into FSAE with no interview cause he is ME and another got into Firmware straight away cause he cracked af.

I was wondering what to do. I was thinking abt making a Lunar Rover Team or Robosub as it seems cool tho idk if ppl would join or how we would get funding and comp sign up for this yr was like 2 weeks ago and I have no skills as I am a freshman so idk.

Do I go all in on club try personal project or smth else?

This isn’t a freshman sob story because I got a 75% for the first time in my life, I’m a junior with a 2.5 gpa in Aerospace, and I’m genuinely concerned I’m not going to make it. I took a materials exam today, which I’ve been told is the easiest engineering class I’ll ever take, and I just shit the bed after studying all this long weekend for it. I was expecting this class to be the first A I ever get in engineering, but my dumbass managed to screw that up. I was also hoping it would carry my GPA for this semester because Fluids and Dynamics are looking like they’ll be at best C’s. I’m on academic probation, I hate almost every class I take I’m graduating a year late and if I wasn’t poor and $20k in debt I’d genuinely just drop out and kill myself. After 3 years of just sitting in this major I now fully realize that I genuinely am just unintelligent, because I actually study half the time for the exams then manage to get grades that stun both students and professors alike, and get saved by the curve from time to time.

Also it’s sad when I see hella students cheating on exams, because I don’t cheat and I just get shit on by the school for my grades. I’ve failed four classes and ever one of those classes I’d see at least 1 phone out per exam from a student.

Do recruiters really very your linkedin on the resume or search your name?

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Hello.

I have been in uni now for 4 years and last year I switched to engineering physics (called Teknisk Fysik here in Sweden, don't know if there are counterparts in other countries). Previously I was studying statistics, some sociology and then industrial design, but I felt the need for something more challenging. Oh boy!

I can't convey to anyone outside this field just how badly this is crushing my soul. And I feel like my peers are just agreeing with me out of sympathy, they all seem to be doing perfectly fine. I passed the SATs top 100 out of 75k people and yet I just barely pass any of the subjects here. I understand NOTHING on a deep level. I am WHOLLY uninterested in all and any subjects. Except maybe for finally understanding how a geothermal heat pump works. Kind of.

I fucking hate math.

I have never felt this unaccomplished, worthless, unable, dreamless, blind or just tired in my 25 years of living prior to choosing this purgatorial nightmare of an education.

Does this happen to everyone or should I just count my losses and quit? Is it over for me? Should I gather strength for yet another academic comeback or should I just become a shaolin monk and forget?

Please advise thank you

Just finished my second midterm, after failing my first with 54% I’m not feeling super confident about my prospects for passing. I just need a sanity check, because this course makes me feel like I’m straight up stupid. How on earth is anyone supposed to memorize all this material, especially sequences and series. My professors are great, but this material is so obtuse it feels like the people running the course are trying to make students fail. I know if I do fail I can take it again but holy shit the amount of effort I’ve been throwing at this class to have a 58% is just demoralizing.

I am not ok.

In all seriousness, I passed with an 88 but man was the time requirement massive and the amount of wiggle room was miniscule. I am thankful for the confidence boost though, never considered myself a math wizard but if I can somehow absorb, apply, and retain the shitload of math I had to learn I am feeling pretty good about the journey ahead.

Learned my lesson tho, definitely taking calc 3 for the full term 😅😅😅

Good afternoon everyone, I am looking for minor inconvenience in everyday life that can be solved by a python code, any advice work, I am suffering from creative blocking right now, any level of difficulty works too

Everything was going fine until I got to First and Second Derivatives to test for Local Extrema. I don't understand anything and can never remember a single step. I would guess it only gets harder from here. I don't even know what to do.

taking a gap year before mech eng. What would a skill be worth learning like autocad, python, solidworks, bims idk anything else

I'm not sure which one to do, and what level?

Didn't crack college entrance exams and now stuck in a tier3 college in my tier 3 city. Hi! currenly i'm in my 2nd year and the students here dont even know the basic of using laptop/desktop ,I am enthusiast about tech but cant do much like dont have a firend circle and don't know if i am pacing slow or fast. How do i network outside my college/city , I used linkedin to approach people but many didnt reply back and some did but the coversation died.

This may sound like ranting my failure of life but I geniunly need some advice

I'm a Mechanical Engineering major at university, and I'm in my sophomore year. I'm falling really behind. I'm passing my classes, but I couldn't register for my really important classes, Calc 1, so I wont be taking it until spring semester. The problem is that it's a prerequisite for so many other classes, and now I'm falling even further behind because of one class.

I feel like a failure, and I've even thought of dropping out. I feel so far behind compared to everyone else, and sometimes I feel like I'm just too stupid for this. What should I do? I'm supposed to graduate spring 2029 and because of this I might graduate 2030.

I have no idea how to choose a major but I need to choose between 2 countries to enroll in and I want to choose country based on my major choice. I love math programming and physics and pretty good at them in school. How did you choose it and are you happy with it? I'd be thankful for advices

I made a different post on this being my first project. I changed up the syphon idea to a hose and nozzle design. It’s either going to be handheld or I’ll build a hose holder. I’m printing the turbine wheel today, but what do you all think of this design. Using a long shaft with bearing housings for stability in the middle and connecting through a coupler into the generator. I also bought the Nema 17 today. Making a prototype 2 before building the first one is probably dumb, but this is for my school project so I’m trying to make a little project progression.

higuys!!

im a first-year Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering student, and our professor just tasked us with creating a CAD layout with 3D rendering of a 1-hectare Sorjan Farm

the catch? we haven’t even been taught the basics of a Sorjan Farm or what we’re supposed to include in the design. he even told us to be creative with our layouts, so now I’m here trying to figure everything out from scratch....

any tips, references, sample layouts, or ideas would be greatly appreciated. thank you so much!! 🙏

So I am on co-op right now, and I had an idea for a project about something that me and my other two friends find pretty cool, and personal to us. I proposed this idea to them, and they agreed! I told them my vision and everything, and I made them agree that they will be active in this project, and they will help me (I have had past experiences in personal projects, where people i have worked with ghost me, or say they are interested but dont contribute anything). I started working on it, and both of my friends are on a study term, but they go to a different uni then me. I have tried reaching out to them to make them do their due diligence, but they keep ghosting me, or saying they will see it eventually. It has been 3 weeks since I have proposed this idea to both of them, and I kept giving them leniency because both had midterms. Now i dont know what to do. This project is something I am excited about, and can potentially be pretty big and cool. Am i expecting too much from them, because I am too passionate about it, and i'm expecting them to match it with me?

I seem to always pick people who do ts in personal projects with me. Any adivce helps!

I’ve been struggling with moving past my earlier academic performance and entrance exam results, and it's making me anxious about starting fresh in college. For those who had a rocky start before engineering, how did you shift your mindset to stop dwelling on the past and build a solid foundation for BTech?

Any insights on what to be ready for, what to look out for. What kind of questions do they ask and how is the interview, generally

Hello, I'm currently a student completing a majority of my general ed courses for college. I was curious about going into Computer Engineering but have shifted towards Mechanical after a discussion with a friend of mine.

Right now, I'm taking Pre-Calc and it's honestly been a pretty rough situation. It has me wondering if I'm even cut out for engineering but I'll still somehow convince myself otherwise.

Outside of school, I am working on a friend's game development project as I am a 3D artist. He told me it's possible that I could secure an internship with a reputable studio given he has connections. However, I'm still interested in a stable degree.

I can't really think if part of me failing my class is because I don't have a good understanding of the material or if I'm just not intellectually capable of understanding this level of math. I don't really want to fail and I also have no intentions of giving up on my major because I've failed math. It took me so much trial and error to get good in 3D art, I think the same principle should apply here. Do I reconsider my options or continue pursuing this path?

Title: Is engineering college life supposed to be this exhausting? How do people manage college, DSA, ML, and still build skills?

I genuinely need some advice from people who have been through this, because I'm honestly struggling right now.

I'm an engineering student at a tier-3 college, and one of my biggest frustrations is how difficult it feels to build skills outside college while keeping up with everything college demands from us.

I know engineering isn't difficult for everyone. Some people manage everything really well, and maybe they have better study habits or time management than I do. But for students like me, who joined a tier-3 college with bigger ambitions and genuinely want to do something meaningful in life, this whole system can feel incredibly exhausting.

The problem isn't that I don't want to study. I genuinely do.

I'm interested in Machine Learning, and I want to learn through courses, build real-world projects, improve my DSA, and eventually get a good internship. I don't want to graduate with just a degree and nothing else to show for it.

But then there's college.

The teaching quality in my college is honestly disappointing. Many times, I feel like I could understand a topic much better through YouTube or ChatGPT than through the actual lectures. I know I shouldn't completely blame the teachers, but it's genuinely difficult to stay interested when the concepts aren't explained clearly or engagingly.

And because of that, I often lose interest during lectures. I start thinking, "I'd learn this so much better at home if I could just use those hours productively."

But here's the catch: attendance is extremely strict, and we have to maintain 85%.

So even when I feel like I'm not learning much in class, I still have to be there.

On top of that, there's a constant cycle of assignments, lab sessions, lab records, viva questions, quizzes, tests, internals, and exams. It feels like there's always something pending. Almost every day, there's a lab or some other academic responsibility that demands time and energy.

By the time I get home, I'm mentally exhausted. And then I'm supposed to study college subjects, practise DSA, continue my ML courses, work on projects, and somehow stay consistent with everything.

How?

My first year went by, and I feel like I haven't made as much progress on my skills as I wanted to. Now I'm in my second year, and I'm scared that the same thing will happen again.

What makes it even harder is seeing people in my own class who seem to manage everything effortlessly.

There's this topper in my class who gets excellent CGPAs, listens attentively during lectures, seems to understand things well, and still manages to build skills outside the curriculum.

And honestly, I'm insecure about it.

I'm not saying he doesn't work hard. He probably does, and I respect that. But I keep wondering what he's doing differently.

Does he have better concentration? Does he study more efficiently? Does he have a better routine? Does he actually enjoy the subjects I'm struggling to stay interested in? How does he manage his time and energy?

I keep comparing myself to him, and it makes me feel like I'm falling behind, even though I know everyone's circumstances are different.

The frustrating part is that I DO study. I try to learn things. I have goals. I want to improve. But the results don't seem proportional to the effort I'm putting in, and I'm constantly tired.

I see people maintaining 9.5+ CGPAs while learning programming, building projects, and preparing for internships. Meanwhile, I'm struggling to balance college itself with the skills I want to develop.

I don't want to blame everything on my college or make excuses for myself. I genuinely want to improve my discipline and become better at managing my time. But I also feel that constantly being occupied with mandatory college activities leaves very little room for the things that could actually help me grow professionally.

So, I want to ask a few things:

For those of you who studied at tier-3 colleges with strict attendance policies and mediocre teaching, how did you manage to build skills outside the curriculum?

If you're someone who maintains a high CGPA while learning DSA, ML, or other technical skills, what does your actual daily routine look like? How many hours do you realistically spend on each?

How do you stay productive after spending 8–10 hours at college and travelling, especially when you're mentally exhausted?

What do you do when lectures aren't helping you learn, but attendance requirements mean you can't use that time freely?

For people who were average students or struggled with consistency initially, what genuinely helped you improve?

And to the people who seem to manage everything: what am I missing? Is it time management, discipline, study techniques, or am I simply trying to do too many things at once?

I'm not looking for generic advice like "wake up at 5 AM," "work harder," or "just be consistent." I want to hear from people who've actually dealt with this situation.

I want to build a career, develop real skills, and do well academically without feeling exhausted and guilty all the time.

I know I have room to improve, and I'm willing to put in the work. I just need to figure out how to do it sustainably.

If you've been in a similar situation, I'd genuinely appreciate hearing what worked for you.

Thought this was a pretty interesting approach to robotics. It’s called ALBATROSS, and the idea is to drop it from an aircraft, let it autorotate down like a maple seed, and then have it sail around using wind once it lands on water.

What’s interesting is that it doesn’t need a propulsion motor for either part. Instead of adding more motors and mechanisms, the design relies heavily on aerodynamics and passive mechanics.

Apparently, one of the bigger challenges is getting the same structure to work in two completely different environments.

I wonder how well something like this would scale up, especially for ocean monitoring. Seems like a clever way to deploy a bunch of robots without having to worry as much about battery life.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8CUrj0ydxI

Paper in Science Robotics: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.aed1423

Curious what you guys think. Is this actually a practical approach, or one of those things that’s really cool academically but difficult to use in the real world?

I've seen problems in this current section solved by different methods, once I see it I can follow along. But I want to KNOW how to approach it on my own.

I am a current student enrolled in a materials engineering program in the U.S. However, I have always been interesting in international relations and would love to eventually work abroad on engineering-based projects through organizations like UN, WHO, WTO, etc. Is this possible to do with an engineering degree, particularly materials (considering a minor in global studies)? If so, what is the right way to go about it?