Here are a few tips to being a successful engineering student:
- Work hard (nobody said engineering was easy)
- Work effectively (an hour of productive work is better than 8 hours spent unproductively)
- Be thorough (carelessness almost always leads to disappointment)
- Know your strengths and weaknesses (whenever possible, use your strengths to work on your weaknesses)
- Do not delay any work unnecessarily
- Be aware that you are directly or indirectly competing with pretty much everyone in the world (whether you like it or not)