University of Iowa Top Questions

While the first stereotype is accurate, there are still many other ways to have fun on this campus. The last two are inaccurate, Iowa City is nothing like the rest of Iowa. It is by far the most open and diverse city in Iowa, making it one of the best cities in Iowa.

Yes. It's a very liberal, progressive campus. There is a lot of drinking, but there are also a lot of people who don't drink. It's such a large campus that it doesn't matter. And Hawkeye football is a big deal, so everyone becomes a sports enthusiast.

yes, completely. A good majority of the students use their fake ID's to go out and party pretty much every night. I'm surprised they haven't died because they tend to be stupid about their drinking habits, ie get drunk before even going out to get drunk, not bring a jacket in the -15 wind chill, ect.

Not entirely. Sure, there have a lot of bars in Iowa City, a lot of kegs are tapped every football Saturday in the fall, but we know how to both play hard and study hard. There are some people on campus who never go out and are always studying. There are also a few people who go out up to 3 nights a week (usually freshmen who don't survive past their first semester here). Most of us are somewhere in between. We go out with our friends to celebrate birthdays or begin done with exams, but not every weekend. It is all what you make of it, and depends on what you want to get out of college.

Yes.

There is a lot of partying and going out, but there are also a lot of alternative activities to do both on campus and around Iowa City. Even though a lot of the students do spend their weekends partying, I think the majority will hunker down and study when they need to. The stereotype about the students from Illinois I believe is false for the most part. Personally, I am from Illinois and i had no desire to go to the University of Illinois. I hated the campus and thought the school was too big. When I came to the University of Iowa campus I fell in love with it. Additionally, there are many strong programs here so I felt that by coming here, I had many opportunities

yes but that is not a bad thing!

yes

Iowa is hard, but what college isn't? It depends on the classes, teachers, students, etc. Iowa is close to a lot of bars but that does not necessarily mean that all students go out and get drunk every single night to the point of passing out.

For some but definitely not for all