The life of an engineering student
After months of waging war against countless entrance exams you’re finally here! And while you enter your college for the very first time as an engineering student, you’re not thinking about your AIEEE rank or where you would have been had you scored 1 more mark. You’re imagining what you’re life is gonna be for the next four years. This is a place you can finally call your own.
Finally! We are here!
And so begins the life of a kid demoted from the senior most in school to the lowest rung of the college ladder. [Read From High School-Seniors to Fachchas] There’s not much ragging. But after a week of hanging around all alone you start wishing someone would call you for an intro. After all you don’t learn much about your college from the campus or your teachers; you do that from the seniors
And seniors love it! They love giving out free gyan. With smug expressions as the first years call them sir/ma’am they dole out advice on anything and everything under the sun. Don’t take it too seriously though; they heard it all from their seniors who learnt it from their seniors. Nobody really has any idea, but it’s the wisdom of the ages- passed on from generations. Don’t worry you will have your turn next year. 
Most DU kids find it weird that we call our seniors sir/ma’am. They say they don’t respect their seniors a bit. But it’s not about respect. Its sort of like a training for later life. So when we get a job and our boss is a total ass, we won’t find taking orders from him very hard. We have had years of practice. 
Seniors taught me to handle situations like this! yeah!
One of the biggest changes from school to college life is that you don’t have to dress up in the same uniform everyday. Engineering is not a fashion parade. I’m not being a hypocrite or anything. Its not like we like dressing up like nerds, but after a while you feel comfortable in your own skin. A casual top and jeans is all you need and you’re ready to go. Life in engg is laid back and you soon get used to it.
life is great
And while fresher’s party, cultural fests, technical fests, concerts etc. become an integral part of your life, the real “carnival” is the exams. The real taste of engineering comes from exams. The last thing you want to do after spending last 2 years giving exams after exams is to give some more exams. Engineering is the art of giving exams. It just is.
calvin would have gracefully passed all engg exams
So when you go for your viva, just keep this thing in mind “you have no dignity. You will spend the next 15 minutes being shouted at that you are not fit to be an engineer.” There’s no point preparing for it. They have lots of questions and you don’t have many answers. A viva isn’t meant to test your knowledge. It is a chance for bitter teachers who did not want to become teachers to vent their frustration on you. Respect their feelings. Smile a lot. And say thank you in the end.
you! are the most useless student….. I agree!
And then the exams: A time for those who make notes feel good about themselves. Notes have brand value. If you get good marks last sem your notes are priceless. [Read It Feels Good ] Exams make photocopying the most lucrative business in the world. Sitting for 3 hours in a stuffy exam hall and filling a full exam sheet when you clearly have never heard of the question before is a skill you need to learn quickly.
So to all the prospective first years, you’re entering something new, something exciting. The hard part is done and now is the time to enjoy. Just remember- “you can call your senior any foul name in the world, just don’t call them bhaiyya/didi. They won’t like it.” 
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Pari Ghosh
June 2, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Anwesha Bose: While most of the points are generic and applies to all engineering institutes in the country; I see potential here, this can easily be made into a section on Aglasem with college specific advice from seniors.
Ambuj Varshney
June 2, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Ambuj Varshney : No need to start a separate section buddy! Pour in your advices and we will place them in most well suited sections! Don’t worry!
Do you have any message to give to your fuchchas??
Anwesha Bose
June 2, 2012 at 4:33 pm
Anwesha Bose: Yes, lots actually. I Will write them down as comment in this post!
Ambuj Varshney
June 2, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Anwesha Bose
June 2, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Nahh.. not really… In MNC’s the culture is changing and they prefer taking directly the names of seniors whosoever it may be … even the CEO.. it makes them feel comfortable to talk frankly !
Jain Harshit
June 2, 2012 at 11:38 pm
sshhh… let this not fall on the ears of your seniors
though I agree with you!
The Indian Fusion
June 2, 2012 at 11:43 pm
haha.. !!
Jain Harshit
June 2, 2012 at 11:43 pm
its not that we dnt respect our seniors..its just that we dont force juniors to follow our footsteps..they are set free to do what ever they wish to do…thats why d.u is rocking…………
Yusuf Hassan
June 3, 2012 at 11:31 am
hahaha…u know wat no senior told me to call them sir/ma’am…its sort f a given…calling ur seniors ma’am nd sir…but yeah i wdnt mind..;)
as i said..passed on through the generations..:D
Namrata Yadav
June 5, 2012 at 5:15 pm
@Yusuf Hassan..i know DU rocks….but then life in du is really different from most engineering colleges..i dint mean to compare DU and DTU…..engg is engg….and seniors dont force us to follow in their footsteps but when the time comes your seniors help you out the most…that senior junior relationship is what I’m talking about..;)
Namrata Yadav
June 5, 2012 at 5:21 pm
@jain harshit..yeah i guess the culture is changing…but thAt was a point that came up wen my friends were discussing arts/commerce vs engg..:D
Namrata Yadav
June 5, 2012 at 5:23 pm
It actually does suck to call your seniors Sir/Maam, especially since you may be of the same age or even older, but in the end, it is good practice like Namrata said here.
Five or six months ago, a first-year came and started playing football with us. Every time, he would call all of us Sir, so we paused the game and told him that he could call us by our names. In fact, we insisted. But, the boy, apparently so fearful of traditions and ragging and stuff, he continued with his ‘Sir’.
KP
June 18, 2012 at 6:47 pm