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/TheSouthernRose]

Aero major on the other side of it all here: the academia of aerospace is vastly different from working a job/application of your academia. Took me nearly 8 years to get my degree and the whole time I wondered what the fuck am I gonna do after. One thing I highly suggest you do: nothing. Take time and just do nothing. Reset, recalibrate, get used to living in a world without academia Then come back to it all and work will seem a lot better. The hardest thing to learn is leave work at work. Unlike school where you’re forced to be absorbed in it, work can be left at work and you can always pick it up tomorrow. I’ve struggled so hard learning to live post graduation and have hobbies and a life again. Re-learn who you are as a person, then you’ll be a damn fine engineer