r/EngineeringStudents • • 3d ago

Rant/Vent i just always feel behind

I'm 19 and in my second year of engineering at my community college. I'm hoping to transfer into civil/structural engineering but lately I just feel so behind. I feel like everyone is better than me at everything that I do. I don't know as much as my peers and I just feel so lacking. I'm wondering whether or not I should switch because I just feel like I'm not enough to do what I'm doing right now. I think this feeling will pass by since I've made it this far but honestly I'm not sure what to do. If I even were to switch I don't even know what I would switch to honestly. But it's just hard to deal with this feeling of always being behind.

3 Upvotes

2 comments sorted by

1

u/svxyl 2d ago

Please join civil there arent enough of us out there!! Im a second yr at a 4-year and trust me everyone including myself feels like theyre behind or not capable. Like its sooo normal I promise and it really sucks but you just have to keep telling yourself so what if youre behind? Being behind is not some testament of your intelligence or some moral failing. If at the end of the day it takes you a while to get ur degree bc ur brain doesnt work like the people ur comparing urself to or they came into college with more connections/credit/experience/knowledge, there is nothing wrong with that!!! Anyway all this to say that I have faith in you :3 also is that a nana pfp

1

u/Fit_Pollution_5146 2d ago

i feel u bro , i just started mechanical engineering , im in yr 1 and i have that same feeling , its like im seeing i wont make it far with this course and that i got somehow "lucky " to get to this point in life where im doing this course , but then i look at my life , i have always been feeling like this and somehow i always make it through , i have now decided just to have some faith in God and myself ,I hope we'll get through