{"id":529,"date":"2019-10-04T09:25:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T16:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2019-10-04T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T16:25:17","slug":"october-2019-college-counseling-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/october-2019-college-counseling-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2019 College Counseling Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>ESSENTIAL<\/em><\/strong><strong> <em>TOPICS<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Rise of Test Optional Admissions <\/strong>&#8211; \u00a0Although many colleges have considered candidates for admission without standardized test results for years, there has been a recent increase in the number and selectivity of colleges offering test-optional admissions.\u00a0 Learn more about this growing movement and how it pertains to you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Majoring in Public Administration<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Students interested in careers in public service will find themselves well-positioned for anticipated openings by majoring in public administration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Early Decision\/Early Action and Their Effect on Financial Aid<\/strong> &#8211; \u00a0\u00a0 Although Early Decision can significantly increase your chance of admission at many colleges, there is a potential downside in ED for students who require financial aid to attend college.\u00a0 Read this to learn how ED\/EA admissions can affect your total cost of college.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why Are You Applying Here?<\/strong> &#8211; The popular &#8220;Why this college?&#8221; supplemental essay requires applicants to dive deeply into programs at that institution, thinking about the student&#8217;s interests, strengths and goals, and looking for how these mesh with those of the school.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fall Timeline for Juniors and Seniors <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a clip-and-save list of what you should be doing this fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Download the Full Newsletter:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admissionessentials-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/p\/pam\/EX-V7EL5laNIvCrJTjhouGwB6wjIzAJl8zm8qrKKDWnHbg?e=yhnozk\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL TOPICS: The Rise of Test Optional Admissions &#8211; \u00a0Although many colleges have considered candidates for admission without standardized test results for years, there has been a recent increase in the number and selectivity of colleges offering test-optional admissions.\u00a0 Learn more about this growing movement and how it pertains to you. \u00a0Majoring in Public Administration [&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\/529"}],"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=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}