Dance Marathon! Dance Marathon is the largest student group on campus. It raises money for the Children's Hospital at the University of Iowa. It's a great group to join especially if you are worried about time commitment - there are only a few informal meeting throughout fall semester, and then one very long day of dancing in the spring semester! I participated this year and it was an amazing day! There was so much school spirit and pride throughout the day, and tons of great people. The only real rule is no sitting for 15 hours. There were a ton of fun activities, like tye-dyeing, Twister, karaoke, and a thousand board games to play with the kids. The morale dance is so much fun to learn and then participate in. It is absolutely incredible to stand in the middle of the Memorial Union listening to families thank you for your work and realize that you're standing in a crowed of 900 people who all feel the exact same way. it really showed me that as a school we can all come together and do great things!

students study really hard on week days, and they also will party hard on Friday nights and Saturdays

I lived in Larch my freshman year and some of my best college memories came from there. I met one of my best friends on my floor and everyone was very laid back. The doors were always open and the co-ed floors made it really easy to get to know everyone. I still talk to a lot of the girls from my floor. Larch was a lot different from maple because in maple the doors were always closed. Larch was definitely a good place to live for the social life.

The most popular things on campus are definitely philanthropic in nature. Dance marathon is very big as is relay for life. Homecoming and Veishea are also very big events each year

The most popular student group would have to be the Greek System. A lot of people belong to it and they a well-knit community that gets a lot done for the school and community.

Yes, this is a technical focused university. Yes we have a lot of students who are all competing for the same thing: top grades and amazing employment opportunities. While classes can tend to be pretty big (I have been in some with over 200 students), professors make themselves available to students. How well you get to know a professors depends on each student individually. As far as classes go, I can't say that I have a favorite one. I have thoroughly enjoyed my 3 1/2 years here at Iowa State University (ISU) and I am sure that this will remain true until my graduation. There have been of course classes that I cannot wait to get done with, but as a Pre-Vet major this is expected. Classes here are tough and professors seek to challenge students and make them THINK. As students progress in their college carreer they will find that grades do matter and being smart is actually a good thing. As a student in the Natural Resource and Ecology Management (NREM) department I have been able to meet most of my professors and actually get to know them. I had the opportunity of traveling to Costa Rica with two professors, and this was a great way to not only meet students who are likeminded, but also make a good impression of myself as a student and potential employee.

Athletes get all the attention here at ISU. Tons of ISU money goes to these programs in order to showcase the talent of many individuals on this campus. Second would be traditional greeks, although their money comes from fundraising events, there is a high population of students who are greeks and who always hold events to not only bring awareness about their sorority/fraternity on campus but to also help out the community.

Iowa State was my last choice school coming out of high school. I couldn't imagine having gone anywhere else.

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A lot of my professors know my name, which is really nice because you know that they care. My favorite class was Psychology 101, it was really interesting!

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Like I said my majors are pretty small so my classes are as well. I think most of the teachers I've had know me, but that's also because I make it a point that they do. I think you could easily "hide" in class if you wanted to. The teachers in my majors are very helpful if you need it. I think it's pretty much like any other school, you get out what you put into it, and as far as the students here go, I don't there's really a sterotypical Iowa State student. How competitive and intellectual students are completely depends on the person.

VEISHEA! Veishea is just a great celebration by students and alumni filled with a parade, music, and an overall fun time had by all.

We need a parking garage that people can permanently park in, no football stadium parking - it is very inconveninent.

When I attended ISU, there were many ways to get involved, one of the best things about ISU was VEISHEA, what VEISHEA really stood for. It was the celebration of the first 5 colleges at ISU, each individual college would showcase their successes, the parade showed the great knowldge of the engineering college, with outstanding floats that moved, and had so much character! It is a shame it became a huge weekend for partying visitors, that ultimaltely led to the cose of the celebration! I have great memories of building VEISHEA floats, and the VEISHEA parade, the carnival, and the atmosphere of the campus that week! ISU is a great place to get a great education, i always found great advise with all my advisors and deans, and found people to help me through some tough times. My worst experience was with the student health, long story short, I went undiagnosed with pnumonia for a month, and ended up in the hospital!

Most of my classes are large lectures ranging from 200-500 students, and in those classes (IF EVEN TAUGHT BY A PROFESSOR) I am nameless. That can be really frsutrating and annoying. In mos classes like that there is no homework, only exams so I feel as though my grade doesn't truly affect what I've learned.

The campus is beautiful and the people welcoming and friendly. The teachers are easily accessible and more than willing to help. I'll never forget my first day. I was extremely nervous and worried about how I would do. I have proved over the years that this fear was misplaced. I have had no problems keeping up with school work and maintaining the lifelong friendships that I have made.

I think that academics at Iowa state are pretty decent. The teachers seem to be passionate about what they do. Sometimes the teachers know us personally, but thats hard to do in the big lectures. The academic policy at Iowa State is well written, in my opinion, and teachers usually try to live up to that standard.

I was involved in nutrition club for about a year. I am a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. the greek community here is pretty large and does a lot of activites during homecoming and Greek Week. Each chapter has a philanthropy. Our philanthropy is the largest greek philanthropy and the second largest one on campus, behind dance marathon. Events that happen each year are homecoming and VEISHA.