<p>Wild. Everyone thinks of Holy Cross as a basketball school because of famous alumni like Bob Cousy and Tommy Heinsohn. I was totally unaware of their rich baseball history.</p>
<p>Holy Cross also has an excellent hockey team that upset the top-seeded University of Minnesota in a shocking 4-3 overtime game in the semifinals of the 2006 NCAA West Regionals.</p>
<p>Holy Cross is one of only a handful of schools to have won
- the NCAA Division I basketball championship,
- the NIT national basketball championship and
- the NCAA Division 1 College Baseball World Series [College</a> World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“College World Series - Wikipedia”>College World Series - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Is this the Holy Cross near Boston or the one near Notre Dame?</p>
<p>It’s the one in Worcester, Massachusetts 40 miles west of Boston, of course.</p>
<p>I assume you mean the Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, not the one in Baltimore, MD or South Euclid, OH.</p>
<p>For Amherst, put your heart and soul into the essays, and don’t be afraid to be personal within them. Let them meet you through your essay, even if it’s responding to their complicated Supplemental Essay. Dont fake trying to sound “impressive”; rather, seek a natural and authentic tone. It’s okay to hit on a personal example, too, if it illustrates a point within the context of the essay. (In writing about the topic of Community, for example, my son’s essay included mention of his dog, brother, sister, just regular stuff..but worked into his thesis about Community). </p>
<p>Be yourself in your essay because they really want to get to know you, and it’s their only direct vehicle (no interviews at Amherst). I’m sure this is good advice for all essays, but Amherst in particular. They have few seats to offer, and are accustomed to applicants with great stats and sports. So let your writer’s voice shine through; open up a bit. Give them a window to see your personality, your personal approach to your studies, anything that tells them the PERSON they’d be admitting.</p>
<p>All essays matter for an LAC, but I’d suggest you set aside a bit of extra time on Amherst essays.</p>
<p>All of your schools would provide a wonderful education.</p>
<p>I heard that the Notre Dame in Manchester, NH closed about 10 years ago.</p>
<p>You have great stats, but even so, I don’t think anything on your list can be considered a safety.</p>
<p>The one thing that is really in your favor is track. That could be the factor that makes you stand out from the pack.</p>
<p>Thank you for the honest and frank appraisal. I greatly appreciate it. I will emphasize the track!</p>
<p>I agree with jocan. While you have tremendous stats, the schools you are targeting are among a very elite group that everyone is trying to get into and this next year is a major population surge of high school seniors so all bets are off. Emphasizing what it is about you that is unique such as being captain of the track team is a great differentiator.</p>
<p>2007 Team results from last weekend’s NCAA Division III Mens Cross-Country Championships: #2 Haverford, #10 Williams, #12 Amherst, #20 Bowdoin, #23 Carleton, #26 Tufts, #29 Trinity</p>
<p>I wonder if the Division III cross country teams are actually on par with Division ! cross country since:</p>
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<li><p>Cross Country is typically not emphasized at Division 1 because it doesn’t produce revenue or alumni support.</p></li>
<li><p>Oftentimes some of the best students are into cross country because the same work ethic that makes them great runners makes them great students. At least that has been my observations.</p></li>
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<p>I know that the smallest Division 1 schools like Holy Cross just don’t have the resources or even student numbers to really compete strongly beyond the major sports programs like football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, and lacrosse.</p>
<p>Another LAC school that is in Massachusetts that flies below radar is Wheaton College. It used to be all women and has great reputation.</p>
<p>D1 is better without a doubt. No 9:00 minute two-milers are going to D3.
While hard work is important, natural talent is very important too, although maybe a little less so than some other sports like baseball.
Talent + Hard Work > Hard Work</p>