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Engineering Major, Personal & Professional Development

Is Engineering the Right Major?

June 10, 2020

Post #94 When you Wonder if Engineering is Worth It

You were ecstatic upon receipt of your congratulatory letter of admission; you were officially declared an engineering student. How could you have been so excited back then but so conflicted now – is engineering the right major for you?

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Emotional Struggles & Mental Wellbeing, Engineering Major

Why Don’t People Understand You?

April 16, 2019

Post #24 When Others are Oblivious to your Engineering Life

As an engineering student you experience tons of pressure. I know this, and you know this. But the external world doesn’t seem get it. Your friends, family or professors can’t understand that all these pressures add up to suck the energy out of you. How is it that others are oblivious to your engineering life?

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