{"id":49,"date":"2010-09-07T07:56:48","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T12:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kyra\/?p=49"},"modified":"2010-09-09T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T13:39:00","slug":"iowa-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kyra\/2010\/09\/iowa-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"IOWA EDGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is the 3rd week of classes and I still continue to see the benefits of the program that I joined at the end of the summer. I had the honor to participate in a Iowa Edge, a\u00a0week long program\u00a0created to ease concerns and ensure a successful transition to life at the university. I have found that I have much more knowledge of different campus resources, directions and locations, and on what to expect in college level classes than a lot of incoming freshman. The website for Iowa Edge is http:\/\/provost.uiowa.edu\/edge\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The decision to apply to be in Iowa Edge has been one of my most important decisions I’ve made. Because of Iowa Edge I started the school year with at least fifteen promising friends. I continue to stay in contact with majority of those friends and I can always spot a familiar face almost everywhere on campus.<\/p>\n

We had the opp0ortunity of meeting many professors, listening to their advice, and really just getting to know them.<\/p>\n

When a professor from the Tippie College of Business is asked to share a tip with the students that will help them excel she says…<\/p>\n

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In Iowa Edge I made tons of friends!<\/p>\n