Could this be true?

[agcy68]

Found this under the Fulmer Cup rankings (rating Thug U):

More Iowans attend Iowa State than any other institution of higher learning in the state (this is actually true).

Maybe Mr Miller and the rest of the media should take note.


Iowa State Cyclones - SAS Wiki

 

[Phaedrus]

I actually found that hilariously funny. And mostly true, even with tongue implanted firmly in cheek.

 

[clonefarmer]

That is mighty funny! I just wonder who wrote it. It could be true that more Iowans go to ISU than the U of I. Maybe they get more out-of-staters coming in. After all, most Hawk fans' kids aren't actually smart enough to get in there.

 

[JonDMiller]

Iowa has a pretty large contingent from the Chicagoland area. I think a lot of it comes down to what the schools specialize in.

Iowa still has a strong rural and ag flavor to it. A lot of people grow up in rural and ag areas, and want to study such things at the college level. ISU has that for them. They of course have a lot more than just that.

Iowa is strong in medicine, law and business. It has a great med school. I think there are a lot of well to do kids from Chicago that come there for that.

 

[wartknight]

I haven't seen that site before. It is a riot.

 

[aeroclone08]

However, Ames is perhaps most famous for the fact that the residents of the city hate the university and its students, and think Ames would be a far better town without 30,000 people spending money, working low-end jobs, and paying sales taxes.

This was funny

 

[kingcy]

Iowa has a pretty large contingent from the Chicagoland area. I think a lot of it comes down to what the schools specialize in.

Iowa still has a strong rural and ag flavor to it. A lot of people grow up in rural and ag areas, and want to study such things at the college level. ISU has that for them. They of course have a lot more than just that.

Iowa is strong in medicine, law and business. It has a great med school. I think there are a lot of well to do kids from Chicago that come there for that.

So you are saying ISU has a bunch of Hicks and Iowa has a bunch of rich smart kids. :biglaugh: Thanks Jon There is more to ISU than the College of Ag.

 

[BD4CY]

I think EIU is around 45% out of state... Iowans know better

 

[Wesley]

We know the City Boyz go to EIU. Bunch of them.....

 

[Bader]

Actually the reason a lot of Chicago area kids go to EIU is because they cannot get into the University of Illinois. Referenced by the fact that whenever Iowa plays in Champaign, the Hawkeyes are treated with chants of "Fall back school", which is always damn hilarious to hear

 

[cybsball20]

Actually the reason a lot of Chicago area kids go to EIU is because they cannot get into the University of Illinois. Referenced by the fact that whenever Iowa plays in Champaign, the Hawkeyes are treated with chants of "Fall back school", which is always damn hilarious to hear

That and the fact that out of state tuition to Iowa is pretty comparable to in-state tuition at UICU

 

[JonDMiller]

So you are saying ISU has a bunch of Hicks and Iowa has a bunch of rich smart kids. :biglaugh: Thanks Jon There is more to ISU than the College of Ag.

Nope. That is what you are saying. I grew up in a small town, my dad is the son of a farmer, and has worked in ag his whole life. I am more small town than I am anything else.

Being from a small town doesn't make you a hick. Atlanta is full of examples like that.

 

[kingcy]

Nope. That is what you are saying. I grew up in a small town, my dad is the son of a farmer, and has worked in ag his whole life. I am more small town than I am anything else.

Being from a small town doesn't make you a hick. Atlanta is full of examples like that.

Ya I know. ISU has a few hicks here and there but really most ag students at ISU are just like the rest of the students there and at any other school.

 

[cyingreen]

Ya I know. ISU has a few hicks here and there but really most ag students at ISU are just like the rest of the students there and at any other school.

And with $5 corn and beans in the teens, and bio-fuel interest rising, the ag college might get an influx of kids from lots of backgrounds.

 

[MontyBurns]

Iowa has a pretty large contingent from the Chicagoland area.

The large contingent of Iowa students from Chicagoland are there because they couldn't get in to the Univeristy of Illinois.

 

[RocktheDome]

Actually the reason a lot of Chicago area kids go to EIU is because they cannot get into the University of Illinois. Referenced by the fact that whenever Iowa plays in Champaign, the Hawkeyes are treated with chants of "Fall back school", which is always damn hilarious to hear

Like a poster previously said, the reason so many Chicago kids go to Iowa is due to similar tuition costs.

All three state schools are all on equal academic levels as far as entrance requirements are concerned. Top half of your class and you are basically guaranteed in.

 

[Erik4Cy]

Why does everyone associate Iowa State with ag and rural stuff? I understand they have great programs and lots of students in that area, but the field of must the people I know and/or run into in Ames are either in some sort of engineering or something computer related such as MIS or computer programming.

 

[Cyclone_Grav]

A lot Illinois (chicagoland) kids go to Iowa because their parents want them to go to a big 10 school but Northwestern and Illinois are really hard to get into, so all the rejects and delinquents go to Iowa. Not an opinion, its a fact.

 

[RocktheDome]

Why does everyone associate Iowa State with ag and rural stuff? I understand they have great programs and lots of students in that area, but the field of must the people I know and/or run into in Ames are either in some sort of engineering or something computer related such as MIS or computer programming.

At least in the eastern portion of the state, Iowa State is viewed as the school to go to if you want to be an engineer, veterinarian, or ag related field.

UNI is the school for teachers, music, and accountants.

Iowa is the school for...everything else.

I think the main reason for associating Iowa State with ag/rural education is due to it being the first land grant university and therefore it happens to be a good school for a lot of that. It's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[drum1306]

Hmm...I would think the name "Iowa State University of Science and Technology" might say something about us. But maybe the name really is "Iowa State University of Seed Corn and Tomatoes." Who knows.