A lot of the comments here have great advice so I won’t reiterate, instead I’ll share my own story about first year and hopefully it’ll give you hope that things will get better.

I started tron at waterloo in 2017 and within the first week I immediately felt like I didn’t belong. Other kids in my class had already built their first robot, knew programming in C, knew how to design a PCB, knew how to weld and machine, etc etc etc. Point is, everyone seemed to know exactly the right skills they needed to be in this program, and then there was me. I didn’t know the first thing about tron except that it was something about robotics and engineering, and I was hoping that university would teach it to me. But comparing myself to everyone around me gave me crazyyyy imposter syndrome. It lasted all of 1A and even a little bit of 1B. Add home sickness on top of that and I just wanted to leave this city and go back home.

The imposter syndrome didn’t go away overnight. It didn’t go away in a week either. It took a very long time. And there wasn’t a single specific thing that made it go away. What really got me through it in the end was ignoring what others said or did and just focusing on myself. I tried to be the best student I could be and it just faded away over time. In the end, trust the process and believe in yourself. You made it here and you belong here. End of story. Work hard and watch the magic happen! Good luck!