Maybe you\u2019ll find them in a lecture hall. Maybe it\u2019s a 2 a.m. conversation in the residence halls that starts about your classes and ends up somewhere more interesting. Maybe it\u2019s a student org that you joined on a whim (or for free snacks). Either way, the Hawkeye community has a way of sneaking up on you.<\/p>\n
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Iowa becomes yours quickly<\/strong><\/h3>\nOne day, you\u2019re navigating the Pentacrest like a tourist. Then you have a Java House order, and they start making it as soon as they see you walk in. You\u2019ve claimed a table at the IMU terrace. You\u2019ve taken that walk across the river at sunset enough times that it feels like yours. After a while, it stops feeling new and starts feeling like home.<\/p>\n
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<\/h2>\nYou don\u2019t have to have it figured out (nobody does)<\/strong><\/h3>\nThat\u2019s what college is for. Take the class that sounds interesting. Declare a major, then rethink it \u2013 which is why we have Academic Advising. Try a new student org. Iowa gives you the space to figure it out, and the resources to help when you\u2019re ready to talk it through.<\/p>\n
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Being a Hawkeye means you\u2019re part of a community
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nYou\u2019ll know it when you feel it \u2013 packed into Kinnick on a Saturday, running into your professor at Bluebird Diner, realizing your classmates have quietly become your people. It\u2019s not something Iowa has to explain. It\u2019s something that sticks with you, even after graduation.<\/p>\n
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You got this!<\/strong><\/h3>\nAccept your offer of admission<\/a> and make it official. Already a yes? Head over to Iowa Decision Days<\/a> to show off your black and gold pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a reason you\u2019re still thinking about Iowa. Let\u2019s talk about it. You\u2019ll find your people here Maybe you\u2019ll find them in a lecture hall. Maybe it\u2019s a 2 a.m. conversation in the residence halls that starts about your classes and ends up somewhere more interesting. Maybe it\u2019s a student org that you joined on a whim (or for free snacks). Either way, the Hawkeye community has a way of sneaking up on you. Iowa …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/h2>\nYou don\u2019t have to have it figured out (nobody does)<\/strong><\/h3>\nThat\u2019s what college is for. Take the class that sounds interesting. Declare a major, then rethink it \u2013 which is why we have Academic Advising. Try a new student org. Iowa gives you the space to figure it out, and the resources to help when you\u2019re ready to talk it through.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Being a Hawkeye means you\u2019re part of a community
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nYou\u2019ll know it when you feel it \u2013 packed into Kinnick on a Saturday, running into your professor at Bluebird Diner, realizing your classmates have quietly become your people. It\u2019s not something Iowa has to explain. It\u2019s something that sticks with you, even after graduation.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You got this!<\/strong><\/h3>\nAccept your offer of admission<\/a> and make it official. Already a yes? Head over to Iowa Decision Days<\/a> to show off your black and gold pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a reason you\u2019re still thinking about Iowa. Let\u2019s talk about it. You\u2019ll find your people here Maybe you\u2019ll find them in a lecture hall. Maybe it\u2019s a 2 a.m. conversation in the residence halls that starts about your classes and ends up somewhere more interesting. Maybe it\u2019s a student org that you joined on a whim (or for free snacks). Either way, the Hawkeye community has a way of sneaking up on you. Iowa …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/p>\n\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n
You\u2019ll know it when you feel it \u2013 packed into Kinnick on a Saturday, running into your professor at Bluebird Diner, realizing your classmates have quietly become your people. It\u2019s not something Iowa has to explain. It\u2019s something that sticks with you, even after graduation.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You got this!<\/strong><\/h3>\nAccept your offer of admission<\/a> and make it official. Already a yes? Head over to Iowa Decision Days<\/a> to show off your black and gold pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a reason you\u2019re still thinking about Iowa. Let\u2019s talk about it. You\u2019ll find your people here Maybe you\u2019ll find them in a lecture hall. Maybe it\u2019s a 2 a.m. conversation in the residence halls that starts about your classes and ends up somewhere more interesting. Maybe it\u2019s a student org that you joined on a whim (or for free snacks). Either way, the Hawkeye community has a way of sneaking up on you. Iowa …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/counselors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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