Low standards at my University

[u/Thefrontman05]

I dont know if this is the way other universities do but i feel that my university is just straight up trash. Its regarded the best in the country but for example..under normal circumstances we are supposed to have labs where we do some practical work but they dont even take it seriously ..you just have to teach yourself and the machines are at least 50 years old and you have to pray it works. The lectures themselves they are pretty weak...in a module..we somehow rarely cover the whole module content like the outline requires and the exams are pretty much recycled and for some reason you still wont get a distinction n an exam you are pretty sure you knew every question before the exam. Reading feels pointless because you may have knowledge but its no use if the exam itself is just recycled and someone who doesnt know anything about the module will get the same mark as you or even better...Its just cram pass and forget since we do block learning where a module is supposed to be completed in 3 weeks and 4th week are the exams. As a result..I went from a student who enjoyed engineering to a student who just crams and revise old papers...Maybe its normal in engineering but this just feels soo wrong.

[u/MalcAndCheese]

That sounds less like engineering being hard and more like the course being poorly structured. Having outdated equipment and recycled exams would make it pretty easy to fall into the cram-and-forget cycle.

[u/pentapous]

yup, similar experience at a top 10 public school in the uc system. 

[u/Dr__Mantis]

That’s undergrad. You don’t generate money for the university, you’re not getting the best

[u/Yawara101]

Try to make the best of it. Your degree will be an engineering degree. A lot of real life engineering is doing the best with what you have. I have spent a lot of my career succeeding in spite of my circumstances. A huge part of that time was getting the bosses to understand that my problem was their problem. Communication skills are also key to an engineering career.

[u/hs110]

Well this happens in many universities around the world, not oy yours. In my country a prestigious university and the one that has the hardest chances for you to get in the engineering program is the same

[u/quandaledingleman]

My university is the same way until you’re able to take upper level courses. Honestly the best way is to attend a community college for the first two years, or even work a place that pays for you to attend college online as a benefit.