Iowa State University Top Questions

I looked into most aspects of the university before I attended, so there was very little I was unfamiliar with.

I wish I would have known more about the vast social networking opportunities avalable to students. It seems it takes about two years at ISU to get a firm grasp on all of the opportunities available, at which point if feels as though you have lost out on many of those opportunities which you were previously unaware of. Better educating prospective and incoming students of all of the social networking opportunities available will better prepare them to take advantage of these opportunities, and not lose out on any potential experiences that they could benefit from.

I wish I knew how much help was available!

I wish I knew more about the bus system before coming here.

I wish I would have known how hard some of the courses are compared to a community college or high school.

I wish I would have know how many people of color went here.

That this school deals with a lot of agricultural students that come from small towns that deal with farms. Most of the kids here have hobbies such as hunting.

I wish I had known how to really use the Internet to my advantage before entering Iowa State University. There are so many resources available through the Internet. While helping my stepson with his math homework, I found many credible web sites that clearly explained the concepts that we did not understand. I was not a stranger to the internet by any means, but using it as a study-aide was new. Many publishing companies offer online resources to supplement their textbooks. I plan to use those this fall when I enter Iowa State University.

How cold it can get in the winter. Degree requirments that could have been met in high school.

The university here is hurting financially. I wouldn't say that they are doing it on purpose, but it seems like they are doing everything they can to squeeze every last penny out of the students here. For example, the dining plans are set up in a way that the normal dining plan is much more expensive than an analogous plan. Instead of the faculty taking a hit or cutting a program, they put the financial burdens on the students, which was evidenced by the recent Spring '10 Tuition Surcharge.

Really nothing. I pretty much just live my life day by day. If there was something that I didn't know about the school and just learned about the opportunity, then chances are that I'm not the only one who never knew. My advice is live each day with an optimistic attitude and you'll always be happy. This advice goes for everyday life too.

I wish I had known how to socialize better before I came to Iowa State. This is a big campus and even though I know everyone on my floor I don't know many people inside the classrooms. My previous high school had less than 150 students. This college has thousands of students. Therefore it was an overwhelming experience and took some time getting used to.

I wish I had known where the majority of my classes were, so I could have picked a closer dorm.

There isn't anything that I feel was left out when I applied to the school. There's nothing specific that I wish I would have known coming to Iowa State because everything was clearly laid out when I applied. All the advisors for my major were very helpful when I had any questions about the school or the major and I enjoyed getting to know them all and getting to know the school.

To be honest, nothing. I think that it was great to get to find out about the school on my own and to have to make the effort to get involved with clubs and meet new people.

I wish that I had known that I wanted to be an anthropology major before I came here! The professors are AMAZING in my major. They have all traveled around the world and seen amazing things that I hope to see someday! One of the professors of anthropology is Jill Pruetz, who is very well known for her research on chimpanzees. Its great to have a falcuty so passionate about their work!

How big of ass's University of Iowa fans can be to us.

I wish I would have known how to do my laundry before I came to this school. Yes, I am typical university student.

That they wouldn't give as much money as they say they will; There are tons of jobs there, but even more people, so you have to work super quickly to get even a remotely good job on campus (for work study) or off campus.

Before attending this school I wish I had known that it wouldn't all be easy. I wish I would have known that I would fall down once or twice, but that all that mattered was to get back up, dust myself off, and try again.

I wish I had known which career path I was intending to follow so that I would have been able to finish my undergraduate degree quicker.

I guess the only thing I didn't know was how bad Iowa State is in sports. They're pretty bad.

I wish I would have known that being a graphic design student, they prefer mac computers. My mom bought a nice pc computer for me when I graduated high school and I still had to go out any buy a new Mac computer, which emptied my bank account for my second year at school, on my own.

Just more about all the things it offers. Sometimes I don't really get involved with stuff until I'm older because I don't know it's even available.

I wish I'd have known how easy it really is to adjust to college life at ISU. I was so scared of adjusting that I actually made things harder on myself than it had to be. There is help everywhere on campus.

I wish I had known how stinkin' cold it gets in Ames in the winter. I grew up in Iowa, so I'm used to the cold, but Ames seems to be about 10 degrees colder in the winter with more wind that any surrounding area.

that i had to park so far away from my dorm.

How hard I would have to work at it.

How much the tuition was going to go up.

I wish I had been able to attend an orientation program, so I could view the campus and not have to struggle to figure out where things were and how to get to them. I felt unprepared because I didn't have time to go to orientation.

I wish I would have know people better before I statred to date them.

n/a was well informed by my advisors

I should have went to this school right out of high school instead of attending community college first, because the programs are designed to take 4 years exactly.

Coming into the school I thought I wanted to do engineering but I changed my major to business after the first semester. So I wish I would have known what I wanted to do right away so I didn't get a little behind.

That it wasn't going to be anything like high school and that I would have to push myself 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} and that I was going to be just a number, I think if I would have known those things I would have been mentally prepared. I also would have liked to known that they were going to increase tution every single year!!!

I wish I would have known more about the Greek Community and how big it was. I didn't realize that such a big majority of the students at Iowa State were involved in Sororites/Fraternities.

Nothing