A New Year and A New Reading Season
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.
Tran Kim-Senior
Assistant Director of Admissions
Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment
The phone has been busy in the Admissions Office this past week with lots of calls about interviews. As I am sure you know, Holy Cross offers on-campus interviews to prospective students from May through the end of December. Unfortunately, many students lose track of time during this period or become so involved in their academics, extra curricular activities, and other college application tasks, that it becomes hard to get to campus for this interview. As a result, many of these phone calls result in the student being disappointed because the deadline has passed they will be unable to interview. If you happen to be one of those students, please keep in mind that even though interviews at Holy Cross are strongly recommended, they are not required. If you were unable, for one reason or another, to have an interview, this will in no way affect your candidacy for admission to the College. 