Iowa State University Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

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.

Alyssa

I think my school is best known for V.E.I.S.H.A. It is a campus wide party that happens in spring semester. There is live entertainment, food and other events. Students show up to class drunk and don't take anything seriously all that week.

Brian

Iowa State is best known for its engineering program. The school offers I believe 13 different engineering majors, including the major I am studying, construction engineering. This major is hard because not many schools offer it. In addition to the wide variety of majors, the college of engineering here at Iowa State stresses research. If a student is looking for research opportunities, they can find them pretty easily at Iowa State.

Whitney

My school is best known for the Agriculture and Engineering programs available. It is also know for the vast variety of clubs and organizations as well as the first land grant school in Iowa.

Jordan

Being totally jokes (Nerdfighter talk for awesome)

Amber

The school is best known for its reputation in the areas of Engineering and Veterinary Medicine. From a non academic stance the school is best know for VEISHEA, the annual celebration held each spring on campus.

Daquane

At first I honestley had no idea though after completing my first year I realized that our school is pretty well know for engeneering. It definetley is not my feild of choice though we are highly ranked in the nation being among the top five best choices for our programs. Other than that I have spoken to many peole about my school and almost everyone says that the people on our campus are among the nicest they have ever met. They also seldom fail to speak on our campus and how nice, clean, and peaceful our campus looks.

Michelle

Iowa State is best known for its Chemistry professors, Vet- Med School, and it's animal science courses. It also well known for its engineering courses. Iowa State was where the rice krispy treat was invented. Iowa State also helped in designing the atomic bomb.

Brittany

My school is best known for its accredited programs in design, engineering programs, and strong school spirit.

Devon

Iowa State is best known for its college of engineering. It is ranked in the top fifteen schools for physics. There is a wide selection of tools avalible to staff and students, including learning communities whose single purpose is to help students be successful. Another opportunity Iowa state is well known for is its career fair. Leading industries come to Iowa State looking for students to apply what they have learned in class out in the industry.

Katherine

The Engineering and Agricultural research fields.