College Credits: Deerfield Residents Begin Classes At Iowa

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Class of 2026 At University Of Iowa Represented By Deerfield Students

The University of Iowa continues to attract high-achieving students. This fall's incoming first-year class has topped previous records with an average high school grade-point average (GPA) of 3.82. The average high school GPA for the classes of 2025 and 2024 were 3.81 and 3.78, respectively. It is also the third-largest incoming first-year class on record at 5,178 students, after 5,643 in the fall of 2016 and 5,241 in the fall of 2015. Local students include:

• Namuunsolongo Batbileg, of Deerfield [Major: Civil Engineering]
• Lionel Collins, of Deerfield, [Major: Computer Science]
• Leah Floyd, of Deerfield, [Major: Open Major]
• Nikhil Krishnan, of Deerfield [Major: Geography]
• Rory Perlow, of Deerfield [Major: Enterprise Leadership]
• Devlan Schwartz, of Deerfield [Major: Pre-Business]
• Julia Shinsky, of Deerfield [Major: Health and Human Physiology]
• Samuel Siegel, of Deerfield [Major: Pre-Business]
• Michael Stoitchkov, of Deerfield [Major: Engineering Interest]
• Andrew Colman, of Deerfield [Major: Business Direct Admission]
• Connor Kustusch, of Deerfield [Major: Business Direct Admission]
• Ethan Warady, of Deerfield [Major: Business Direct Admission]

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