Anne

Hello to all students (both prospective and current) and parents (…probably just my own)! Welcome to my life in blog form.

It is an exciting time of year as school starts up again, and the campus is bustling with students once more! I love Iowa City in the summer, when it’s easy to find parking, the outdoor patios at my favorite restaurants are the perfect dining spots, joyous children (whether 2 years old or 20) frolic through the Ped Mall fountain, etc. But you can’t deny there is something invigorating about the start of the school year. Part of me really wishes I could be back in the classroom absorbing new information, but another, larger part of me doesn’t really miss taking tests and writing papers. I have moved on to bigger challenges…like writing a blog. YIKES.

This past week was pretty crazy as all of the first-year students moved in to the residence halls and took part in a new tradition called On Iowa!–an extravaganza for forty-five hundred freshmen with food, fireworks, fun, freebies, friends, and a bunch of other awesome things that start with other letters of the alphabet. You can check out the other bloggers’ posts for more details and some great pictures, too. Our admissions office got to be very involved with planning and organizing all the events, so it was fantastic to see it all come together. And I’m sure it will be even more amazing next year.

Herky + fireworks = AWESOME.

During On Iowa!, all of us in the admissions office worked extra long days running all across campus to help out with the various events, so it’s a little strange to be back in the office all day now. It’s certainly not slow here in the office, but much less crazy-exciting-go go go than last week.

IMPORTANT: Hopefully all of you who are seniors in high school know that the application is available NOW online! It’s not too soon to apply! The deadline isn’t until April 1, but why not just get it in now and cross that off your To-Do list? Then send us your transcripts and test scores and expect to hear back in about 4-6 weeks. As soon as you’re admitted to IOWA, you can move on to the next steps like Housing and Financial Aid.

So, what do you think? What do you want to know about the University of Iowa? Any suggestions for blog posts would be appreciated. Otherwise I’ll just talk a lot about snacks, my favorite subject.

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