But good communication skills open doors of opportunity that otherwise would go unnoticed. Extracurricular Activities Extracurricular activities present one way for students to develop good communication skills. Amongst these activities, participation in engineering societies is especially valuable for the engineering student. These societies represent both a fun and a practical purpose. Participation is often an excellent way to meet other students of your major, which is often the first step towards forming good project and study groups.
Social activities encourage student to meet engineers from different majors as well.
And industry often requires that engineers be able to work effectively with engineers from different fields. Opportunities also exist for engineering majors to meet students from different schools in a wide range of regional and section conferences. Academic activities offered are as diverse as the social activities. Some societies offer tutoring. Others operate an exam file service.