{"id":964,"date":"2011-09-22T16:27:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T20:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/?p=964"},"modified":"2011-09-22T16:27:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T20:27:57","slug":"u-s-news-ranks-holy-cross-as-most-loved-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2011\/09\/22\/u-s-news-ranks-holy-cross-as-most-loved-school\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News Ranks Holy Cross as Most Loved School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2009\/10\/LynnVerrecchia.BLOG2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-440\" title=\"LynnVerrecchia.BLOG2\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2009\/10\/LynnVerrecchia.BLOG2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This just in: U.S. News recently ranked Holy Cross in the top ten &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/2011\/09\/15\/alumnis-top-10-most-loved-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most Loved Schools<\/a>&#8221; by alumni.<\/p>\n<p>As an alumna of Holy Cross, I am not surprised.  Rarely does a week go by that I don&#8217;t come across something that makes me proud to call Holy Cross alma mater.  A news feature about an accomplished faculty member, a warm conversation with a fellow alumnus, or an encounter with an especially kind or impressive student all serve as frequent reminders of what makes this such a special place.<\/p>\n<p>As an employee, I have the pleasure of working with a dedicated and loyal group of alumni volunteers.  Their love for Holy Cross is unwavering and contagious.  They support the College in countless ways, and I certainly didn&#8217;t need to read U.S. News to know that Holy Cross is beloved by its graduates.  Though I don&#8217;t often place much faith in rankings, this one rings true, through and through.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that in your own college search, you find the school that you&#8217;ll love as much as I love mine.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Verrecchia<br \/>\nAssociate Director of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This just in: U.S. News recently ranked Holy Cross in the top ten &#8220;Most Loved Schools&#8221; by alumni. As an alumna of Holy Cross, I am not surprised. Rarely does a week go by that I don&#8217;t come across something that makes me proud to call Holy Cross alma mater. A news feature about an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2011\/09\/22\/u-s-news-ranks-holy-cross-as-most-loved-school\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;U.S. News Ranks Holy Cross as Most Loved School&#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":[2,21],"tags":[138,160,212],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions-staff","category-lynn-verrecchia","tag-life-after-holy-cross","tag-rankings","tag-why-holy-cross"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","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=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}