{"id":20,"date":"2013-08-26T08:03:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/?p=20"},"modified":"2013-08-26T08:03:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:03:06","slug":"first-week-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jaelyn\/2013\/08\/first-week-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"First Week on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it has officially been a week since I moved into my dorm! Being the oldest child in the family, I get the fabulous job of being the guinea pig for almost everything, so going to college was of course no different. No one else in my graduating class chose to attend the University of Iowa, and with the exception of a cousin who is also a freshman here, I knew no one coming into this year. I wanted to have a great first year of college and start off right, and decided that it would be in my best interest to put my worries aside and talk to people. I already know that my college experience so far would have been very different if I had decided to be shy. I\u2019ve met new people every day so far, and I\u2019m actually pretty stinking proud of myself! I feel like I\u2019m a totally different person now than I was three months ago. I\u2019ve done things I don\u2019t think I would have ever been able to do before. So far I\u2019ve talked in front of over 100 people at the Iowa Edge banquet on Wednesday, and gave an interview at an open house for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on Friday. I met people at Iowa Edge<\/a> (which is a FABULOUS program), at On Iowa! and even at the bus stop, and I\u2019ve played basketball, Bingo, and gone to the rec center with different people. It\u2019s awesome! I feel like I see people I know nearly everywhere I go, and that\u2019s really comforting to me. Everyday, I feel more and more comfortable on campus and even happier with my decision to be a Hawkeye.<\/p>\n

Iowa Edge and On Iowa! are two programs that help first-year students transition into college. Iowa Edge is for students hailing from groups that are underrepresented at the university, and if you qualify, you should DEFINITELY do the program. We did a lot of team-building activities and by the end it felt like we were one big family!<\/p>\n

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Iowa Edge 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

On Iowa! is the official welcome for first-year students. The coolest part of On Iowa! was making the block \u201cI\u201d on the field in Kinnick Stadium. Bingo night was great too. I’d guess that there were AT LEAST 100 people who showed up to play, and it got very intense! There were a ton of awesome prizes available and I was lucky enough to win twice! Other activities included movies, fitness classes, Convocation, the President\u2019s Block Party, and a concert in Hubbard Park.<\/p>\n

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Taking the field at Kinnick<\/p><\/div>\n

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Class of 2017 forming the block “I” in Kinnick Stadium<\/p><\/div>\n

As my first week of college draws to a close, I feel good. I\u2019m getting acclimated to campus pretty well and I\u2019m really enjoying my time here. My first day wasn\u2019t that great, but since then I\u2019ve gotten over the tears and sadness and had a great time. Classes start tomorrow, and I\u2019m excited to be starting a new chapter in my life. I\u2019ve heard that your college years can be some of the best years of your life, and so far, college is living up to those expectations!<\/p>\n

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