University of Iowa Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at University of Iowa?

Rachel

That everyone goes out every day to go drinking.

Colleen

That we are average students who don't care about school. University of Iowa isn't that great of a school.

Connie

That it is a party school and everyone here loves to party.

Karen

That everyone drinks and parties all of the time. It's not true. There are so many things to get involved in. The campus is very orientated towards academics and service.

Owen

The major sterotype is that we are all hicks and that Iowa is just farms.

Kayla

Iowa is often stereotyped to be a huge party town. Thus, the students get stereotype of drunks and irresponsible. Another stereotype is that Iowa is a huge campus and you wont know many people.

Kate

That we are all really friendly and out-going. That every student is either from Chicago or a farm town in Iowa. That students come here because it is a party school.

Michelle

That all of them are hicks. Iowa students are huge partiers.

Amanda

Big party school and small town kids

Rachel

That we live in the middle of nowhere or on a farm. Iowa students are seen as partiers, because we are a "ranked" party school, which is completely false.