Every year millions of students join engineering with big dreams:
But slowly, for many of them, reality changes.
1. The Beginning: Good Intentions, Zero Plan
Most students don’t enter college with the plan:
They start with good intentions but:
At the start:
They believe:
✨ “Serious baad me ho jaayenge.”
But that “later” never comes, because:
💤 Habits start forming from day 1 – and they are mostly bad habits.
2. Small Undisciplined Actions That Look “Normal”
Students don’t become undisciplined in one night.
It starts with small choices, like:
⏰ 1. Waking Up Late
Slowly:
📚 2. Ignoring Classes
At first:
Then:
➡️ Skipping 1 class → 3 classes → 1 full day
Student becomes proud of saying:
😎 “Maine poora week college nahi gaya.”
📱 3. Mobile Addiction
Phone becomes the real classroom:
Student says:
🧾 4. Last-Minute Study Habit
Instead of regular study:
He starts proudly saying:
😎 “Bro, main to last night padh ke pass ho jaata hoon.”
What feels like a joke in 1st year becomes a life pattern later.
3. The “Cool” Lifestyle in College
In college, there is a kind of fake status system where good habits look “boring” and bad habits look “cool”.
The undisciplined student starts thinking:
😎 “I am cool because…”
🍵 1. I Spend Maximum Time in Canteen
College timetable:
He proudly says:
😏 “Main to sirf attendance ke liye class me aata hoon.”
📱 2. I Am Always on Phone
He is:
He thinks:
✨ “I’m different, I don’t take things seriously like others.”
Actually:
😐 He is just avoiding effort.
🗣️ 3. I Make Fun of Serious Students
Students who:
…are called:
Undisciplined student laughs at them in front of friends, but:
😰 Secretly wishes he had their discipline and clarity.
🎮 4. I Prioritize Fun Over Future
For him, the order is:
He keeps saying:
😌 “Abhi to college life hai, enjoy kar lete hain.”
But he forgets:
⏰ Time doesn’t stop for anyone.
4. How Undiscipline Slowly Destroys Confidence
💔 Self-confidence
Let’s see how.
📉 1. Weak Basics
Because of:
… he ends up with:
So when someone asks a simple technical question, he feels:
😓 “I don’t know anything.”
📉 2. Low Marks, Backlogs
Due to last-minute studying and careless attitude:
On result day, jokes disappear.
Instead of:
📉 3. Fear of Talking to Teachers
Earlier:
😏 He used to laugh at teachers.
Now:
📉 4. Comparison with Others
He starts noticing:
He realizes:
5. Final Years: When Reality Hits Hard
In 3rd or 4th year, things suddenly become serious.
Questions like:
start hitting hard.
📌 1. Placement Season Starts
Companies come to campus.
They ask for:
The undisciplined student realizes:
Sitting in front of the interviewer, he feels:
😰 “I wasted my engineering.”
📌 2. Serious Friends Move Ahead
Those “boring” students he used to laugh at are now:
He smiles and congratulates them, but deep inside:
💔 He feels left behind.
📌 3. Family Expectations Rise
Family starts asking:
And he doesn’t have clear answers.
Regret slowly becomes heavy:
But time does not go backward.
6. The Inner Dialogue of Regret
At this stage, late-night thoughts become painful:
🛏️ Lying in bed, he thinks:
He realizes:
Regret hits like a storm, because:
7. How Not to Become This Student: What You Should Do Now
If you are still in 1st, 2nd, or even 3rd year:
⚠️ This entire story can be your warning, not your future.
Here’s how you can avoid becoming the “regret student”.
✅ 1. Be Honest With Yourself
Ask yourself:
✅ 2. Fix Small Habits First
Small discipline → Big transformation.
✅ 3. Choose Friends Carefully
Friends can either:
Stay with people who:
Move away (slowly) from people who only:
✅ 4. Use College Time Smartly
Between 1st and last year, you can:
Use:
College is not just classes; it’s a full ecosystem to grow.
✅ 5. Start Now, Not “From Next Semester”
The biggest lie students tell themselves:
No.
Change starts:
You can:
That is how a real disciplined version of you is born.
Conclusion: Don’t Be the “Cool Now, Regret Later” Student
In engineering and in life, you always have two choices:
The undisciplined student chooses:
And later ends up with:
But you can choose differently.
You can decide:
One day, when your degree is in your hand and a good opportunity stands in front of you, you should be able to say:
💬 “I didn’t waste these years. I used them.”
Because in the end:
Being truly strong is more important than pretending to be cool.
