Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Life Without Coffee Seemed.Jmpossible w hen the upcoming class of freshmen came in we wondered, ‘Were we that immature when we got here? Upperclassmen were allowed to ask this question! Halfwag done with our college career and only then were we starting to get to the meat of our coursework. The AD ' s were starting to pile up for some of us as well as the all-nighters. Life without coffee seemed... impossible. With the com¬ pletion of the IQP and the abolition of the Comp, it looked like clear sailing ahead.(?) Friends were start¬ ing to reach the glorious age of 21 and discovering places like Margaritaville, Ralph’s, the Boynton and Cahoots. Another word joined our vocabulary, stress. Everyone said, “Senior year will be much easier than junior year. Oh really? When we added job interviews, course requirements, GRE ' s, EIT’s, MQP’s, we were ready to tell friends and parents, “B.S. But we realized after the last Spring Break, the worst was over. MG 1250, a.k.a. Personal Fi¬ nance, became a course requirement for many sen¬ iors. MS I MUM Opening 7