Iowa State University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Iowa State University?

Carly

Everyone goes out and drinks on the weekends.

stephanie

That we are all in agriculture and farming majors

Alex

Everyone here is a "farmer." It's boring cause it is in Iowa.

Marie

That most are farmers or from very small towns, all engineering students

Natalie

One stereotype might be that we are all agriculture students because of where we are located and the large ag college. Other then that, I don't really think that ISU students have a certain stereotype.

Ashley

One of the biggest stereotypes that I hear about Iowa State students is that they're all farmers.

Julie

Iowa State is dull.

Alex

Farmers, and hicks

Rebecca

That we are all Ag students that ride our horses into campus and then go home and grow corn.

Alex

Farmers, Small-Town, Narrow-Minded, Lower Class

Sarah

All students are from small town, rural communities. Hicks.

Cassie

We're all small town farm kids.

Angela

Sometimes the people are called "Hicks" being from Iowa and the country/farm.

Blake

A stereotype of Iowa State is that ISU is a college for hicks.

Brandi

They are all engineers or farmers. The Greek students party all the time.

Kendra

That they are all hicks and farm kids, or that its only an ag, engineering, or design school

Paige

That everyone here is a "farmer" or from small-town Iowa. I'm from the suburbs of chicago!

Kaye

A lot of people think Iowa State is completely centered around Agriculture.

Tristan

That all the students are farmers and education majors.

Casey

We are a party school. If you can't do anything else, switch to business.