{"id":33,"date":"2026-09-22T20:50:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/?p=33"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:50:45","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-a-freshman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/2026\/09\/22\/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-freshman\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day In The Life Of A Freshman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A normal day as a freshman at Iowa is basically classes, walking everywhere, food, friends, and trying not to forget what I have due that day.<\/p>\n<p>My morning usually starts with my alarm going off and me convincing myself I have \u201cfive more minutes.\u201d Then I\u2019m rushing to get ready and walking to class, hoping I don\u2019t get lost or show up late.<\/p>\n<p>After classes, I\u2019ll grab food with friends, study, or go to something happening on campus. Some days are planned out, while other days turn into random adventures that I never expected.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the day, I\u2019m usually exhausted, but I\u2019m also reminded of how much I love being at Iowa. I\u2019m still figuring things out, but getting to meet new people, try new things, and make memories along the way makes it all worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<br \/>\n-Jordan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A normal day as a freshman at Iowa is basically classes, walking everywhere, food, friends, and trying not to forget what I have due that day. My morning usually starts with my alarm going off and me convincing myself I have \u201cfive more minutes.\u201d Then I\u2019m rushing to get ready and walking to class, hoping I don\u2019t get lost or show up late. After classes, I\u2019ll grab food with friends, study, or go to something &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/jordanm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}