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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Undecided  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I'm a freshman here at UI and I'm about to finish my first semester. I really can't stand it here and want to transfer! All people care about this school are getting drunk and hooking up. All the girls i've met are prissy, not friendly, and not open to becoming friends unless you live in their dorm hall. My hallway is quite big and no one ever has their doors open, so no one knows each other. I've tried making friends and going out, but it's just not fun doing the same thing over and over again - drink, drink, drink, go to the bars. The only thing I actually enjoy here is the football - but even with that, you're expected to wake up early and tailgate and get completely wasted. I'm already bored of the nightlife here and I just can't stand all the sluts and tools. University Resource Use: B+, Surrounding City: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 06 2009 1st Year Female -- Class 2013    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=62038&uid=382'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Language - French/Spanish/etc.  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright University of Iowa is a typical big state school. Many of the classes are mass lectures where you furiously take notes in an auditorium and there are a lot of exams with grading curves that are designed primarily to weed out unmotivated students. In general, to be a successful student, you're expected to memorize information and apply principles on exams. You don't necessarily have to attend every class and fully understand the material. You just need to be the best on exams which isn't too hard to achieve when you're in a room full of people who really don't know why they are in college. University of Iowa is a degree-granting machine. It does not inspire you to really pursue knowledge/research and does not prepare you to succeed in any real job. Generally other students don't care about anything more than passing classes with good grades. Professors are more focused on academic research. There is little academic support if you're struggling in fundamental courses like principles of physics (I had to rely on going to office hours of TAs from China who did not really have the competence to provide adequate help). Attending the University of Iowa was the biggest regret of my life. I only went there because my parents pushed me to go there for the low in-state rates, somewhat respectable national reputation, and because I really didn't know better at the age of 18. If I could do my life over, I would have fought much harder to go to a smaller private school like Brown, Northwestern, or University of San Diego that would provide better education quality and the direction/support I feel that I need to succeed. Thinking about the time I wasted at Iowa just makes me a really sad panda. University Resource Use: B, Education Quality: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 15 2009 4th Year Male -- Class 1995    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=60308&uid=382'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   PreMed and Medical  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright Too much of a party school. Extracurricular Activities: B+, Collaboration/Competitive: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 11 2009 2nd Year Female -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=57682&uid=382'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Business - Management and Administration  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright College helped tremendously in building my written and spoken language skills. Without this essential key, you are forever lost in the world of Business. -In many other fields as well. The ability to personalize with anyone, be friendly and outgoing; this probably stems from attending a VERY LARGE public University. Either sink or swim, socially. I feel this college may have hurt me initially because they have SO MUCH political red tape here. It's all about the rules, none of them make sense or have a purpose, they're there to make your life a living hell, it seems, sometimes. Their political agenda includes feminism, pushing gay pride and acceptance, the amazingly aggressive acceptance of low income and intellect minorities- to over-satisfy and quotas which may or may not exist, rules, did I mention rules (?), as well as many other unsavory issues. Some of this equates to taking a pre-algebra class and having the TAs and Professor being all foreign, and speaking absolutely no English whatsoever. When all 300 students from our class visited the University President to quietly protest, we were blown off. Literally had no effect whatsoever. At the U of I, I was pre-med for a couple of years, after 2 semesters of killing myself to make B+ grades- on the curve, I noticed my fellow classmates all had the exams prior to taking our exams. Yes, they were cheating. - Around 80% of the classes in the pre-med core was this way. It burned me up and out. I changed majors. I also had a lot of art classes which was nationally known before the current Art/Sculpture Dept. head got there. Upon his incompetent arrival, all of the talented professors left immediately. So that department is a waste of space. If you are going into art, go far from Iowa. Same 'foreign' issue in their design department as was in their algebra department. This was my only C+ in art, in every other class, I got A+s. The Asians in my class all got As, although their work was mediocre at best. I am glad I got the education I did. Iowa's English department is world famous, and the core English classes will put you into another league. However, if I would've went to a college with a decent, somewhat permanent faculty, I probably would've double majored in sculpture. If I would've went to a private college where the pre-med classes weren't a joke, I probably would've became a Doctor or Surgeon. I recommend students looking for colleges to closely review opinions of graduates, the standing of current faculty, programs, their ability to prove that they speak English. Spend the extra cash and go to a private college. They will care about you and not look at you as #345 in a class of hundreds of faces. My largest lecture at IA was 425 students. Maybe someone out there thinks that's great, but it sucks. I honestly can't recommend IA for anyone other than an English major or Engineering major. A buddy of mine was exceptionally bright, got his Eng degree and now works for NASA, so there you go. Starting Job: Supervisor, Preparedness: A, Reputation: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Jan 04 2009 Alumnus Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! 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