{"id":589,"date":"2021-03-16T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T21:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?p=589"},"modified":"2021-03-16T14:58:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T21:58:13","slug":"march-2021-college-counseling-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/march-2021-college-counseling-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2021 College Counseling Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>ESSENTIAL<\/em> <em>TOPICS<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Handling Denials &#8211; How Parents Can Help<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Denials are inevitable in an atmosphere of\u00a0increasingly selective admissions; so,\u00a0how can      parents help ease the pain when their child is not chosen, for many      reasons relating to the college\u2019s priorities and needs? <\/li><li><strong>Majoring in the Fine Arts<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Students interested in the visual arts may      choose to pursue their passion either at a specialized art institute or as      an art major at a more comprehensive college. Learn how the      experience differs here. <\/li><li><strong>Appealing Financial Aid Awards<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0If your first-choice college offers everything you want but the price tag is making you waiver, don\u2019t give up hope. Instead, consider appealing to the college\u2019s financial aid office for more money.\u00a0Learn how here and access a new website that will help guide you through the process. <\/li><li><strong>Wallowing on the Waitlist\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Adding to all the trials of the COVID-19 experience, colleges this year are expected to offer a record-number of waitlist spots to prospective applicants. Should you opt in for consideration? Is there anything that would make it more likely to be admitted from the waitlist? <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the Full Newsletter:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admissionessentials-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/p\/pam\/EU8O4ZneJdNLvqfnZhq_SYEBhgM1wGJrguRYa9T1v-TIrQ?e=5Tp2Sc\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL TOPICS: Handling Denials &#8211; How Parents Can Help\u00a0&#8211; Denials are inevitable in an atmosphere of\u00a0increasingly selective admissions; so,\u00a0how can parents help ease the pain when their child is not chosen, for many reasons relating to the college\u2019s priorities and needs? Majoring in the Fine Arts\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Students interested in the visual arts may choose to pursue [&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\/589"}],"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=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}