Overall Reviews
4.19 / 5 based on 31 reviews

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“I didn't go to UNI but the website doesn't recognize small colleges, so I can't choose that one”
Lauren W
Germany, Undergraduate
, 2018
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Honest to goodness, I want to apply for a job on here, which required making an account, and in order to apply for a premium job, I had to write a review for my university. Unfortunately for this review's relevance, the drop-down menu doesn't offer "Coe College" to me as a choice, so I picked UNI instead. I have friends who went there for grad school and loved it.
Coe College, by the way, is very neat--certainly a place with a lot of people with a lot of privilege, but that's the place I learned to talk about privilege and ask critical questions and made some dear friends. I wouldn't be where I am today--trying to apply for international jobs through a portal that has a mediocre drop-down menu so that I can stay in Germany, which I fell in love with--without the support of Coe and its professors.
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Pros
Iowa is a cool and underrated place! Cedar Falls is really neat (I've been there, promise)

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Daniel O
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I wish I had known...
I wish I had known beforehand how great it would be to study at university of northern iowa - cuz then I'd have made sure to apply for more grants so that I could stay!!
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It is a nice University with a great student life. The level of teaching could be higher, but go anyway for the fun of it!
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
I flew in to Chicago and drove the last 5 hrs in a car rented from Avis. It's cheaper than the coach if you are two or more people to share the bill.
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manero
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I wish I had known...
I would have liked to have had more information about the specific courses, because the registration for them was quite hectic.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
I can only recommend it. Yet, there is the downside that Waterloo/Cedar Falls is a relatively small town (at least in American standards - approx. 100 000+), which means that life outside campus could be more interesting other places. Yet, this also gives you an extra incentive to travel while you are there.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
The closest really big city is Chicago, and it is definately not to be missed. Takes about five hours by car to get there.
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Audrey M
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I wish I had known...
The campus is really in countryside... I'm from Paris and I wish I could have known it was so lost!
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
You need to like countryside lifestyle.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
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Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
People are nice and the capital of Iowa is not too far.
However, Des Moines is also a kind of little city.
Its Art Museum is really really great! You have to visit it and its garden!
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Daniel O
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I wish I had known...
No, not really
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Campus life is fun, the weather sucks.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Make sure to save up money before going - You'll need them!
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frederic b
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I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
You really need a car.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career