University of Iowa Top Questions

I love the people-- it's Iowa!

I believe a lot of Iowa students are from rural areas in Iowa...like smaller communities. We also have many students from Illinois and the Chicago suburbs.

Again, University of Iowa is very open to differences, so however unique you are, you will fit right in. I enjoyed the openness of everyone in this community and university.

Iowa has basically all sorts of people. It is not like high school where there are cliques. Every one is here to meet people and gain new life experiences so I feel like they are all very open to new opportunities to meet people. I joined a sorority shortly after I moved to campus and it was the best decision I have made so far. I met a very wide variety of girls right off the bat that come from all different states ranging from California to Pennsylvania and from all different financial backgrounds. As for politics, most students here are liberal because it is a college town, but as the saying goes, "you are only a liberal until you get out of college and start making your own money"

This campus is the most liberal place in Iowa. Pretty much anything goes here. I mean, I lived with a lovely drag queen for a year. Nothing surprises students here, at least not after the first year. Most students here are either from Iowa or Illinois, but a few of my friends are from Uganda, Australia, and Korea. In this past year, politics have become a pretty big thing on campus. It seems like there are more democrats here, but I'm not sure if that's because they adhere to democratic policies or because they hate GWB. The caucuses were fun to experience, and there was a huge turnout this year. There is especially a lot of support for Obama here...

U of I students are pretty activity oriented. Many students are at least working, and many are involved in on campus organizations. From student government, to sorority and fraternity life, no extracurriculars are paticularly outstanding, but all are pretty solid.

The students are amazing. There is a variety of different students and races.

Mix of student backgrounds, but with such a strong Chicago base (33{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body) there is a lot of money in the student body. Again, since we don't even have a agricultural program here our students are focused on other areas of study, so it proves our "stereotype" wrong. The students here are also incredibly nice- you'll be walking down the hall and people just love to smile and say hello. A lot of partiers in the student mix. Iowa is NOT a "suitcase" college by any means, on the weekends you will find the library empty and our 40 bars in walking distance packed with people...

Lots of diversity in Iowa City and on campus so of course I am exposed to all groups, religions, and politics. Also Iowa City has a fair amount of homeless people that walk the ped mall holding up signs for money. Students interact well here. The tables in dining halls would consist of the football players, a table full of girls who live on the same floor, international students, and misc. Backgrounds and status are all over the boards.

Iowa's student body is not very diverse. That is one of the first things that I realized when coming to Iowa. This was an adjustment for me coming from one of the most diverse high schools in the nation. I would describe an Iowa student as laidback, liberal, fairly open-minded. Most Iowa students are from towns in Iowa or suburbs of Chicago.