{"id":60,"date":"2007-12-10T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/2007\/12\/10\/common-application-supplement\/"},"modified":"2007-12-10T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T17:20:00","slug":"common-application-supplement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2007\/12\/10\/common-application-supplement\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Application Supplement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/me.holycross.edu\/blogimages\/drew.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Drew\" \/> You\u2019ve worked four long years in high school \u2013 history term papers, trig exams, chemistry labs, art projects, summer reading quizzes \u2013 and then finally, senior year, you tackle the Common Application.\u00a0 You write your name, address, mom\u2019s name, dad\u2019s name, high school\u2019s name, etc.\u00a0 Then it\u2019s time for the short answer \u2013 you rack your brain for an experience, an activity that you can talk about in 150 words or fewer that will be impressive to the admissions officer and reflective of your interests.\u00a0 And then, the final push, you sit down to write the essay.\u00a0 But someone gave you good advice, so you listen to your sparrow and write an essay of which you feel proud.<\/p>\n<p>You click \u201cSUBMIT\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Phew.<\/p>\n<p>In school the next day, you feel invigorated, relieved that the application is done.\u00a0 You\u2019ve regained the pep in your step.\u00a0 In the hallway on the way to first period, you tell a friend that you finally submitted your application to College X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you finish the supplement?\u201d your friend replies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupplement?\u00a0 There\u2019s a supplement?\u00a0 AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When will it ever be enough?<\/p>\n<p>The Admissions Office at Holy Cross is here to say that you\u2019ve done enough.\u00a0 We do not require a supplement to the Common Application.\u00a0 We know you\u2019ve worked hard in high school and we don\u2019t need you to prove anything else nor write any more essays.\u00a0 We congratulate you on getting this far in your senior year.<\/p>\n<p>Click \u201cSUBMIT\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Feel the relief.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew N Carter<br \/>\nAssociate Director of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve worked four long years in high school \u2013 history term papers, trig exams, chemistry labs, art projects, summer reading quizzes \u2013 and then finally, senior year, you tackle the Common Application.\u00a0 You write your name, address, mom\u2019s name, dad\u2019s name, high school\u2019s name, etc.\u00a0 Then it\u2019s time for the short answer \u2013 you rack &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2007\/12\/10\/common-application-supplement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Common Application Supplement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrew-carter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","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=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}