Iowa State University Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Tessa

Excellent acadmics and student life

Martin

Education.

Mike

Engeneering and agriculture

Melissa

Best known for engineering (and other technology majors) with a very large and well-known career fair each semester.

Sam

Iowa State has a repuation of having students that are hardworking. Whether the students have that hard-working attitude prior to coming to Iowa State is irrelevant because the students leave the University with an attitude ready for the work force. Many come in already ready to buckle down and be successful, but the few that don't learn quickly what it takes to be a successful Cyclone.

Katie

Iowa State is known mostly for it's engineering program, it's agriculture program, and VEISHA.

Elliott

Iowa State is best known for our amazing Engineering program and our up-and-coming Business and Design programs.

Elizabeth

From the outside, Iowa State is best known for being an agricultural school. It is a place where many farmers come from to further their knowledge. From the inside, however, students would consider this school to be an outstanding place, where they will not only further their knowledge, but also develop and grow as a person and a student. It is where they will create some of their best times and meet friends that they know will last a lifetime. There is much to love about Iowa State and that is what every student does--love it.

Angeline

Iowa State University is best known for it's research, engineering, and science. I have friends that are constantly asking me to be apart of their survery for a research project. Engineering and Science, though, are the two main and highest percentage of students with those majors. There are over 200 majors to choose from, and the different types of engineering and sciences make up the majority. Overall, Iowa State University is best known for exceeding well in all of their departments. Why? Because I believe that each teacher here helps the students grow into who they want to become.

Jennifer

Iowa State is a great place to be if you want to do something in Engineering, Math, Agriculture or Science. It also has a large education program and a great business school.

Cody

Mainly, it is known for their school of engineering.

Andrea

We have really great engineering, design, agriculture, journalism, and vetrinarian programs. It is also a great place to get involved with the numerous student orgaizations and ministries around campus. No matter who you are, there is a place for you here.

Meredith

Iowa State University is best known for its engineering program, its agriculture program, and its veterinary program. It is simply best known for its math and science all around.

Hannah

I believe that my school is best known for their engineering program. This school is seriously filled with an immense number of engineering students. There are so many students in this program because it is one of the best ones that there is.

Stephanie

The engineering program is one of the best in Iowa.

Jade

Iowa State University is most known for the Veterinary School. Iowa State Univeristy had one of the very first veterinary schools in the whole nation and it is a very prestigious school. The vet school attracts many students to Iowa State University each year and is a very big part of the campus and atmosphere at Iowa State University.

Makenna

Iowa State University is best known for agriculture and engineers. It is also known for the sports!

Chloe

Iowa State University is best known for its excellence in the areas of engineering, veterinary science, business, and agricultural science. Iowa State's campus is also ranked one of the top 10 most beautiful campuses in America. Iowa State University is also recognized nationally for its strong journalism and human sciences programs. ISU is known to be a very friendly, welcoming, and future-focused campus.

Jessica

ISU is best known for its beautiful campus and outstanding student organizations.

Ellie

Our school is probably best known for our football and men's basketball. Sports are a good way for us to express ourselves and meet new people. Supporting our school in sports activities really brings us together as a school.

Madison

Iowa State University is best known for it's colleges of Engineering and Agriculture. When meeting new people, it is not uncommon for them to say that their major involves some sort of engineering studies or agriculture. Especially being located in the midwest, a lot of students are majoring in agriculture! In my opinion, ISU is best known for its welcoming atmosphere and faculty. This is a studen't home away from home. Attending ISU would make you apart of what this college is best known for.

Jonathon

Iowa State is best know for its Engineering and Science programs.

Sara

My school is best know for being a research based college that requires all professors to have a specific field of research, it is also well known for being one of the top agriculture, engineering, and science colleges in the nation.

Robert

Iowa State is best known for VEISHEA, an annual education and entertainment festival held each spring. VEISHEA comes from the initials of ISU's five origional colleges (Veterinary Medicine, Engineering, Industrial Sciences, Home Economics, and Agriculture). VEISHEA is the largest student run festival in the nation and just another great reason for incoming freshman to choose Iowa State.

Tyler

Iowa State University is well known for its Agriculture and Engineering programs.

Rumor

CYCLONES! We are very proud of our school colors and being the Cyclones.

Emily

Our school is best know for our beautiful campus, and the adventures it offers. Not only is it physically beautiful, it s also full of passion and adventure. ISU has historically beautiful buildings, and it also offers modern spaces and places. The most beautiful part of campus is the people within it. It is easy to see even by visiting one building on campus that everyone there is part of the whole entity, and each individual offers something unique to the university. ISU allows you to choose your adventure, and that is what our campus is best know for.

Piepre

There are many things that Iowa State is known for that I couldn't pick just one. A few things that stand out would be that we have the most beautiful campus located in an ideal college town. It is homey, but still state of the art. Hilton Magic is another staple that goes with ISU. Our basketball arena is like no other game athmosphere. All the fans are a family inside the Hilton Coliseum. Win or lose, we want to be there cheering! Traditions from athletics and homecoming to the zodiac on campus make ISU so great!

Micah

Iowa State is best known for its Engineering and Agriculture programs. It is also recognized for its vet program.

Alexandria

Iowa State University is best known for its school of engineering, and for VEISHA- the annual celebration of the individual colleges that make up the university.

Sarah

Iowa State is well known for its competitive Agricultural porgrams.

Emma

At Iowa State, we are well known for the VEISHEA celebration that is held in the spring. It is a tradition that celebrates each of the college on campus: Veterinary medicine, Engineering, Industrial Science, Home Economics, and Agriculture. There is a variety of entertainment and free food throughout the week. The cherry pies that are made by the department of hotel, restaurant, and institution management students are legendary. Students and staff wait in line for the coveted pies for hours. A parade is also held during VEISHEA week. The greek community decorates floats.

Rachel

Our school is best known for VEISHA. VEISHA is basically a massive week-long party celebrating our students. It's a great time, just make sure to steer clear of Campus Town unless you're looking to drink.

Katie

This year, ISU is known for having record enrollment of all the big 3 universities in the state! They actually had to pay upper level students $1000 to live off campus because they wanted space in the dorms for all the incoming freshman. ISU is more regularly known for having a great engineering program and a beautiful campus.

Justin

Our school is known for our Ag, PreVet, and engineering colleges

Tiffany

Our school is best known for our great academics program, which is true. ISU has a very supportive community. There is opportunities everywhere to connect with people and get the support you need. We are also known for an amazing engineering program. This is not exaggerated! The engineering program is absolutely amazing!

Tiffany

Iowa State University is best known for their engineering program and the veterinary program. ISU is also known for making their students feel like they are at home.

Michael

I would say Iowa State is best known for its great engineering program, and top-notch fitness center. Iowa State offers many different engineering majors, and has industry leading equiptment for every major. It is a virutal reality room, that I believe is only 1 of 2 in the nation. Iowa State also offers not one, but two large fitness centers for its students and facility. They include swimming pools, tracks, courts for just about every sport, and a bunch of strength training equiptment. Making Iowa state one of the healthiest campuses in the US.

Mollie

Iowa State is known for many things. Biggest is probably their VEISHEA festival in the spring, but they have also won awards for their beautiful campus and are also well known to be an excellent school for engineering and agriculture majors.

Heather

Iowa State is well known for it's Veterinary Program and also it's strong College of Engineering. As far as non-academic features, Iowa State is well known to many by it's presence in the Big 12 sports conference. Also, ISU holds an annual celebration called VEISHEA, which is widely popular.

Austin

Iowa State is well known for both its engineering department, and its agricultare program. It is a school with a lot of international students.

Tyler

Iowa State is best known for reasons such as our athletics, our engineering department, and our beautiful campus, but overall I think Iowa State is best known for its tradition. Tradition has value and it shows pride and at Iowa State we have a lot of that. Tradition is playing the school fight song before and during sport events, tradition is displaying your school for a whole week, tradition is cherry pies. At Iowa State we have nemours traditions and people know it. This is what I think Iowa State is best known for.

Robert

Its high standards regarding engineering majors

Abigail

It is best know for the college of Engineering, Design, and Agriculture. The programs in those majors have many students involved and the school is known for them. It is also known for its beautiful campus, and the wide range of clubs available for its students.

Ellie

Our school is best known for it's together-ness of students - one of the phrases students use to describe our school is that we are a CyclONE NATION. Although we are all going down our own paths in our lives at this school, at the end of the day we are one nation. Although this is a big university the friendliness of those on campus and the school spirit we are surrounded with makes it seem much smaller than it is.

Rebecca

Iowa State is best known for their engineering program and veterinary program.

Melinda

My school is best known for our tailgating abilities and the extreme amount of fans that support our athletic teams.

Caillyn

Iowa State University is best known for the wide variety of colleges offered and the large greek community. There are six total colleges including agriculture and life sciences, business, design, engineering, human sciences, and liberal arts and sciences. The college of engineering has a fantastic program for prospective students and has had excellent reviews from peers and professionals. The greek community is also widely appraised with great diversity amoung the chapters. I am a member of Sigma Kappa and I love having so many sisters to share my new experiences with. Iowa State is definitely a school worth considering.

Sam

Iowa State is best known for it's beautiful campus and great education. The tradition of VEISHA and other Iowa state activites draw students to the wonderful town of Ames, Iowa.

Bridget

Our school is best known for innovations in science and technology. The first computer in the entire world was created here at Iowa State University. Our professors are recipients of notable achievement awards only reserved for the highest accomplishments in their respective fields. I have been lucky enough to rub elbows with the people and professors who are changing the wold around us as we speak. Whenever I hear our university mentioned in a documentary or on the Discovery Channel with regards to breakthroughs in science and engineering, I feel a resounding surge of pride.