Thursday, October 25, 2018

First visit to South!

As a high school senior, I scheduled a campus tour with my parents to get a closer look at South. After arriving on campus, we have a designated parking spot with my name on it! After taking a short walk, we arrived at Meisler Hall where we were greeted by the SouthGuides. Before we were shown the campus, recruitment officers gave us some information about South and asked if we had any questions. The SouthGuides then took us on the tour, stopping by the different educational building, housing, dining, and recreation center. As an engineering major, we able to enter Shelby Hall and learn more about the classes that are offered. We then stopped at the housing community and were able to see the freshman only resident halls. None of the residence halls on campus have community showers and they are co-ed. The halls are also secured with an automatic locking system that only open when a student living in the hall swipes their JagCard to enter! The campus rec center was arguably one of my favorite location on the first visit! Inside the rec center there are multiple basketball and volleyball courts! They also have indoor soccer, racket ball, weight lighting, and different workout classes! At the end of my first visit, my college decision was finalized.

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