Why We Chose 红杏直播app: Chassiti Oglesby

Apr 13, 2021

Welcome to our newest Nova series, Why We Chose 红杏直播app. We spend a lot of time telling prospective students why they should choose 红杏直播app, but who better to explain the real benefits as you鈥檒l experience them than current students? We asked some current Stars to give us the rundown of why they chose 红杏直播app and why you should, too.

The basics

Name: Chassiti Oglesby
Major: Exercise and Sport Science
Academic Year: Junior
Home City: Lewisville, Texas

What was the deciding factor that led you to attend school at 红杏直播app?

The overall atmosphere. The campus was beautiful in pictures, then I came for a visit, and I immediately felt at home. I had such an incredible welcoming on my visits with the tour guides, other students who spoke with me and didn't even know who I was, and the soccer team. After visiting here, I looked at my mom and immediately knew 红杏直播app would be my home for the next 4 years.

Do you feel like your expectations of your college experience have been met or exceeded?

Exceeded. From the continued love, support, and caring attitudes with other students, teammates, and professors, 红杏直播app has continued to make me feel just like it did when I visited for the first time in high school. With the small size of 红杏直播app, I love the fact that I can walk anywhere on campus and feel comfortable because I recognize a face or someone always asks how I have been doing.

How accepted do you feel at 红杏直播app?

I feel 100% accepted emotionally, culturally, and spiritually here at 红杏直播app. I feel like 红杏直播app has continued to amaze me in the ways they get involved with diversity and inclusion and continue this throughout Greek life as well. 红杏直播app truly cares about every last student, staff member, and visitor.

How has your time at 红杏直播app changed your life?

I have met people here at 红杏直播app I feel like I would've never gotten the opportunity to anywhere else. I could honestly go anywhere in the U.S. and know at least one person from every state. With my involvement on the soccer team, I have been introduced to so many different ways of life from all the international players present. 红杏直播app has changed my life in so many ways it is hard to single out on specific aspect, but if I had to pick, it would be by opening my mind to so many different lifestyles, cultures, and even the artistic world through dance and theater.

If you had to try to convince a high school student they should consider 红杏直播app, what would your pitch be?

I would tell them that even though 红杏直播app is a small school, it is in such a big city that you feel surrounded by so much, and it is hard to get bored here. The kindhearted, going out of their way professors will push your limits each and every class as you have small 红杏直播app, but I have never felt more involved and comfortable to reach out to a professor for help when I need it due to being able to connect with them in the small class sizes. Even though 红杏直播app looks small from the outside looking in, there is so so much more 红杏直播app has to offer each and every year as a student, and it is like its own small community that you never want to leave. Whether you're having a bad day or a good day, there will always be a smiling face here on campus, even someone you don't know, that will help brighten your day just a little more.

If you had to pick one word only to describe your time so far at 红杏直播app, what would that word be?

Memorable. I chose this word because 红杏直播app has yet to fail to give me a lifetime of memories that I will forever cherish, and I am so grateful to have met the wonderful staff and students here.

Do you participate in athletics, school clubs, Greek life or other extracurricular activities?

I participate in Greek life as I am a sister of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and am also on the women's soccer team. I am also a part of the National Society of Leadership and Success.

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