Engineering majors have it rough.

As I know there are going to be groans and sighs about how much we complain, the thing is, we don't.

Just over the past week, I have become more and more immersed in the work of engineering, especially chemical engineering. I got to see what people are doing on a STUDENT level.

On this level, I found juniors and seniors talking about taking foams that stop arterial bleeding, energy cells made from reactions, and things that I am still trying to wrap my head around.

Then I think about it, and these people started where I am.

Damn, I have a lot of work to do.

I was talking to some of the sophomores, which is what I will be in about a year, and I started freaking out a bit. By the time I end my junior year, I will be completely done, away from the generalized chemistry from high school and the beginning of college.

I will move into the real world of chemistry, where nothing is ideal and nothing is plugged into an equation.

I am a chemical engineering major, so for me, I'm still in "baby" classes in comparison to the mechanical engineering majors and the electrical and computer engineering majors. I find that the hate and the stigma just come from those who think that they know what we go through, but never actually sat in on a single class.

I am not saying that I'm better, or that I deserve more because I'm an engineer. I can stand tall with other accomplishments, though. I am saying that for our majors, as engineers, were doing pretty damn good for ourselves.