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I’m here, now what? I spent freshman year taking all the necessary classes, spending hours studying so that I could transition to mechanical engineering. The great thing about Purdue is you get to delve deep into your major almost immediately after transitioning into it. I had known what I wanted and how I was going to get it. But as I sat in my first Thermodynamics lecture, I had never felt more unsure of whether I belonged there. Engineering courses are never easy, I knew that going into my Thermodynamics class. But with Thermodynamics, and most engineering courses, it’s important to understand the fundamentals, as everything builds on them. I knew that I had to seek out help soon. I started scouring my course pages, Purdue’s website, and asking all my instructors where I could go to get help. I discovered that the mechanical engineering department has many “help rooms” that run from 9am-5pm, in which students could get access to personalized assistance from teaching assistants for t...