{"id":79,"date":"2026-01-15T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/?p=79"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:47:16","slug":"what-i-was-most-nervous-for-and-how-its-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/2026\/01\/15\/what-i-was-most-nervous-for-and-how-its-going\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Was Most Nervous for and How It’s Going"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Hawkeyes!<\/p>\n

Hopefully, a future Hawkeye is reading this, and it brings you some peace about the uneasiness of college transitions.<\/p>\n

I wanted to share some of the things I was MOST anxious about coming into college. And then now how they have panned out.<\/p>\n

What I was most anxious about:<\/p>\n

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  1. Not being able to find my classes<\/li>\n
  2. Not making any friends<\/li>\n
  3. Missing home<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And how it’s panned out after my first semester:<\/p>\n

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    1. You have plenty of time to walk out your class schedule prior to school start. Plus, Google Maps is a huge friend of mine. In the end, everything becomes second nature.<\/li>\n
    2. You will make friends. You meet so many people, just based on proximity, Welcome Week, and the first couple of days. My advice is to also try to find a roommate with whom you can be friends, not just someone with whom you live.<\/li>\n
    3. Missing home. This is different for everyone, but after the initial hump of not seeing my family, it got a lot better. You grow to enjoy the freedom and independence. And bonus, technology makes it super easy to stay connected.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I hope at least one of these experiences makes anyone who reads this feel a little better. It definitely isn’t always easy, but it’s 100% worth it.<\/p>\n

      Sending love,<\/p>\n

      Sophia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Hello Hawkeyes! Hopefully, a future Hawkeye is reading this, and it brings you some peace about the uneasiness of college transitions. I wanted to share some of the things I was MOST anxious about coming into college. And then now how they have panned out. What I was most anxious about: Not being able to find my classes Not making any friends Missing home And how it’s panned out after my first semester: You have …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}