Mackenzie Hughes ’25

Holy Cross students are very familiar with the toll enrollment takes on our mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being. Last year’s enrollment period was especially intense for rising juniors, Molly and Stacey, whose crippling anxiety had a fatal consequence. On Thursday, April 18th, the roommates awoke at precisely 6:55 a.m. to psychologically prepare themselves for the trauma that was about to ensue. Both Molly and Stacey were Neuroscience majors with a Tomfoolery minor and a concentration in Horsing Around. They’ve been trying to knock out some requirements and have discussed what classes they are interested in taking. What they didn’t know was that they were both enrolling in BIO 161. The girls triple-checked their backpacks, made sure they were connected to HCWireless, and then finally, it was time to refresh. At the top of the hour, the girls submitted their choices and waited for that circle in the top right corner to stop loading. Molly exclaimed, “Hooray!” in celebration, but Stacey only stared at the little red ‘x’ on her screen in horror. She scrambled to fill her second spot in a dash of panic so many of us know all too well. Just as Stacey settled on ANTHRO 101, she recognized what had happened: Molly had gotten a spot in Biology, and she didn’t. In a daze of anger and confusion, Stacey threw her Stanley cup across the room only for it to “accidentally” hit Molly on the head. Before she could comprehend what to do, Stacey quickly unenrolled Molly from the Biology class and swiftly swapped herself in. Stacey then ran to her RA claiming that Molly was so frustrated she didn’t get into the class that she bashed her head on the computer and sadly passed away. Till this day, only Stacey knows the real truth of what happened on that one fateful enrollment morning. Heed this story as a warning of the dangers of enrolling in the same place as your roommate. 

Remember: no one has to die during this enrollment period. 

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