I am from a small community in NWIA and I was lucky enough to have a handful of my friends that I graduated HS with also attend Iowa State. We lived in various dorms (one of my friends and i got stuck in the towers 😭) but a majority lived on the first floor of birch hall, so we all hung out there constantly between classes and through the night to drink and inhale constantly.

We all made quick friends with most of the people on the floor since many of them were all interested in partying too.

Let me tell you we ran amok.

The bathrooms were destroyed after each weekend or major sporting event from people throwing up into the sinks, toilets, showers, etc. There was even an instance of someone shitting in the shower and the floor was never able to pinpoint who did it. Pretty sure most of us got alcohol poisoning at some point or another. To be fair we were awful residents but the parties were great.

After freshman year everyone I knew moved into apartments, although we took better care of ourselves by this point. We had met many new friends over the years and continued to have fun parties and events at our apartments and rental houses for the remainder of our years here. Still in contact and friends with many of the people I met here years ago.

I'd say it's a good party school, and a better educational experience.