Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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GET A JOB!!! As the WPI student enters into his senior year, he realizes that the fun is almost over and it is going to be time to go to work. The search for a job begins in our Office of Graduate and Career Plans, OGCP. The painstaking process starts with the compilation of a resume. At this time the average tech student has to dig down deep to produce a resume that makes him sound wonderful. He may have signed up for the yearbook staff at one time, but never attended a meeting; this still qualifies him to list yearbook staff as one of his activities. Then the student must learn to utilize his preference cards. Depending on his major, this can be an easy or a difficult task. If he is an EE he will be able to throw a number seven card and get an interview. Whereas if a Chem Eng wants any chance at interviewing he has to throw his number one card. But there also is the case when a company that every senior wants to work for comes recruiting. All students must learn that he cannot throw a number seven card for this company. After finally landing and having that all important interview, all interviewies can do is pray that the interviewer liked them. But with the help of Dean Willie Trask and Alice Walker, most of WPI graduates do have something to do when they finally get out of here!! Opening • 17

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WHAT A HASSLE!!! At the beginning of every term the tech student can look forward to standing in this turmoil. Whether the student wants to rearrange his whole schedule or just pick up a gym course, he is forced to suffer through this exasperating ordeal. One of the most aggravating aspects of this process is when the student has been waiting in line for an hour, only to find that the course he wanted has already been filled. Then there is overload registration. The student who wishes to over register for an academic term must wait until the end of registration to pick the additional course. By this time, the desired course is filled. When C and D terms roll around, seniors wait until the last day of registration to drop all of their real courses and pick up Personal Finance and MG 1050. Behind the longest line you can be sure to find Dean Van A. Hunched over his books, this remarkable man creates the best possible schedules for the entire student body. i ■ Opening • 19