{"id":1241,"date":"2013-11-22T15:49:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T19:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2013-11-22T15:49:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T19:49:51","slug":"a-hill-of-a-nice-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/22\/a-hill-of-a-nice-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"A “Hill” of a Nice Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"6a00e54ed0db8e8833010536f8f30b970b-800wi\"<\/a>But what about the hill?<\/p>\n

I am asked this question all the time.\u00a0 All.\u00a0 The.\u00a0 Time.<\/p>\n

I meet students who have researched Holy Cross, love the academic offerings, admire the culture and tradition and can\u2019t wait to be a part of student life . . . \u201cbut what about all those stairs?\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve offered so many responses to this question over the years:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What stairs?<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You know, you do get to go down<\/span> them sometimes, too . . .<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, it\u2019s not THAT bad.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have you heard about all our elevators?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Recently, though, I\u2019ve thought more and more about it.<\/p>\n

We love our college \u2013 not in spite of the hill but, in part, because<\/span> of our hill.\u00a0 Anyone who has witnessed a fall sunset from the Hart Center on top of the hill would never complain about the view they get from this hill.\u00a0 Anyone who has endured a muggy spring day in May would never complain about the cool, spring breeze afforded to us on this hill.\u00a0 Anyone who has gone sledding and finished their run just steps away from the hot chocolate in Kimball Dining Hall would never complain about the hill.<\/p>\n

So, in the future, when applicants ask me about the hill, I now know how I\u2019ll respond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty great, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But what about the hill? I am asked this question all the time.\u00a0 All.\u00a0 The.\u00a0 Time. I meet students who have researched Holy Cross, love the academic offerings, admire the culture and tradition and can\u2019t wait to be a part of student life . . . \u201cbut what about all those stairs?\u201d   I\u2019ve offered … <\/p>\n

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