This guide was originally written for students transitioning from a community college to a 4-year university. What I like about this guide is the listing of expectations of university professors as it applies to chemistry.
IOWA Chem Transition Guide.pdfThis document was given to a former Osage student as one of her first reading assignments in a university science course. The document lays out the expectation level of most university professors.
Learning as a Job.pdfThis document was given to a former Osage student as a guide to correct writing in university science courses. The professor that provided the document has taught nearly 100 semesters at Iowa State University. The document was from the beginning of his university teaching.
Scientific Writing.pdfThe ACT Test and Iowa's Regent (State) Universities.
On January 12, 2022, the Iowa Board of Regents (the governing body for the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa) voted to remove the standardized testing requirement for admission to any one of the three state universities. That being said, be sure to consider the following:
This applies to ADMISSION to the university only. Colleges and departments within the universities can still require the ACT test.
The Board of Regents indicated that high school GPA was a better predictor of graduating in four years as opposed to the ACT test score. This is misleading since the reasoning behind not graduating in four years varies (changing majors, financial difficulty, extra time for double majors and minors, etc.)
Students wanting direct admission using an RAI score will still need to take the ACT test since it is calculated as part of the RAI index. Student wishing to gain admission without an RAI score will most likely need to provide additional academic documentation or go through a personal essay and/or interview process.
A number of Board of Regent members were NOT in favor of dropping the testing requirement, but felt they needed to in order to remain competitive with other colleges and universities.
