{"id":827,"date":"2010-12-07T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T16:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/?p=827"},"modified":"2010-12-07T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T16:04:50","slug":"admissions-and-additions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2010\/12\/07\/admissions-and-additions\/","title":{"rendered":"Admissions and Additions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2010\/10\/Daniel-Weagle_post.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-776\" title=\"Daniel-Weagle_post\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2010\/10\/Daniel-Weagle_post.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I submitted my Regular Decision application way back in October, why will I not hear the decision until April? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great question.\u00a0 Although math is not my strong suit, I will put on my Stat. Hat and consult with the Fraction Faction to provide you with an answer:<\/p>\n<p>Holy Cross will receive roughly 7,000 applications this year.\u00a0 Each application is carefully read by two members of our thirteen member admissions staff between January 1<sup>st<\/sup> and February 15<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Therefore, each counselor must read <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">((7,000 apps x 2 reads)\/12 counselors) <\/span>applications over that six week period.\u00a0 I will not go any further with the math in terms of applications read per day, but I will note that a typical 5 day\/8 hours a day work weeks go out the window in the Admissions world during reading season (and travel season for that matter).<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, why don\u2019t we hear on February 15<sup>th<\/sup>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full of great questions, are we?\u00a0 Well, the process does not stop after reading season is over.\u00a0 Our twelve person Admissions staff then goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/2009\/03\/18\/how-do-we-make-our-admissions-decisions-an-insider%E2%80%99s-guide-to-the-committee-process\/?trashed=1&amp;ids=8196\">Committee<\/a> through the end of March to revisit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">every single file<\/span> to make our final Admissions decisions as a group (majority rules \u2013 all votes counted evenly).\u00a0 Therefore, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">(12 counselors discussing 7,000 apps\/6 weeks) = (396 cups of coffee\/x bathroom breaks)+(8,326 insightful questions asked + 178 Counselor calls) <\/span><strong>A.K.A.<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">The creation of the Class of 2015<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>So, please remember that we are working on par with Santa\u2019s elves this holiday\/application season before you pick up the phone to inquire if we have made a decision on your Regular Decision application yet.\u00a0 My advice: Munch on Holiday cookies, enjoy time with your family and friends, and leave the application stress to us.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Weagle &#8217;08<\/p>\n<p>Admissions Counselor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I submitted my Regular Decision application way back in October, why will I not hear the decision until April? Great question.\u00a0 Although math is not my strong suit, I will put on my Stat. Hat and consult with the Fraction Faction to provide you with an answer: Holy Cross will receive roughly 7,000 applications this &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2010\/12\/07\/admissions-and-additions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Admissions and Additions&#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":[2,10],"tags":[42,48,83],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions-staff","category-dan-weagle","tag-admissions-decisions","tag-application-tips","tag-deadlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","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=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}