Unsure About My Decision

Haystack
Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:57:23 +0000

I feel like you are all over the map here…

You don’t like West Lafayette because it is “in the middle of nowheresville Indiana with nothing around”. How is this different than Manhattan and KSU?

You are afraid of WI and Iowa because of the party scene…but then you complain that Purdue ‘only’ has 4-5 ‘reputable’ bars? Do you want a party scene or not? Just how many bars do you need?

Then you say…“I’m looking for a college that has an area where majority of the students will go on the weekends, but it’s not completely obnoxious, there’s some level of reservation.” The majority of the students at Iowa DO NOT go to the bars on the weekends. Lots do and it can be pretty wild at WI and Iowa, but don’t go to the wild places. Go to the low key bars or hang with friends.

Aggieville has a nice collection of bars, restaurants, and shops and is pretty nice. Perhaps it is the friendly, low-key atmosphere that you really like and the fact that it is smaller than Purdue.maybe you prefer a school without a huge contingent of uptight city/suburban folks? More laid back?

If you want super friendly and low-key, I can’t see how Vanderbilt or Michigan would work for you. Wisconsin might.

Greek life at Iowa is sparse.

If you like Kansas State, you might also like Nebraska or Iowa State. Although, the Ames campus town area only has about 4-5 reputable bars, but they have a robust Greek system. Iowa State has about the friendliest people we have encountered and is very similar to KSU.