University of Iowa Top Questions

Iowa's campus is primarily from two states, Iowa and Illinois. Although students come from many more states, the students you talk to are mainly in-state or from the Chicago area. Iowa's campus is a very liberal but other political stances are prevalent.

The amount of students who aren't punished for sleeping, listening to ipods, and interrupting class with cell phones is absurd. If they aren't there to pay attention, or learn, they shouldn't be there. Most the kids are either rich, or smart. Iowa is diverse, but not as intermingled as I would like to see it.

There are many socio-economic classes represented here, there are campus religious groups, and there is a fairly representitive minority population. People who come to Iowa as a last resort or who aren't very enthusiastic are out of place here. There is a lot of Hawkeye pride here and it doesn't go over well when someone puts the school down. There are a lot of students from Iowa and Illinois but I have freinds from many different states. A lot of people where sweatpants or an equivilant to class everyday, especially early ones, but there are people who wear jeans and some people who dress even more nicely.

For the most part, the student body at Iowa is very homogenous. There are a lot of white, Christian, Midwestern students. This actually makes me fall into the minority because I am Jewish. However, I have yet to really have an issue with being a minority on campus here. There are so many different student organizations that you can join and there are ones that are specifically geared towards minority students. Also I would say that most of the students come from either Iowa or Illinois. The graduating class size of people's high schools too differ greatly. I have met people that graduated in a class of about 40, and I graduated with a class of 330. I am from the Chicago suburbs and that is actually considered on the smaller side as far as high school graduating classes. There is a high school next to me where their graduating class was the size of my entire high school (1300).

Everyone at Iowa is so friendly. Classmates are always willing to help out whether its lending someone notes or studying for a test together.

The Iowa student body is pretty diversified and I think that is good. I have met many different people from all different kind of backgrounds. People or don't pay a dime for college to a person who pays everything. I've met people from differnt countries and who speak differnt languages. It's pretty cool.

There wouldn't be any student that would feel out of place at Iowa. The campus is so diverse.

The Iowa stduent body is so diverese, I think that if anyone who comes to Iowa not knowing what their niche is or possibly what they want to do with their life-- they will find many oppurtunites here in helping them realize it. THere are so many student organizations, the people you encounter in classes are so diverese- it is great. I woudl say as a student body, we are very politcally aware and active. Since Iowa has a caucus you get several presidential canidates and hopefuls roll through Iowa City.

Most students wear jeans and t-shirts to class. A lot of other students wear sweat pants and sweat shirts. Most Iowa students are from Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Students are very politically active and we had several presidential hopefuls speak on campus before the caucus. The political leanings are somewhat to the left.

There are a lot of different people attending Iowa. People are really nice and people of all different backgrounds. Everyone accepts you for who you are.