{"id":140,"date":"2026-02-13T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/?p=140"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:12:56","slug":"a-love-letter-to-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/2026\/02\/13\/a-love-letter-to-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love Letter to Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, Hawkeyes!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the spirit of Cupid, I\u2019m taking a quick moment to share my affection for the University of Iowa. I have written multiple blogs complaining about the daily grievances of dorm life or lamenting over semester disappointments. But there was a reason I was drawn to this school\u2013and a reason why I\u2019ve still chosen to stay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a special kind of charm to the tight-knit yet vast feel of the campus: large enough to not seem cramped or repetitive, but also walkable and cozy enough to become quickly familiar. The Big Ten sports and Hancher concerts offer boisterous, energetic, adrenaline-fueled evenings, while the quaint bookstores and artistic events give you a quiet and creative alternative. The student organizations and courses\u2013even the ones you don\u2019t like or decide to quit\u2013let you explore your interests and abilities in a way that can\u2019t be replicated outside of a college campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, this is my brief but meaningful kiss on the cheek to this university. Next time I start getting inklings of disillusionment, I\u2019ll just look out the window at the vibrant sunset and remember all the reasons to embrace being a student here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, Hawkeyes!\u00a0 In the spirit of Cupid, I\u2019m taking a quick moment to share my affection for the University of Iowa. I have written multiple blogs complaining about the daily grievances of dorm life or lamenting over semester disappointments. But there was a reason I was drawn to this school\u2013and a reason why I\u2019ve still chosen to stay.\u00a0 There\u2019s a special kind of charm to the tight-knit yet vast feel of the campus: …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/emily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}