College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross (abbreviated as CHC ) is a non-profit private educational institution of America that has been active in academic and academic work in the country since the beginning of 1843. To date, the CHC University with its student city is located near Worcester.

This College is quite justified in the category of secondary institutions of higher education, since no more than 3,000 people can study there in parallel. The university takes an active part in international programs of student and academic exchange popular in our time.

The education is practice-oriented, with an emphasis on individual work and student involvement in faculty research. First-year students begin with the Montserrat introductory seminar program.

A well-developed study abroad system is in place: students take courses in Rome and Venice, at the Siena Art Institute, participate in semester programs in Washington and New York, as well as in intensive four-week Maymester courses. Student research support is coordinated by the J.D. Power Center for Liberal Arts in the World.

Holy Cross — a liberal arts college with a wide range of humanities, natural sciences, and creative disciplines. Among the academic programs and departments are art history, studio art, history, music, classical studies, and theater.

For first-year students, there is the Montserrat program — a system of introductory seminars grouped into thematic clusters (for example, the «Self» cluster), which sets the learning format for the first year.

College of the Holy Cross is in the top 5 best liberal arts colleges for value for money according to Money magazine's rankings.

The faculty includes scholars with international reputations, and the college actively supports research activities: faculty members receive paid research leaves and sabbaticals every seven years, as well as funding for research projects in which students participate.

• The college campus is traditionally called «The Hill» (Hill).
• The St. Joseph Memorial Chapel houses a unique four-manual organ with 50 stops and mechanical action, built by the Taylor & Boody workshop in 1985.
• The name of the Magis scholarship comes from the Latin word meaning «more».

Students of College of the Holy Cross live in campus residences. Two accommodation formats are available: standard rooms (Standard Housing) and apartments (Apartment Housing).

Meals are organized through meal plans: residents have a full meal plan (Resident Food Plan), while students in apartments have separate meal plans at several levels. The main student dining hall is Kimball Dining Hall.

The extracurricular life of the college includes student organizations, musical ensembles (large and small), and creative communities — for example, the student organization Student Art Society: Coalition of Creatives, which holds monthly exhibitions and events.

Field trips to museums and galleries in Boston, New York, New Haven, and Hartford are regularly organized, as well as internships at local museums and organizations. The Worcester Art Museum is located near the campus, and its resources are actively used in academic programs.

We are talking about the American educational institution, which rightfully falls into the category of the best and most prestigious both in the United States of America and around the world, as evidenced by the college’s entry into the TOP-5 percent of the best universities in the world.

At the disposal of students a large scientific library of the university. Also, all students can count on affordable modern housing in a university dormitory. Among other things, on campus there are sports fields, a quiet park for walking and a parking lot for transport. Himself College is known for its active work in group 568 Group, and a member of the association Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU ) and the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Sport affiliations and memberships: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU).

The academic year is divided into two semesters — Fall and Spring.

In addition to tuition fees, the following additional expense categories are taken into account when planning a budget (excluding tuition costs themselves):

• residence hall or apartment accommodation;
• meal plan;
• Health Service Fee;
• student Activity Fee;
• health insurance;
• Graduation Fee.

The average starting salary of a college graduate is approximately $64,235.

Graduates build careers in a wide variety of fields — business, public administration and politics, law, education and teaching, the nonprofit sector, and healthcare. For example, graduates in art history become teachers, museum curators and directors, appraisers and administrators at auction houses, art librarians, and heritage preservation specialists.

It is also important that the simple fact that every year a freshmen are recruited by a special admissions committee. In their decision, experts rely on the past academic performance of each applicant. Both locals and visitors from different countries on the same conditions apply for places at the university. At the same time, the process of entering the competition is not complicated. As the official statistics show, no more than two applicants apply for each student’s place.

Tuition at the College of the Holy Cross

Each academic year, the CHC University traditionally divides into two academic semesters. Education is paid, but part of the costs can be covered by receiving financial assistance from the university for academic success (scholarship). For each semester, future graduates of undergraduate and graduate programs pay approximately $ 10,000.

College of the Holy Cross covers 100% of the confirmed financial need of all enrolled students and offers a wide range of named scholarships for academic and creative achievements:

• Magis Scholarship — a prestigious scholarship for the most talented applicants, renewed for all four years provided academic performance is maintained;
• Faber Scholarship — for high academic achievements and personal growth;
• Freije Scholarship in Theatre — a four-year scholarship covering half the cost of tuition for students in the theatre program;
• Brooks Scholarship — a full tuition scholarship for students in the music program;
• Bean Scholarship and FitzGerald Scholarship — full tuition scholarships for students in the classical disciplines program;
• Organ Scholarship — a four-year full scholarship for organists studying in the music program;
• Holy Cross Grant — a need-based grant, offered annually to nearly 450 first-year students, with amounts ranging from $2,500 to more than $60,000.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision