{"id":555,"date":"2020-05-18T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T19:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2020-05-18T12:28:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T19:28:06","slug":"may-2020-college-counseling-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/may-2020-college-counseling-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2020 College Counseling Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>ESSENTIAL<\/em><\/strong><strong> <em>TOPICS<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Choosing a Gap Year<\/strong> &#8211; With the uncertainty surrounding the reopening of colleges in the fall of 2020, a greater number of students than usual are contemplating taking a gap year. Read here about the pros and cons of taking a gap year and the process needed to do this.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Majoring in Biotechnology <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Because biotechnology is used in many fields and because the job market for it is projected to grow, biotechnology is a strong subject to major in.\u00a0 Learn here about the courses you&#8217;ll take, the skills you&#8217;ll learn, and the careers to which these may be applied.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paying Your Child&#8217;s College Bill<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0A few months before your child starts college, you\u2019ll receive a bill from the college for your child\u2019s first semester (or quarter) expenses. Here are some options to meet these expenses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Virtual Summer Programs<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Unfortunately, Covid-19 has led to the closing of nearly all of the campus-based summer programs for high school students.\u00a0 So, what can you do with your summer now?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the Full Newsletter:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admissionessentials-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/p\/pam\/ETdf9CxAkNNLstcSanTEkGMBzbt_B0CJQVsJ3hNlijKW5w?e=O4SWtX\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL TOPICS: Choosing a Gap Year &#8211; With the uncertainty surrounding the reopening of colleges in the fall of 2020, a greater number of students than usual are contemplating taking a gap year. Read here about the pros and cons of taking a gap year and the process needed to do this. Majoring in Biotechnology [&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\/555"}],"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=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}