Iowa State University Top Questions

I wish I had known the dorm buildings are kind of old.

I wish that I would have known about Iowa State's athletic program before I came here. I was an athlete in highschool and miss the competition!

Before coming to Iowa State University, I wish I had known just how much I would love the school and my experience there, despite it being out of my comfort zone. Very few of my peers from high school chose this school and it was my first time living outside my home state of Minnesota, I was also in a long-distance relationship. I was filled with a lot of anxiety and did not give the school a fair chance at first. Luckily after my first year I finally embraced the school and truly fell in love with it.

I wish I would have known how involved and benefical it would be to join the Greek system on campus. They do so many activities interacting with fraternaties and other sororities, and seem to be involved in many difference campus activities. For example they are widely invloved with organizing and participating in Homecoming events on our campus.

I wish I had known more about how involved I would be able to be. With so many different things to do on campus, it was hard for me at first to priortize and determine how much I could really commit to. It is important to understand as a new student that although being involved is important, learning and getting good grades is really what you are at the university to do.

I wish I had known how easy it is to get involved in different things on campus and how welcoming everyone is once you do get involved.

I wish I had known how involved the school was with the Greek life. I would have conisdered joining a sorority my first semester of college If I had known how involved the Greek Community is at Iowa State.

I wish I had known how much time is necessary to put in outside of class in order to get your work done and learn the material.

Before coming to Iowa State, I wish I would have prepared myself more. High school and college are very different, socially and academically. I wish I took more classes that involved my major. In addition, I wish I mentally prepared myself to meet and open up to new people, in an attempt to make friends. I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, people at my high school were very snobby, however, when I got to Iowa State, the people were so pleasant and personable, making me feel right at home.

I wish that I would have understood the advisor proccess and why they are there. Along with how much they really would help and how personal they would be in helping me with my education. Also how much work it would be to just sign up for classes and deciding which classes to take and how little your advisor helps you through this proccess.