{"id":325,"date":"2016-09-01T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T22:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?p=325"},"modified":"2017-02-15T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T21:36:46","slug":"september-2016-college-counseling-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/september-2016-college-counseling-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2016 College Counseling Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>ESSENTIAL<\/em><\/strong><strong> <em>TOPICS<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Rise in Test Optional Admissions<\/strong> &#8211; The list of colleges that DO NOT require SAT or ACT tests for admission continues to grow.\u00a0 Why is this and how might it impact how you apply?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Majoring in English<\/strong> &#8211; The skills you gain by majoring in English are applicable to a wide variety of careers.\u00a0 Check out this major!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Changes to the Financial Aid Process<\/strong> &#8211; Using Prior Prior Year data (PPY) has benefits for both colleges and families.\u00a0 And the FAFSA now opens in October.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Pros and Cons of Attending a Single Sex College<\/strong> &#8211; Although the number of single sex colleges continues to shrink, attending this type of college can impart numerous benefits.\u00a0 Learn what to consider here.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ways to Have an Impact <\/strong>&#8211; The Harvard report, <em>Turning the Tide<\/em>, encourages applicants to demonstrate more meaningful contributions to others.\u00a0 How can you up your impact?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the Full Newsletter: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/September-2016-College-Counseling-Newsletter.pdf\">September 2016 College Counseling Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL TOPICS: The Rise in Test Optional Admissions &#8211; The list of colleges that DO NOT require SAT or ACT tests for admission continues to grow.\u00a0 Why is this and how might it impact how you apply? Majoring in English &#8211; The skills you gain by majoring in English are applicable to a wide variety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}