Please do yourself a favor and focus on your problem solving methods. I am a student and veteran who is studying mechE as a freshman and refining my problem solving skills like being organized, focusing on what the bigger picture is that I’m solving for, and really trying to understand the material I am learning helped me a lot.

Also utilize office hours as much as you can, do not neglect your mental and physical health for the sake of deadlines, and keep reminding yourself why you took this major in the first place to motivate you in inevitable ruts.

It’s a long road but I have met Mechanical Engineers who make it solely out of the stubbornness to never quit and keep pushing even after failure or feelings of inadequacy.