Worst of College of the Holy Cross

Not for the Warm Hearted

It's Worcester. It's not great. It can be cloudy and rainy for weeks on end. That doesn't mean you shouldn't go there! It stays pretty warm until late in the fall (don't really need a jacket until late october), and it gets to be pretty warm in the spring. But January, February, and March are freezing cold. And there's a lot of snow.

Nothing Around

There is almost nothing to do in Worcester. But with free shuttles to Boston, Natick, and Providence, you can go there if you want to shake things up

Off-Campus Is Hard to Get and Afford!

Worcester is very expensive when it comes to finding your own apartment to live in. Unless you want to live in the inner-city where the environment is very trashy, then you are better off "on-campus." It is usually easier to go off campus as a sophomore, unless you know the area or have some connections in the area to help you find a place. There are student apartments/houses right across Holy Cross, but most of the students i heard lived there told me their parents paid for it, and that is was pretty expensive, depending on the number of roommates, of course. For me, I could not afford the near-by off-campus housing so I ended up renting a one-bedroom apartment in the downtown area of Worcester. It had a very horrible living environment with the hobos, drugs, and crime around it, but it was relatively cheap (550/mo). There was NO street parking so we had to pay a garage fee to park in a garage right next to the apartment building to have a parking spot. A very good investment, trust me, because Worcester LOVES to give out TICKETS and TOW any car in violation, especially in the winter snow season. So there is obviously no help from the school to help you with off-campus housing. There are several locations near-by Holy Cross and downtown areas (-5 mins away) that have good options but usually the best places are very pricey!