h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

In my University, we engineering students have a semester pattern where we end up slogging our asses off every six months.
The exams consist of 5 theory papers spread over 12-14 days, and vivas and practs spread over a week.
PITY US.

The Univ is about 150 years old, so I wonder why nobody bothered to change this yet. Unless, Darwin was wrong.

Shaunak.

I our uni us engineering students have to do four year of study compared to my dossy arts students friends who all graduated last year ergo non of my friends are around to go drinking with.

all though we don't have semesters we do have this *uck off huge project to do and one of our modules is coninutally assesed ie we get given all the work to do over christmas.

It's the same story with all engineering students everywhere.
We have those ing projects too, and assessment too .

Which is probably why you have engg. drinking verses ... like ..
"The Engineers had come,
The Engineers had come,
And traded all their instruments
For kegs and kegs of Rum,
The Engineers had come."

Cheers,
Shaunak.

where you at if uni is 150y.o.?

Pune University, India.
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150+ odd years old in it's present form, it's been around a lot longer as a centre for learning (from the 1600s).

S.

cool

Which branch of Engineering are you in?

S.

my degree was general for the first two years and then i specialised in mechancial and now this year i'm doing aeronautical, my final year project is automotive based and that where i'd like to head.

I'm doing mech too.
Although I don't see myself working as a mech engg...
Plan to shift to Theoretical Physics after grad.
(Quantum mechanics, probably).

S.

hows' it going?

rapidly heading towards end of my project and soon to write up deadline not fun.