University of Iowa Top Questions

That our school doesn't do enough to stop date rape.

The classes I took were at times very large, which made interactions witht he professors difficult at times.

The fact that the sides of campus are located across a river and up/down a hill from each other. Crossing a river and walking up a hill is not the first thing I look forward to when I wake up to walk in the morning. The hill might suck, but the view is always nice, whether it's looking at the old capitol or the Iowa River.

The difficulty in meeting other students. It was a huge problem for me because I was never shy, but organized activites would have been nice. Most of the activites on campus were run by the Greek system and I wasn't interested in being in a sorority.

For me, the most frustrating thing about the University of Iowa is the drinking atmosphere. Since Iowa was named the #1 Party School, a lot of people seem to feel the need to embrace that title, and expect others to do so also. While there are still plenty of people who do not drink alcohol, I feel it is seen as normal to drink and to not do so is strange. I think the biggest problem with this is the lack of concern for health, mainly students, who don't feel the need to stay partially coherent.

It can be hard to learn in large lecture halls if you aren't willing to put the time into studying. Take ahold of your academics and don't be intimidated by large classes.

The most frustrating thing about the University of Iowa is that cost. However, this is something that you would run in for multiple colleges. Iowa lacks reciprocity, so even if you live in a surrounding state you're stuck paying out of state tuition which is about twice the amount of in state tuition.

One of the most frustrating things about the University of Iowa is its status as a party school. There are many students that come here primarily for that reason, or that know its reputation for partying but not for anything else. Iowa City is one of UNESCOs International Cities of Literature, and the writing program here is fantastic, but there are plenty of students that do not know that.

The campus is too big for me. It's frustrating that they have choir auditions the first week of class, after you've already registered, so you don't know what time you'll be having choir - for me, I have choir during another class.

The liberal atmosphere often allowed for inappropriate tolerance of anti-Christianity, allowing students in several classes to openly criticize Christianity in very hostile statements, 2 students reading aloud portions of The Bible like a porno script, opinionizing about Christians in a very defamatory and generalized way. Had these same overt statements been made about any other faith and student complaints would not only get backed but formal action taken to not allow it in the classroom and the newspapers notified and campus protests established, which happened regularly. Instead these behaviors were not only tolerated but defended as free-speech.