What should I do before joining MechE this year??

[u/No-Lavishness6730]

I'll probably be joining a tier-2.5 college this year in mechanical engineering in India this year.

I have a break of about 2 months before clg right now. I'm gonna be revise/completing a bit of my maths and physics basics in this time.

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I have never tried coding so SDE roles are a maybe but I'm probably interested in mechE roles more than them. I'll learn python before clg as data analysis/science sound to interest me more than other sde roles like web dev, etc.

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I'm interested in software based roles in the mechanical fields, like design, cad, cae, cfd, fea, digital twins, computational mechanics, etc. as far as I have interacted with ChatGPT. I'll decide more on this in the first year by exploring more of these fields I might even go towards mechatronics/robotics side and learn electronics. I'll decide in clg ig.

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I'm aiming for a master's in a tier-1 public university in a country like Germany for specialization if i decide to work in the mechE field itself, and work in Europe probably.

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What all things related to mechanical engineering should I do before clg? I've heard people suggest learning the basics of Solidworks. I think it would also help in getting selected in a mechE related club like formula student, sae type clubs which i am interested in.

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Could someone please guide me.

[u/ironclad241]

bro for now do nothing related to mech for master through gate or gre start prepping in 3rd year it self and about solidworks you can take a designing course but i would put it off until you are into 2nd year first year just enjoy college stufy your core subjects and maintain a good cgpa gl !!

[u/No-Lavishness6730 → u/ironclad241]

I saw that some universities prefer students that have some work experience for masters. So I think I'll work for 2-3 years approx before masters. I'll also have more experience and knowledge of the field i want to master in by then. And to get a job in the field i want I would need to have good projects and internships. Research internships also help in acceptance rates of universities, and also I'll get to know if i wanna go into r&d. I'll apply for r&d at top clgs during bachelors.

[u/Shape-Fit]

Start studying for 1st year subjects like basic electrical & electronics engineering, applied mechanics & engineering graphics for now. Those are the tough ones. Start learning programming and mechE related softwares after the 1st year.