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.