student perspective
My Bulldog Experience:
Arrington DeLars Ervin eering Sophomore, Biomedical Engin Overland Park, Kansas
ore at Mississippi I am currently a sophom ally, I’m from Overland State University. Origin also home to my 2019 Park, Kansas, which is g High School graduatin Blue Valley Southwest lete ath an , I excelled as class. While at BVSW l and within both my schoo , and a student leader g was more important community, but nothin ult, I tch education. As a res than getting a top-no students. 10% of my class of 299 m graduated in the top her both graduated fro grandmother and fat My y. eas s wa U MS ionally, I wanted to The choice to attend n legacy student. Addit I am a third-generatio , ore ref the ; field either as sity ver the uni to work in the medical engineering, as I aspire al dic me bio on s MSU will die focus my stu ree in this major from l an undergraduate deg fee I and , ian sic phy a pharmacist or a ity. ns. affordability and divers afford me many optio MSU were the level of end att to g idin dec in , Howard, Two other key factors Florida A&M, Vanderbilt schools, ranging from nt ere diff ny ma networking ing After explor e to attend MSU. The s simply more affordabl wa it , ers oth few a Kansas, Duke, and final reason, diversity. i, which leads me to my ipp siss Mis in ust for rob y that when I first came opportunities are ver and I shared with him ity, ers div ut abo ed talk I only saw Black My dad and I recently ear minority students, dge Program for first-y Bri r me Sum e lleg , when the fall Co my Bagley Black college. However if it was a historically as U MS w vie than to an cational environment students and beg more diversity in an edu saw I er. wis the e am lis, Missouri; Minneapo semester started, I bec an areas of St. Louis, nding my life in suburb spe er Aft n. my classroom, see r eve I had only Black student in s; and often being the nsa Ka y, Cit s nsa Ka criterion at and Minnesota; lize it was a deciding . Although I did not rea me for new s wa nce this MSU experie right choice. ending MSU was the a firmed for me that att to realize the power of the time, it quickly con and I have also come s, ces suc ’s son per any sident’s and Deans’ Education is critical to ys. I made the MSU Pre wa of iety var a in lf nifest itse to continue good education can ma ic success, and I aspire ich shows my academ wh 20 20 ing spr olarship, and Lists for fall 2019 Psi Phi Academic Sch ly received the Omega ent rec I n, itio add In . ply appreciate the academic excellence as the recipient. I dee ul to have been chosen nkf tha y ver am I ich for wh MSU students. king in me and other investment they are ma
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