Iowa State University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Lauren

theres a lot more guys than girls

Jesse

Ag School

Dana

farmers, obnoxious fans

Alex

All hicks

Ash

ISU is a great school for those seeking educations in agriculture, engineering, or veterinary science.

Alex

That we are all agriculture majors and lived on farms growing up.

Ryan

Easy to get in...not as good as University of Iowa...

Hannah

There are a lot of hicks attending Iowa State and that many of the students are there to be a farmer.

Amy

Moo U is what I heard when I had chosen ISU, because of its strong Ag college. other than that everything I knew and experienced, was a very friendly campus. Great students, and it was a large university that felt small, not a day went by that I didn't see half a dozen people I knew walking around campus!

Katie

That we're all relaxed farm-kids, which is true and what makes us one of the friendliest campuses yet.

Kathleen

Students grew up on a farm. The students are all Agriculture majors.

Amy

Very invovled with their school. Lots of schoo spirit.

Molly

That we are all farmers just because we go to school in Iowa.

Karen

Farmers

Bethany

Iowa State is a respectful group of students. Greek system is wonderful! Not great at job placement after graduation

Stephanie

Poor College Kids

Kirsten

That everyone is from small town Iowa and farmers.

Amy

None that I am aware of

Aimee

mostly agriculture majors

Jenny

Nerds, smartys, farm college, bad at sports

Alex

We're all farmers and only go to learn about farming. Or the opposite, that we only know engineering.

Katherine

Well since the riots? Crazy, party kids. When I was interviewing for jobs, my interviewers were impressed with my degree from ISU.

Julie

they come from the farm

Mary

Not diversed enough.

Anna

students - hicks, farmers the school - beautiful campus, great education

Katie

Not so good at sports, located in a small town with lots of agriculture and engineering students. Not that big of a party school, lame on the weekends.

Sara

Nothing but Iowa farm kids, nerd school, bad at sports, boring nightlife

Marie

All from small towns

Kelly

Our football team sucks The greek system is a cult

Alex

more boys than girls, lots of farmers

Amanda

Farmers

Anna

Farmers, hicks, LAMES, nothing but Greeks, Smart (Engineering)

Brittany

That we are all farmers and hicks who are just surrounded by corn...that all we do is have keggers out in the fields...that we suck at football...but there are good ones too - that we are smart, hard working, dedicated, etc.

Liz

That the Greek people are Greek just to "pay" for friends.

Stephanie

Iowa State students are known for being very intelligent, for it's special majors such as Engineering, Design as well as Science and Agriculture. The graduate, and PhD programs as well as all the research programs here are some of the best in the country.

Jessica

Only concerned about parties, not education.

Ashley

Everyone lives on a farm Everyone comes from a small town

Alex

They are all farmers and don't know what the real world is like.

Alex

Don't have fun, Iowa state is hickish or a farm school

Amanda

That they don't know how to party as well as people who go to Iowa. Hick College

Robin

All Iowa State students are from a farming family

Alex

That we hate all students who go to University of Iowa. That the girls that go here are fat. All the men are farmers. And that we lose at almost all sports.

Dylan

That we are all farmers... all from Iowa

Abby

We're in college. Our athletics suck.

Sarah

Hicks, farm kids, boring

Alex

We are all farmers.

Angela

That the greek community is just lots of partiers, that business major is easy, that it's lots of nerds and white farm boys,

Julie

All come from farms, and are hicks. There's nothing to do in Iowa, its all just cornfields. All anyone ever does is drink every night.

stephanie

that were all farm kids from small towns

Stephanie

farmers, overweight