25 Awkward Situations Every Engineering Student Has to Face

Life of an engineering student is full of challenges and fun. The four years of undergrad degree leaves you with a lot of memories and a degree that is looked at with respect in the society. Becoming an engineer is not easy – it’s a roller coaster ride full of high’s and low’s. It is not easy to quantify the feelings of an engineering student during this time, however, today we have tried to summarise some of the hardships every engineering student has to bear to be finally called “An Engineer”. Let us know your memories in the comment box below

1. How you feel when you pass the semester:

2. When someone asks how your engineering degree is going

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3. Realizing your jokes cannot be understood by your peers

4. Good ideas come in shower

Coming up with all of your good ideas in the shower...

5. Going to parties and wondering why your class no has girls

6. When your non-engineering friends ask if you have a girl

7. Wondering who makes your hostel dinner!

8. When your class fellow claims to have a girlfriend

9. Trying to date another engineering student:

10. Library or the lab becomes the “home.”

Unironically referring to the library or the lab as "home."

11. Feeling after looking at semester grades

12. Reading your own assignment after it’s returned

Finding an old paper you wrote your first year of grad school:

13. Wondering where your pocket money goes

14. When BBA students complain about their workload, you’re just like:

15. Trying to make non-academic small talk at social gatherings

16. When all of your non-engineering friends talk of relationships

17. Feeling while working on lab project

Feeling some degree of "impostor syndrome" at least once a day.

18. When someone asks you for the 984th time whats the scope of your engineering

19. Telling your BBA friends you are in engineering

20. Seeing your teacher outside university

21. When checking out assignment of your flatmate doing arts degree

22. Feeling of accomplishment after passing Calculus

23. Trying to say something romantic to your significant other after a long day of coursework:

24. Explaining to your friends doing BBA why you can’t go out on Friday night.

25. When ANYONE asks you what your plan is after you graduate:

10 comments

samo talis February 11, 2015 Reply

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Atta Muhammad December 5, 2013 Reply

Although I am working with some company but I still wonder that what is the scope of Industrial Engineering and Management. Since I am working as Maintenance Engineer, which is purely a Mechanical Engineering field.

Armand December 5, 2013 Reply

Relate…

sammani umar susni December 4, 2013 Reply

Wow… That’s Absolutely true, I like that, so nice and sweet…

David F Walter November 14, 2013 Reply

You left out the experience of taking a highly complex course from a teacher who does not speak understandable English. A course I took, “Boolean Logic and Switching Theory” was subtitled by the students “The Japanese Mystery Hour”.

Brijesh suman November 14, 2013 Reply

This is only 4 engg std bk saini

Jinna Anderson November 14, 2013 Reply

It is a wonderful realm, full of ironies, special camaraderie, highs and blahs. Loved seeing this world. Your posting was very good, apropos.

Enkubahiri kifelew November 13, 2013 Reply

I faced all z above mentioned challengs but I feel proud when my teacher taught us by saying, “as an engineer”

femi November 13, 2013 Reply

Wow. 100% true