In the midst of travel season, I awoke with a start at 2:00 AM. A bright red light was flashing in my room and an alarm was blaring in the most annoying way possible. Suddenly, I realized that it was the fire alarm going off and quickly grabbed some shoes, my rental car’s keys and evacuated my hotel room. There was indeed a fire in my hotel during the early hours of that October morning and I spent the better part of my coveted sleeping time sitting in one of the hotel’s many ballrooms. During those groggy three hours between two o’clock and five o’clock in the morning, I met two other women who just happened to be college admissions counselors as well. After comparing notes from “the road” and discussing our various travel territories and office responsibilities, I walked back to my now second hotel room (water damage soaked my first) with some fresh ideas about how to improve how I coordinate my respective programs here at Holy Cross. Needless to say, those three hours were not spent in vain and I was fortunate to come away with a new set of goals for doing my job better than ever before.
We in the Office of Admissions here at Holy Cross are always trying to improve what we do for our prospective students. Thus, we wholeheartedly appreciate your feedback after attending the numerous events that we host both on- and off-campus. If you were able to attend either of our Fall Open Houses during these past couple of weeks, please take a moment to fill out this survey. By taking a small amount of time out of your day to provide us with this invaluable feedback, we can ensure that our admissions programs will be new and improved for future groups of prospective students. Until that night in that hotel ballroom, I did not realize what you could learn and how I could change what I do in only a matter of minutes.
Lauren Thornton
Admissions Counselor
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