Iowa State University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

john

1. boring 2. Moo U

Erin

Some people generalize that it is primarily an ideal school for science, technology and engineering majors.

Alison

That we are all hicks and farmers.

Valerie

Very agricultural, many students from farms. Semi-hickish.

Steven

From whom I've talked to Iowa State students are usually a good pool to pick from when a corporation is looking for workers. But that does assume you made it through the Iowa State curriculum.

Alex

The whole school are farm kids; all the girls are fat, farmer's daughters. We're inferior to the University of Iowa.

Ryan

"Typical" college students

Laura

1.)That the only thing to do in Iowa is go cow tipping 2.)Midwest nice

Meredith

That everyone is from Iowa. Being in sororities and fraternities is basically about partying.

Jessica

Some common stereotypes is that the students are all backwoods rural "hick" people.

Valerie

That we are all AG Majors

Elizabeth

Agriculture Students

Maggie

I have not heard any stereotypes actually except rivalry against Iowa

Taylor

Well, usually people think that everyone is from a farm, knows how to farm, and is going to school to be a farmer. People expect you to show up in cowboy boys and overalls. Also, I do not eat corn for every meal.

Kayla

That we are all engineers.

Brooke

They are all ag majors

Taylor

They all farm and can't speak proper gramatical english.

margaret

The students are all from farms and small town Iowa. Iowa State students hate University of Iowa students.

Elizabeth

farmers

Ellen

That we are an agriculture school.

Alyssa

That it's a farming school, and everyone owns a farm and pigs and cows.

Leah

Greeks = Drunks Engineers = Nerds

Kelly

That everyone that goes to Iowa State is either farmers or hicks.

Theresa

all students drink and that everyone is here for engineering

Rebecca

I have heard people assume we are "country".

Dylan

All greeks do is party. Some majors are more important than others. People are judged by what they are part of. Only freshman live in dorms.

Gina

We are all farmers or engineers.

Becky

That they are all red-necked hicks or huge engineering nerds.

Katie

That it is all farm kids, we party a lot, everyone is greek, greeks are taking over the campus.

Jerry

Iowa State has engineering students. Iowa State has a lot of green grass. Greek life is active at Iowa State.

Erin

Farm grown, corn feed, hicks Sorority Girls - Sorostitutes, Soho's Frat Boys - Drunks

Alex

Hicks and farm kids.

Tate

That it is a bunch of hicks that go to Iowa State.

Carol

That we are all farmers.

Kelsey

geeks hicks

Sarah

Everyone is a 'farm kid'

Charlie

We are all farmers from small towns.

Alex

Farmers!

Andy

That a lot grew up on farms. Only from Iowa or surrounding states. Grew up in Des Moines.

Allard

That we're all farmers/hicks, that we suck at football.

Morgan

That our school is in a corn field.

Jody

friendly, down-to-earth, nice "mid-western" people

Trista

Some Iowa State stereotypes would have to be that Iowa State is basically either a bunch of nerds from the Engineering department or Fashion Majors that are always dressed nicely.

Lindsay

They are all farmers

Kelly

They are all from Iowa and like to drink a lot.

Ani

we are a big party school

Jessica

That we are a big party school, good on academics, mostly agriculture majors.

Alex

That all the students are a bunch of small-town farmers, and our Iowa State University Football team is terrible and embarrassing.

Torry

We are all farmers Everyone is super smart No one ever parties

Alex

People think that everyone is an agriculture major