University of Iowa Recruitment Video -- Madison Wessel

hi my name is Madison wessell I'm from Glen View Illinois and I'm a freshman interested in joining a sorority some qualities that I admire in friendships are honesty I like it when someone can have my back and I can also have theirs along with honesty I like to be able to open up with others and for others to feel comfortable opening up with me without any judgment some other qualities that I admire with friendships are people who are respectful kind nice and positive when I'm hanging out with my friends I like to be in a positive environment where everyone can enjoy being with each other I also like to be in an environment where I can be myself and where others feel like they can be themselves around me um I also like to have fun with my friends I like to hang out with people who like to do similar things as me and just have fun um along with friendships I played for my high school soccer team for all four years and through my experience of being on the soccer team I've grown as a person and have learned many different things while being on the soccer team I learned great teamwork skills I was able to work well with others and and have a really fun experience from it um along with being on the soccer team I've made many friends throughout High School being on the soccer team and just met so many new people from it and just had such a great time and I'm hoping that I can meet new people here at Iowa too um also with being on a team um we learned um to get to know each other on and off the field which build which built a stronger connection between us as teammates and it led to successes and wins throughout the season as we all got more comfortable with each other and played with all of our confidence on the field