College of the Holy Cross Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 95% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 86% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 91% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 1% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 3.04 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• English
• economics
• history

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 1.75
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in late August.

• 17% continue immediately.
• 41% continue within years.

• Law School: 7%
• Medical School: 3%
• Graduate Business Programs: 1%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 7%

• Boston College, Boston University, University of Massachusetts.

• Arthur Andersen, Anderson Consulting, Coopers & Lybrand, Ernst & Young, John Hancock.

• Robert Casey, governor of Pennsylvania; Anthony Fauci, head of Infectious Diseases Division, National Institutes of Health; Clarence Thomas, justice, U.S. Supreme Court; John Hamill, president, Shawmut Corp.; James Burke, retired chairperson and CEO, Johnson & Johnson; Robert Wright, president and CEO, NBC; Dr. Joseph Murray, Nobel Prize winner.