Advice for Applying to College During COVID-19

From the Admissions Office at the College of the Holy Cross:

The latin phrase virtute et numine is the inspiration for the phrase "by grit and grace."  I am reminded of that sentiment because a few weeks ago, we passed the six month mark - 180 days since that Friday in March when my co-workers and I left the committee room (that you have visited) and we have not been back since. 

Over these six months, in conversations over Zoom with high school students, we in the Admission Office have been hearing stories of canceled standardized test dates, the challenges of remote, hybrid and in-person learning and all of the resulting stress and anxiety that has been added to the college application process.  

We are simultaneously inspired by these students’ stories of perseverance and saddened by the heightened anxiety that they are experiencing.  In response, we have created a website and this video to help address the most common questions and concerns about applying to college during this unforeseen pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mqcxGyJs8k

We will get through the next six months the same way we got through the last six months - by demonstrating compassion for each other, and, most of all, by grit and grace.

Best wishes

Drew