Iowa State University Top Questions

Iowa State is in Ames, which is a smaller city than many college towns are. The other school that I seriously considered was the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, but I decided that I didn't want to live in a huge city for four years when I'm used to living on a farm.

I thought it was important that my undergraduate university be close to my childhood home and my family. It is also a great school for pre-veterinary students, which is what I started out as. Most people change their majors and many people don't finish in four years, so if your plans change you'll have nothing to be ashamed of.

It has a beautiful campus. Even though it is a relatively large school, it has the feeling of a small school

The most unique thing about Iowa State University's campus is the architecture. The buildings and art around the school are beautiful. A person could walk for hours and still not see all it has to offer. With this being said, the campus is still small enough that one can walk across it within twenty minutes. This offers a close knit community that most other school do not offer. It builds school pride and spirit and allows each individual to be beaming with pride about different aspects of their education.

Iowa State University has a very diverse student body and a large international exchange student population. Being a midwestern college it has an expectation and perhaps a stereotype of consisting of a largely white population. Iowa State combats that with its large international student population and very active student groups representing diverse populations; Black Student Alliance, Hispanic student groups, LGBLTA, and groups of diverse religions also. ISU is located in a fairly small city of 30,000, the student population is also about 30,000. The city buses are free and you can get anywhere within a 20 minute ride.

This university offered the major I wanted. I wanted the full college experience, and since the only other schools with my major were art schools, I jumped at the chance to attend ISU.

Iowa State University is full of great programs for freshmen to get involved and to make everyone feel like they are friends, whether they have talked to others or not. They also have a small enough campus and enough busses that you can make it to all of your classes on time every day.

The unique thing about Iowa State is the various types of people you can meet in one day. The Greek life isn't too huge and there are clubs for almost everything. Almost everyone is friendly so its easy to meet new people any where you go. Its hard not to appreciate the beauty of the campus, especially when the seasons are changing.

Iowa State makes sure that there are several people that care about your time at their school and they make sure that you're doing ok in all aspects of your life. They like to call your time at Iowa State an "adventure" because it truly is. Iowa State has so many activities to do and is filled with diversity. Iowa State is filled with beautiful architecture but is up to date on technology at the same time. The campus is also very beautiful in the forms of nature and art.

Iowa State has always been my number one choice ever since I was a little girl. We'd go to football games and different shows. Those memories helped me make my choice to become a cyclone. They not only provide students with numerous amounts of activites but they get their students families involved with such events. The university supports diversity within its campus by making everyone free welcome and expected. The campus structure is conventant and easy to manage to and from class along with getting around the Ames city area. The living conditions make students feel more at home.