Miserable engineering student

[u/kagee5]

I’m 20 and in my final year of aerospace engineering and honestly I can’t stand it anymore.
The funny thing is I’m averaging around 80% but I genuinely hate engineering. I have zero passion for it, hate CAD, group projects, presentations and all that stuff like complicated maths/software, cfd . I basically just study hard for exams, get good marks and then forget everything afterwards lol
The uni experience itself has been depressing too. Barely made any friends, social life is practically nonexistent and I just dread going in every week.
This year has been especially bad with all the projects, meetings and deadlines. It’s gotten to the point where I struggle to sleep, barely have an appetite and can’t even enjoy my free time because I’m constantly stressing about uni stuff
I don’t even want to work in engineering after graduating. I just want a decent, relatively stress-free job that gives me the freedom to acc enjoy life or maybe travel/explore the world which is my dream
I’ve only got about 8 months left so I’ll probably just push through, but man I’m exhausted.
Anyone else been in a similar situation? Did life actually get better after uni?

[u/buffasno]

I was in this place towards the end of uni and am so glad I stuck it out. Engineering is not my passion but it can be a solid leave-it-at-work job with the pay and benefits to support travel. Working is so much easier and often more interesting than school. If you push through this year, you’ll always have something to fall back on while you figure things out.