It is actually nine.\u00a0 Whether \u00a0we are meeting students on the road or on campus, \u00a0we seem to hear the same question over and over again: \u201cWhat can I do to increase my chances of acceptance?\u201d<\/p>\n
Our answer? \u00a0\u201cINTERVIEW!\u201d<\/p>\n
Though interviews are considered by many high school students to be superficial, self-indulgent monologues professing one\u2019s greatness to an intimidating potential employer for personal gain, \u00a0it would be more appropriate to title Holy Cross Interviews as \u201cConversations,\u201d because that is essentially what they are: two people in a room chatting about anything and everything.<\/p>\n
The interview is not<\/em> 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.\u00a0 It is not about proving yourself to our office, it is about adding more information to your own application.\u00a0\u00a0Twenty to thirty\u00a0minutes 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).\u00a0\u00a0Read more about scheduling an interview on- or off-campus<\/a>, \u00a0 and schedule one before we run out of spots.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is actually nine.\u00a0 Whether \u00a0we are meeting students on the road or on campus, \u00a0we seem to hear the same question over and over again: \u201cWhat can I do to increase my chances of acceptance?\u201d Our answer? \u00a0\u201cINTERVIEW!\u201d Though interviews are considered by many high school students to be superficial, self-indulgent monologues professing one\u2019s … <\/p>\n