Engineering course: Myths and truths

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->AS A current local engineering undergraduate, I wish to add to the ongoing discussion, part of which described engineering as a boring and monotonous course which students shun. Here is my take:
Myth No. 1: There are no or few girls to look at.
Truth: There are certainly more males than females in engineering courses. However, compared with 10 years ago, the number of women undergraduates has gone up.
Myth No. 2: It is boring and monotonous.
Truth: The subject can be dry because of the newness of some engineering concepts. But the subject bubbles once one applies the concepts to the task of engineering at hand. That is when the subject is rewarding and enlightening.
Myth No. 3: It is so stressful and there is no time for other things.
Truth: Engineering is a course where last-minute work cannot reward you with good grades, unlike perhaps other courses. At the end of the day, it depends on the individual.
Myth No. 4: It is competitive and hard to get an A in modules.
Truth: It is hard to get an A. I can count the number of As I have received in three years of study on the fingers of one hand. Khoo Lih-Han

 

[shOUTloud]

so what is Khoo Li Han's point? Engineering students can do engineering sales and not necessarily hard core engineering. But it is true engineering course more demanding than, say, business or social sciences.

 

[JohnTT]

Nowadays, Engineering is a very unpopular course. Very heavy workload with little time to interact & socialise.

It is boring during study times 'cos you can hardly find chicks, as solid chicks can only be found in Business or Accountancy or other related courses.

Surrounded by tons of foreign students & teachers with a very heavy hometown accent. In fact I was told by local undergrads that the foreign undergrads will start looking for jobs just before graduation & slash their salary expectation. Very competitive.

On top of that, after you graduated, you will get a boring job in a boring environment. Worse still, the manufacturing industry outlook in S'pore is getting worse & you will either lose your jobs or end up relocating to other remote places or countries when your company moves out of S'pore.

A sad truth. You made an unwise choice IMHO. Anyway life goes on, just move on.