{"id":128,"date":"2014-04-23T15:43:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T20:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/?p=128"},"modified":"2014-04-23T15:43:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T20:43:07","slug":"second-semester-in-a-nutshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/2014\/04\/second-semester-in-a-nutshell\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Semester in a Nutshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Second semester has been wild! This semester has taught me that it\u2019s extremely important to study, do homework, and perform well on exams, but at the same time, it\u2019s crucial to take a break every now and then and do something fun. The past two or three weeks for me have been filled with midterms, papers, and late nights at the library. It\u2019s been great to finally have a little less work to complete for now, but finals (and summer!) are just around the corner. One of my roommates for next year was kind enough to invite me and a few other girls over for s\u2019mores and <em>Mean Girls<\/em> last Thursday night. It was nice to have a few hours of fun and relaxation, not to mention a change of scenery (Disclaimer: I love campus, but sometimes a girl just needs to get away for a bit!). My family came to visit me over the weekend and we had a fabulous time shopping and exploring Iowa City. The warm weather even allowed for a lovely time strolling the streets of downtown!<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the end of the school year is approaching quickly, and It\u2019s crazy to think that there are only three weeks left of the semester. Looking back over the past eight months, it\u2019s amazing how much I\u2019ve changed and how many new things I\u2019ve experienced. I\u2019ve come to the realization that college goes by extremely fast, and time really does fly when you\u2019re having fun! It\u2019s a little sad that this amazing year of college is almost over, but I know I\u2019ll still keep in touch with my friends and cherish the memories I\u2019ve made for years to come. A year ago, I still hadn\u2019t decided to come to the University of Iowa (I think I officially decided April 26th). After all the emotions of moving away from home to a new place where I didn\u2019t know anyone, I\u2019m beyond pleased with my decision to come to Iowa. I can honestly say that I can\u2019t see myself being anywhere else, and believe me, that\u2019s an amazing feeling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second semester has been wild! This semester has taught me that it\u2019s extremely important to study, do homework, and perform well on exams, but at the same time, it\u2019s crucial to take a break every now and then and do something fun. The past two or three weeks for me have been filled with midterms, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuslife","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}