I have just started a mechanical engineering course and I'm not 100% sure if I have made the right decision. I have always been good at exams but I am finding it very hard to actually remember a lot of stuff long term. I'm just worried that even if I go through it, I would have spend 5 years of my time(meng+placement) and then be clueless at applying what I've actually learned.
I think that after the 2nd year, when I go onto a placement, I will get motivated as I do just want to feel like I'm doing something useful. Then during 3rd and final year there is more choice to do the topics that interest you.The problem is that If it doesn't, then it will be too late to change my mind.
I also wasn't expecting that much work in semester 1, I wanted to try so many new things at uni and then realised I just can't fit in more than 1 of them and still have any time to do work. Even during Christmas break, I've got interested in doing some other stuff on offer but probably won't have time for.
The biggest worry I have though, is that I just don't have an engineer's mind. I found doing orthogonal drawings and 3d sketches extremely hard and somewhat boring. I had trouble staying awake during manufacturing processes lectures ( didn't help they are on a Monday morning). The modules I did enjoy were the maths and the thermodynamics.
Some of it is just me being lazy, but these constant doubts about my course are making it very hard for me to focus. I have done no revision over Christmas and now will have to cram as much as possible during revision week. Something I haven't really had to do before.
Has anyone else felt similarly when they started? Did it get better for you?