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If you are a student, former student, faculty member or parent, please help guide other prospective students by sharing your personal experiences at this college. What is it really like to go to Iowa State University?
Iowa State offers a tremendous environment for student success and a wide array of various student experiences! I enjoyed my years at Iowa State and believe it is one of the best universities in the midwest!
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An incredible value, particularly if you major in anything engineering, science, or food/ ag related. Ability to get hands-on experience in labs is a big plus. Most professors are looking for help in the lab and will pay you. The food and dorms are decent. The party scene is typical midwest. 20 years out most of my classmates are corporate directors or vice presidents, so I'd say we got a high quality education.
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Hope you plan on your tuition increasing by $2-4,000 each year. Sure, our campus is pretty but you'll have to deal with constant construction. Our administration has a thing for hiking tuition to pay for new projects that mean nothing. Most professors suck at their jobs and every once in a while you will get someone who is most likely average somewhere else but looks like a god in comparison to the others here.
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