This is the third in a series of blog entries – one week inside the application reading process at Holy Cross.
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So I was listening to NPR today as I was reading applications and I heard a story about Smith Magazine and their 6 word memoir project – the point being to tell a person’s story in exactly six words. (www.smithmag.net)
This got me thinking and writing.
So here follows some of the applications I read today, individually summarized in exactly six words:
Sophomore year do over,
pretty please?
Woman for others.
HC for her.
So much potential,
So few A’s.
Shredded right knee,
Athlete no more.
Chemistry, physics, calculus –
A’s!
Oh, my.
Great with puck,
Not with calculator.
She did what?
Oh, dear me.
More A’s, fewer C’s.
Please, please.
With all those activities,
Still valedictorian?
School at home,
Teacher is who?
Strong application.
Perfect cake, amazing icing.
Neighborhood not safe,
Please come here.
Oh, calculus!
Like the Titanic’s iceberg..
Andrew N. Carter
Associate Director of Admissions
