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dhruv.tara
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Ok I will come straight to point. I am almost done with my 2nd year in Electrical and Electronics Engg. (just a couple of weeks more to go...)
And I am damm disappointed with myself. I am studying in MAIT, IP, Delhi, India. And I am really disappointed with the way we are doing engineering here.
I and most of my classmates/friends really don't know a thing. I rank among top 10 students of my class. But the university IP has such a pathetic standard of eduction, in exams we are all just required to cram and then pass.
Most of the questions in our sessions and finals are about theorem proving and other short notes type. The numerical are just direct formula questions, you remember the formula then your'e one else forget it.
No one is even bothered about concepts and no one thinks about anything. I mean people just cram things, even when they say that they have understood things its still cramming... Like my text mentions- "To reduce harmonics in the emf generated we use short pitch coils..." Reading this and the formula people say they understood the concept while I am pretty much sure they don't understand that from where did the harmonics arise in the first place.
I myself have tried to learn and keep my thought process active reading books and seeing online lectures both from foreign universities like MIT and Stanford and also lectures from NPTEL.
But learning is almost on my on and a very slow process. By the time I am done with a topic my exams are already knocking at the done and I am required to cram everything else I didn't do.
I want to be a good engineer and probably go into research after my b.tech is complete. But I don't want my B.tech to be a waste. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
And I am damm disappointed with myself. I am studying in MAIT, IP, Delhi, India. And I am really disappointed with the way we are doing engineering here.
I and most of my classmates/friends really don't know a thing. I rank among top 10 students of my class. But the university IP has such a pathetic standard of eduction, in exams we are all just required to cram and then pass.
Most of the questions in our sessions and finals are about theorem proving and other short notes type. The numerical are just direct formula questions, you remember the formula then your'e one else forget it.
No one is even bothered about concepts and no one thinks about anything. I mean people just cram things, even when they say that they have understood things its still cramming... Like my text mentions- "To reduce harmonics in the emf generated we use short pitch coils..." Reading this and the formula people say they understood the concept while I am pretty much sure they don't understand that from where did the harmonics arise in the first place.
I myself have tried to learn and keep my thought process active reading books and seeing online lectures both from foreign universities like MIT and Stanford and also lectures from NPTEL.
But learning is almost on my on and a very slow process. By the time I am done with a topic my exams are already knocking at the done and I am required to cram everything else I didn't do.
I want to be a good engineer and probably go into research after my b.tech is complete. But I don't want my B.tech to be a waste. Any suggestions?
Thanks.