{"id":423,"date":"2018-02-28T08:59:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?p=423"},"modified":"2018-02-28T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:59:11","slug":"march-2018-college-counseling-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/march-2018-college-counseling-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2018 College Counseling Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>ESSENTIAL<\/em><\/strong><strong> <em>TOPICS<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lessons Learned by Parents about Campus Visits<\/strong> &#8211; Some sage advice from parents who have &#8220;been there, done that&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dual Degrees: 3-2 Engineering Programs<\/strong> &#8211; For students not sure that they want to become engineers or those who wish to explore more of the liberal arts,\u00a0a combined 3-2 program offers students the best of both worlds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Most Generous Colleges <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 Students who are thoughtful and wisely apply to colleges that really fit their profile, and where they fit the colleges\u2019 interests, may be pleasantly surprised by financial support offers heading their way through \u2018Merit-based\u2019 aid.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximizing Your Summer Break<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Summer provides the best opportunity for future college applicants to separate themselves from the pack.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wallowing on the Waitlist <\/strong>&#8211; Nationally, only about 20% of waitlisted students are admitted each year.\u00a0 If you really want to be among those who are, you need to be proactive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the Full Newsletter:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/March-2018-College-Counseling-Newsletter.pdf\">March 2018 College Counseling Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL TOPICS: Lessons Learned by Parents about Campus Visits &#8211; Some sage advice from parents who have &#8220;been there, done that&#8221;. Dual Degrees: 3-2 Engineering Programs &#8211; For students not sure that they want to become engineers or those who wish to explore more of the liberal arts,\u00a0a combined 3-2 program offers students the best [&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\/423"}],"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=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}