{"id":105,"date":"2007-09-12T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-12T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/2007\/09\/12\/hello-from-an-admissions-counselor-at-holy-cross\/"},"modified":"2007-09-12T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-12T16:12:00","slug":"hello-from-an-admissions-counselor-at-holy-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2007\/09\/12\/hello-from-an-admissions-counselor-at-holy-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello from an Admissions counselor at Holy Cross!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/me.holycross.edu\/blogimages\/lynn.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Lynn\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/> Hello everyone!&nbsp; We&#8217;re excited to begin our new blog, and hope that you will check back frequently to hear what&#8217;s going on in the world of Holy Cross Admissions.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>My name is Lynn Verrecchia.&nbsp; I grew up in Port Chester, NY and first came to Holy Cross as a student 1997.&nbsp; I chose Holy Cross for many of the same reasons I hear students mention today, including our close-knit community and focus on creating well-rounded individuals.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I began my admissions career in 2002, and returned to Holy Cross in my current role just over three years ago.&nbsp; I love having the opportunity to talk with students about a college that has played such an important role in my own life.&nbsp; I work with over 65 student volunteers in our tour guide program.&nbsp; Some of you may have already attended a tour at Holy Cross, and I hope that you found our students to be as friendly, genuine and helpful as I have.<\/p>\n<p>I recently purchased my first home with my husband, a fellow Holy Cross grad, in Somerville, MA.&nbsp; Much of our time is now spent in Lowe&#8217;s or on the Home Depot website.&nbsp; True loves of my life include foreign language, travel, cookies and Alton Brown.<\/p>\n<p>My recruitment territories include Texas, Tennessee, Maine, and parts of Massachusetts.&nbsp; I hope to see many of you &quot;on the road&quot;, and others on campus this fall!&nbsp; I truly believe in the importance of finding the right &quot;fit&quot; in a college.&nbsp; Happy searching!<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Verrecchia<br \/>Assistant Director of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone!&nbsp; We&#8217;re excited to begin our new blog, and hope that you will check back frequently to hear what&#8217;s going on in the world of Holy Cross Admissions.&nbsp; My name is Lynn Verrecchia.&nbsp; I grew up in Port Chester, NY and first came to Holy Cross as a student 1997.&nbsp; I chose Holy Cross &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2007\/09\/12\/hello-from-an-admissions-counselor-at-holy-cross\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hello from an Admissions counselor at Holy Cross!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}