{"id":462,"date":"2018-11-30T10:29:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T18:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2018-11-30T10:29:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T18:29:59","slug":"december-2018-college-counseling-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/december-2018-college-counseling-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2018 College Counseling Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>ESSENTIAL<\/em><\/strong><strong> <em>TOPICS<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Majors, Minors and Concentrations<\/strong> &#8211; Your guide to understanding the meaning of these terms, how they differ, and how to make your choices work for you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Majoring in Criminology<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Criminology is the study of the attributes of crime, how and why it happens, why people commit them, the behavior of these people, and the nature of the criminal-justice system. If you&#8217;re fascinated by shows like <em>NCIS<\/em> and <em>Criminal<\/em> <em>Minds<\/em>, this may be the major for you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Searching for Scholarships<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0You don\u2019t have to pay anyone to search for a scholarship for you, but it does require legwork and dedication on your part. Start here.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understanding and Using your PSAT Report<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Although your scores on these tests are not reported to colleges, the results can help you better understand your academic strengths and weaknesses and suggest the skills you should focus on in preparing for college entrance exams such as the SAT and ACT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Download the Full Newsletter:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/December-2018-College-Counseling-Newsletter.pdf\">December 2018 College Counseling Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL TOPICS: Majors, Minors and Concentrations &#8211; Your guide to understanding the meaning of these terms, how they differ, and how to make your choices work for you. Majoring in Criminology &#8211;\u00a0Criminology is the study of the attributes of crime, how and why it happens, why people commit them, the behavior of these people, and [&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\/462"}],"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=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}