It is actually nine. Whether we are meeting students on the road or on campus, we seem to hear the same question over and over again: “What can I do to increase my chances of acceptance?”
Our answer? “INTERVIEW!”
Though interviews are considered by many high school students to be superficial, self-indulgent monologues professing one’s greatness to an intimidating potential employer for personal gain, it would be more appropriate to title Holy Cross Interviews as “Conversations,” because that is essentially what they are: two people in a room chatting about anything and everything.
The interview is not the time to determine if a student is a credible candidate; it is a time to put a name with a face and get to know each candidate on a more personal level. It is not about proving yourself to our office, it is about adding more information to your own application. Twenty to thirty minutes of conversation can add volumes of information to your application that is impossible to convey on paper through the Common Application, your letters of recommendation, your college essay, or your SAT scores (should you choose to send them). Read more about scheduling an interview on- or off-campus, and schedule one before we run out of spots.
