Seniors: The wait will soon be over! I am guessing at this point, most of you are alternating between counting down the last days of your high school career and stalking the mailman, waiting for those decision letters to begin arriving. If you have a moment however, and are willing to tear yourself away from anxiously checking your inbox or dreaming about prom, we’d like to hear from you. Having just finished up the college application process, we’d love to get some feedback on what you enjoyed about it, what you found to be the most stressful part(s), etc. Do you feel Holy Cross specifically, or colleges generally, could have been more helpful, and if so, what form would that extra help have taken? E-mail admissions@holycross.edu (subject heading: Senior Feedback) and let us know how you found navigating the college application “jungle”.
Juniors: Though I know many of you will find this hard to believe, next month begins our cycle with you (April Information Sessions run Monday-Friday, April 1-29 at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., http://www.holycross.edu/admissions/visit/tours/). As you begin the college process in earnest, we’re also interested in hearing from you. Please send us an e-mail (admissions@holycross.edu, Subject Heading: Junior Feedback) and let us know your thoughts on the journey ahead of you. What are you excited about? What are you dreading? Is there anything you think we could do to assist you as you maneuver through the search for a college home?
Kelli Powell
Assistant Director of Admissions
“. . . he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, “Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”
January 15th is a day that is circled on many calendars across the country for a variety of reasons. Did you know that on January 15, 1559, Queen Elizabeth I was crowned? In 1622, French writer Molière was born? In 1922, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins became the Irish Free States’ first premier? In 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born? And in 1967, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I.? Well, it’s true. And in addition to those events, January 15th is important at Holy Cross because it is the deadline for regular decision applications.
Many of you are probably breathing sighs of relief right now as you finalize and finally submit your applications for college. For us in the office, we’re just getting warmed up as the applications fly into our reading bins. At this point in the year, we start to buckle down at home and in the office shedding our heels and ties so if you swing by, don’t be surprised to see us romping about in jeans and sneakers. And if we’re at home, most of us are probably decked out in our favorite bathrobes and slippers. Because we read using a pencil, many of us, if not all, have finally chosen our season’s pencils that promise never ending writing comfort for the next two months but ultimately fall a bit short because the nature of this task that lies ahead dictates inevitable writing calluses at some point. But no matter how tedious and sometimes unkind the task is, I have to admit that it’s one of my favorite parts of the job and I speculate that many of my colleagues would agree. I learn about different facets of young peoples’ lives that are funny, entertaining, whimsical, inspiring and sometimes sad. I get to meet interesting and unique individuals from all over the country and even from various parts of the world, all without ever leaving my chair.
Phew!
