{"id":592,"date":"2024-10-29T13:14:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/?p=558"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:14:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:14:56","slug":"do-you-get-deja-vu-summer-starting-sophomore-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/2024\/10\/29\/do-you-get-deja-vu-summer-starting-sophomore-year\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Do you get d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu?&#8221; &#8211; Summer + Starting Sophomore Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surprise surprise! Guess who never actually said goodbye \ud83e\udd2a<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s obviously been a while since I last wrote (and I&#8217;m two months late to writing this blog), but I&#8217;m happy to be back! The 104 days I spent away from Iowa City were certainly enjoyable, but part of me did miss the college life (and also writing these blogs), so I&#8217;m quite glad to be back again!<\/p>\n<p>With that, here&#8217;s a short summary of my summer and my first few weeks of sophomore year!<\/p>\n<h2>Summer<\/h2>\n<p>Summer was pretty chill for me. I was mostly working my part-time job and doing volunteer service, but I did have some notable moments!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240627_230854829_iOS.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-571 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240627_230854829_iOS-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240627_230854829_iOS-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240627_230854829_iOS-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240627_230854829_iOS-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240627_230854829_iOS.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saw my hometown friends again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-592 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240726_232807370_iOS.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240726_232807370_iOS-683x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A picture of me performing my ice skating routine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240726_232807370_iOS-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240726_232807370_iOS-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240726_232807370_iOS-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240726_232807370_iOS-300x450.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240726_232807370_iOS.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240715_050735081_iOS-e1729967450211.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/20240715_050735081_iOS-576x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A picture I took during an ATEEZ concert\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-572\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-572'>\n\t\t\t\tWent to an ATEEZ concert! Wooyoung ?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-582\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-iceland-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-iceland-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-iceland-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-iceland-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-iceland.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-583\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-helsinki-tallinn-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-helsinki-tallinn-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-helsinki-tallinn-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-helsinki-tallinn-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-helsinki-tallinn.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-584\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-riga-vilnius-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-riga-vilnius-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-riga-vilnius-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-riga-vilnius-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-riga-vilnius.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-585\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-stockholm-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-stockholm-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-stockholm-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-stockholm-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-stockholm.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-586\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-oslo-1024x512.png\" alt=\"A picture of me with my hometown friend\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-oslo-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-oslo-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-oslo-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/europe-2024-oslo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Travelling! We saw a bit of Europe!<\/p>\n<h2>Sophomore Year So Far<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re about halfway into fall semester and let me start off by saying sophomore year has been quite a time so far. With academics, student orgs, and everything else I do, my day-to-day life is&#8230; hectic to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>But between everything, I&#8217;ve been enjoying this year quite a lot! Being so far away from campus over the summer made me miss my friends and lifestyle a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some snapshots of this semester that I got \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-592 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1695.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1695.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A picture of me and my friends from Mayflower last year\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1695.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1695-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1695-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1695-300x400.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-580'>\n\t\t\t\t2023-24 Mayflower 4AB wing meetup \ud83d\ude42\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7358.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7358.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A picture of my family group at CoSR Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7358.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7358-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7358-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7358-300x400.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-575'>\n\t\t\t\tWent to St Louis for a weekend to attend UVSA-MW&#8217;s CoSR Project!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5445.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5445.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5445.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5445-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5445-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5445-300x400.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3894.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3894.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A photo of VSA&#039;s first GBM of the year\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3894.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3894-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3894-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_3894-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-569'>\n\t\t\t\tVSA!! First GBM of the school year &lt;3\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_4075.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_4075.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_4075.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_4075-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_4075-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_4075-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-578'>\n\t\t\t\tFSA first meeting! VSA came to support too \ud83d\ude00\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5877.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5877.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A photo of my friends from Hallyu @ Iowa at the Student Engagement Fair\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5877.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5877-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5877-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_5877-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-579'>\n\t\t\t\tMy friends from Hallyu @ Iowa at the Student Engagement Fair!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now! I&#8217;m excited for what the rest of this year has for me \u2728<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surprise surprise! Guess who never actually said goodbye \ud83e\udd2a It&#8217;s obviously been a while since I last wrote (and I&#8217;m two months late to writing this blog), but I&#8217;m happy to be back! The 104 days I spent away from Iowa City were certainly enjoyable, but part of me did miss the college life (and also writing these blogs), so I&#8217;m quite glad to be back again! With that, here&#8217;s a short summary of my &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[136,150,143,149,9,3,135,137,80,134,67,138,79,145,146,142,22,29,95,133,141,43,144,58,139,76,132,33,147,129,148,140],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ateez","tag-author","tag-blog","tag-blogger","tag-campus","tag-college","tag-concert","tag-europe","tag-figure-skating","tag-friend","tag-friends","tag-hometown","tag-ice-skating","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-city","tag-job","tag-k-pop","tag-kpop","tag-life","tag-lifestyle","tag-part-time","tag-performance","tag-school","tag-seattle","tag-second-year","tag-skating","tag-sophomore","tag-summer","tag-uiowa","tag-university","tag-university-of-iowa","tag-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}