Happy spring! Last Saturday our office released admissions decisions online, and earlier this week we mailed out our notifications. We are so proud of our applications from all over the world! In total, we received around 6,700 applications for ultimately about 750 spots. That means that we had more qualified candidates than we had room to offer, and many great students were given a spot on the wait list. For the last few weeks our office has received phone calls and emails from prospective students who wanted to know more about how the wait list works, so I wanted to take this opportunity to address their questions:
1. The first thing that students should do is log into their Holy Cross account (please go here to do so) and formally accept their spot on the waitlist. This will change their status in our system and let us know that they are still interested.
2. Students should consider sending us (via email) an update as to what they have been doing since they submitted their application back in January. Did you change your classes? Have you earned some improved grades? Did you start a new activity or job? We would love to hear what’s new!
3. To keep their options open, waitlisted students should send their deposit to another institution by May 1.
4. After the national enrollment deadline of May 1, we will know what our numbers are in terms of admitted students accepting our offer of acceptance. If it is determined that spaces are available, students on the wait list will be reevaluated by the Admissions Committee. The overall academic and personal record will be considered, as will the level of interest the student has expressed in attending Holy Cross.
I hope that this information helps students and their families better understand our process. Please do keep in touch with us via phone (508-793-2443), email (admissio@holycross.edu), Facebook, and Twitter; we would love to hear from you!
