u/Critical-State8119

I don't have a lot of interest in Electrical Engineering but I am willing to put in the work and get through it. I'm also done with a year of college so switching isn't much of an option.

There's barely any women in my classes and I'm often the only woman when I go to meetings for engineering related clubs. I didn't mind this much but it just dawned on me that it will probably be like this for the rest of my life in this profession. I don't want that. I've read so many stories from female engineers (especially female electrical engineers) about misogyny, sexism, lack of respect, stolen ideas, not being able to get promoted, not getting credit, being seen as lesser, etc. I'm also very concerned about the safety aspect of always being surrounded by men and being susceptible to stalking, harassment, assault, or worse. I'm finding out that these issues are often covered up by HR and as one of the only women you have to suffer alone. It seems like every woman in engineering (especially in electrical engineering which seems to be almost entirely be men for some reason) and I don't want to go through the same. By signing up for electrical engineering, I've unintentionally signed up for a lifetime of inconvenience and I want to take it back.

This really sucks because it took me such a long time to decide on electrical engineering and it doesn't seem worth pursuing anymore because of all these unwanted side effects. If I switch majors, my only options are other fields of engineering and it will definitely delay my graduation. I also don't really want to do anything else. I feel a bit pathetic for feeling this way about something so trivial, but work environment is really important to me and I wish I had a better option.

Do any women electrical engineers have any suggestions for how to get through this? Is it as bad as they say? Is it getting better? How do you find environments to minimize the negative effects of being a female engineer?

I'm in my second semester as an engineering major and underestimated how hard college is. After my finals, my GPA will likely be a 3.6 (if not a 3.5) which is really low for this early on in the major since classes will only get harder. I was supposed to keep a high 3.8-3.9 so that I had cushion for when I get lower grades in harder classes. I feel like I've messed up so early in college and now I'm worried if I'll graduate with a decent gpa over 3.0, or graduate at all. Even now, I'm trying to study for my finals and I genuinely don't know how. I feel like I'm gonna fail all my exams and drop out before I even get to upper division. I don't know what to do.

I think my main issue is that I don't know how to study on my own and most of the professors here suck. My grades last semester were fine because all my professors were amazing. Once the quality of my professors dropped, so did my grades. I already changed my major twice and changing it again would delay my graduation even more, if I even make it to that point. I can't afford to drop out. My family has no idea how much I'm struggling in my classes. I had mostly As in high school and they still expect the same. They aren't even concerned about me because I've always pulled through. I genuinely can't this time. They've spent so much time and money on me and it's all amounted to nothing.

I have four finals, I need around a 93 in all of them (and 110 in one) to get a decent grade and gpa. It's not doable. The stress is eating me alive and I can't focus or study which is gonna drop my grades even lower. I'm capable of learning the information, I just don't know how to take it in and I'm running out of time. I feel so helpless and nothing I do is working. Has anyone been through this phase and made it out ok? Is there anything I can do?

I'm in my second semester at USF as an engineering major and underestimated how hard college is. After my finals, my GPA will likely be a 3.6 (if not a 3.5) which is really low for this early on in the major since classes will only get harder. I was supposed to keep a high 3.8-3.9 so that I had cushion for when I get lower grades in harder classes. I feel like I've messed up so early in college and now I'm worried if I'll graduate with a decent gpa over 3.0, or graduate at all. Even now, I'm trying to study for my finals and I genuinely don't know how. I feel like I'm gonna fail all my exams and drop out before I even get to upper division. I don't know what to do. Is grade forgiveness possible to retake a class to increase a B or B- to an A? I know it's not recommended since you should save it for Ds and Fs, but can I still do that if I have grade forgiveness attempts left my senior year?

I think my main issue is that I don't know how to study on my own and most of the professors here suck. My grades last semester were fine because all my professors were amazing. Once the quality of my professors dropped, so did my grades. I already changed my major twice and changing it again would delay my graduation even more, if I even make it to that point. I can't afford to drop out. My family has no idea how much I'm struggling in my classes. I had mostly As in high school and they still expect the same. They aren't even concerned about me because I've always pulled through. I genuinely can't this time. They've spent so much time and money on me and it's all amounted to nothing.

I have four finals, I need around a 93 in all of them (and 110 in one) to get a decent grade and gpa. It's not doable. The stress is eating me alive and I can't focus or study which is gonna drop my grades even lower. I'm capable of learning the information, I just don't know how to take it in and I'm running out of time. I feel so helpless and nothing I do is working. Has anyone been through this phase and made it out ok? Is there anything I can do?

I've eaten at my local Dave's Hot Chicken 3-4 times now and have had no complaints.

Recently, I was about to use a leftover Dave sauce packet when I noticed that it said "Keep Refrigerated." However, out of the few times I've been to the location, I've never noticed the Dave Sauce packets being cold? They've always been room temperature from what I remember. I don't recall if the Dave Sauce they served in cups were cold or not. Does the packaging mean to keep the sauce refrigerated once open?

I don't think I've ever gotten sick from eating at Dave's but not refrigerating something clearly labeled to be refrigerated seems like a food safety concern. I haven't heard any complaints from this establishment in this regard from other people either. So I was wondering, is the Dave Sauce at your local Dave's Hot Chicken usually refrigerated?