Jessica
To a certain extent, yes, there are very few African Americans in Iowa.
Paige
No. The location of the University is actually really pretty, with rolling hills and old historical buildings...athletes pay for the majority of what they get, we get some stuff for free but its mostly clothes that we practice and sweat in, every athlete buys his or her own scooter...athletes don't get special treatment, we just have to work our schedule around practice time and such.
Molly
No! There is way more than corn here and even though some of us ar farmers, Iowa is filled with many great people and things!
Katie
There is a lot of drinking. However, this University is filled with bright young minds who are using every resource available to them in order to succeed.
Eric
I would say that it is a party school, but it is if you want it to be. There is a lot of activity in the downtown area, but this provides a controlled environment for students instead of being all spread out at house parties. The fact of the matter is that Iowa is also a very well respected research institution. There are a lot of people from Illinois and Chicago, but there are also many from the good ol' state of Iowa and from many states across the US. I would say that it is a football school and Saturdays in the fall in Iowa City are like nothing else.
Jimmy
Everyone but me likes partying, drinks a lot, and has a lot of sex; liberal's accurate for about 75{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students, only PE classes and foreign language classes are on Fridays for the most part, so that's pretty accurate... diversity and intelligence are overstated by stereotypes, and most people aren't active in extracurricular activities for any purposes other than social (friends, people to party with)... most people really don't study much, and students seem to be mostly from wealthy families although there are the shunned exceptions.
Katelyn
Yes, there are people like that, but that's definitely not the majority. It is a big party school, and drinking is what a lot of people do on weekends, but there's still a lot of diversity. The RAs are really good at constantly planning activities, so there's a lot of choices of what to do. Partying and drinking is definitely the norm though.