The Great Debate: Who Gets Admitted?

College of the Holy Cross
January 13, 2022
Office of Admission
In a lively debate, members of our Admission staff discussed, debunked, and demystified age-old application questions in an effort to answer the ultimate admission question: Who gets admitted?
What's the advantage of applying Early Decision vs. Regular Decision (or vice versa)? What's better, an A in an Honors class or a B in an AP? Recommendation letters: do they matter, and how many is too many? Standardized testing: meaningful or meaningless? What makes a good essay? How do we make decisions? Watch the archive to learn: Who gets admitted?

[@eileenfahey5013]

Thank you for hosting this discussion. I really enjoyed hearing both perspectives. Thank you! Patrick

[@dbherman]

Truly appreciate the candidness of the discussion/debate. Very helpful learning about the evaluation approach to the different parts of the application review process. Thank you.

[@jonathanprior6342]

Very help information as I navigate the admissions process

[@oluwanifemikayode-alese6698]

It was an enlightening talk, thank you