First-year engineering, decoded by people who just did it.
EngInQuire runs pre-semester review sessions and free study resources for incoming engineering students at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary — built by two upper-years who finished first year with 3.9+ GPAs and remember exactly what tripped people up.
Pre-semester sessions
Focused in-person reviews that compress the first six weeks of confusion into one afternoon — before classes even start.
Free resources
Including our AI Blueprint Generator that builds a personalized weekly schedule around your block — plus practice tests, tips, and more. Live now.
Real mentorship
Honest advice from students one year ahead, not a faceless service. Replies come from actual people.
Reserve your spot
Pick a session date and join the list. We keep limited spots so every question gets answered.
Show up & learn
Three focused hours on the courses and habits that decide first-semester GPA, plus a printed cheat-sheet to take home.
Start ahead
Walk into September already knowing the unwritten rules — and keep getting our free resources all year.
We're not a tutoring company. We're the upper-years you wish you'd known the summer before first year.
"First semester isn't hard because the material is impossible. It's hard because nobody tells you how it actually works."
— Jacob & Tom, Founders
The grading curves, the unspoken study habits, the gap between high-school studying and engineering studying, the courses that quietly decide your GPA before midterms even hit — that's the stuff that catches people off guard.
We finished first year at Schulich — the University of Calgary's engineering school — with 3.97 and 3.94 GPAs while balancing part-time jobs, school, applications, a social life, and staying healthy. We remember exactly what we wish someone had sat us down and explained before first year started.
EngInQuire is that conversation, structured — pre-semester review sessions for students who want to start ahead, plus free resources that make the rest of the year less of a guessing game.
Straight talk
Real schedules, real mistakes, real advice. Nothing aspirational that doesn't actually work.
Free where it counts
The core knowledge stays free. Sessions are for those who want structured, in-person depth.
One year ahead
We just lived it. The memory is fresh, the courses are current, the advice is relevant.
Start the year already ahead.
One in-person session before classes start — open to every incoming student, not just engineering majors. Plus optional 1-on-1 mentorship through first semester. Our first session is confirmed and completely free — reserve your spot below.
Pre-Semester Session
One focused 4-hour session, open to every incoming student — not just engineering majors. We cover the first-year math and core courses that trip people up most.
- Calculus & Linear Algebra fundamentals
- ENGG 225 — core concepts & problem sets
- ENGG 204 — coverage planned
- Q&A with two 3.9+ students + printed cheat-sheets
1-on-1 Mentorship
Personal, one-on-one support through first semester. Limited spots, opens after the group session.
- In person or online — your choice
- Course-specific guidance
- Study-system review
- Format & frequency still being finalized
The Aug 26 session is free. Reserve a spot with no commitment — we'll text and email you to confirm the location and details. 1-on-1 mentorship pricing is still being finalized; express interest and you'll be first to know.
What you get without paying a cent.
Most of what helped us hit 3.9+ GPAs wasn't behind a paywall — it was just hard to find. We're publishing it here, free. Start with our Blueprint Generator below — it's live right now.
First-Year Blueprint Generator
Our flagship free tool. Pick your engineering block, tell it how you like to work — early classes or not, gym time, Friday nights free — and it drafts a personalized weekly schedule built around your real timetable at Schulich. Powered by AI, tailored to you.
Tips on Instagram
Short videos covering one specific tactic or course concept, every single week.
Incoming Student FAQ
Straight answers to the questions every first-year asks — laptops, textbooks, course load, and more. Ask us anytime and we'll walk you through it.
Q&A in our DMs
Got a question right now? Message us on Instagram — we answer incoming students for free.
Two students, two paths, one philosophy.
Both finished first year near the top of the class — here's who's actually teaching you.
Jacob Hailemariam
A machine-learning researcher heading into the tech field. Jacob is an NSERC-funded undergraduate researcher building deep-learning models for LiDAR–hyperspectral sensor fusion, with a first-author paper in the works. Outside research he designs PCBs and practices leetcode in python. He's aiming squarely at the ML and tech industry — and finished first year at 3.97 while building things he actually cared about, proof that depth and grades aren't a trade-off.
Tom Kurian
High-school valedictorian with a 99% IB average in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, currently working as an Asphalt Materials Laboratory Technician at the University of Calgary. Experienced in advanced pavement materials testing, including the Dynamic Modulus, TSRST, and Hamburg Wheel-Tracking tests, while contributing to industry-funded research through the Bituminous Materials Chair. Also serves as an editor of the laboratory's SOP for the Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) Test and is passionate about making complex engineering concepts easy to understand.
Review tests — get exam-ready for first-year engineering.
Two diploma-style review tests to sharpen the math first year leans on hardest. Pick one, answer 20 questions one at a time, and get a full worked solution after each — right answers turn green, misses turn red and reveal the correct choice.
Pre-Calc Review Test
20 exam-level questions adapted from the Alberta Mathematics 30-1 diploma practice test — transformations, logarithms, polynomials, trigonometry, and the binomial theorem.
Calculus High School Review
20 questions across limits, the differentiation rules, implicit and related rates, optimization, curve analysis, and area between curves — the calculus you use most in first year.