For the past two and a half years. I’ve learned a lot about MSOE. Here are some of the little things I’ve learned (this list may not make much sense unless you’ve actually been to MSOE):
- Free Chipotle burritos (with your MSOE ID) are offered at least once a year.
- Using the Raider Plan to wash your clothes is $0.25 cheaper (even though the card reader claims it’s the same price).
- Using the Raider Plan for the dryers isn’t any cheaper, but the dryers last the full 60 minutes. (Using quarters lets the dryers go for a little more than half that amount of time.)
- Everybody goes home on the weekends, making Saturday or Sunday morning the best times to do your laundry.
- Some of the RWJ showers are too hot at 6:00 in the morning. It takes about 20 or 30 minutes for the showers to cool down.
- The Regents showers are too cold at 6:00 in the morning. The showers don’t heat up until 7:00 or later—and you have to wait even longer on weekends.
- Most of the students use either iTunes or Winamp.
- The majority of the MSOE population is addicted to Facebook, MySpace, or both.
- There is a continuous debate over saying “bubbler” versus “drinking fountain” and “pop” versus “soda.”
- Most of the MSOE population are MEs and EEs.
- MSOE sponsors a yearly Wheelchair Day event, where students can ride in wheelchairs all day.
- MAGE spends a lot of money every year to hold a handful of sci-fi and gaming conventions every few months.
- Most students don’t use their personal websites.
- SDL is a fishbowl for students to see SEs slaving away as they walk to class.
- BEs are touted with having the toughest major.
- SEs and MIS students are accused of having the easiest majors. (It’s so not true!)
- SEs statistically have the highest GPAs.
- MSOE keeps you busy.
So now you know.