{"id":625,"date":"2022-02-09T21:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T05:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?p=625"},"modified":"2022-02-09T21:30:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T05:30:57","slug":"february-2022-college-counseling-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/february-2022-college-counseling-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2022 College Counseling Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><em>ESSENTIAL TOPICS:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Making a Great College Match<\/strong> &#8211; Just like in romantic relationships, there\u2019s more than one potential match out there if you remain open to possibilities. There\u2019s no perfect person or college. But there are some very good schools (and people) that offer opportunities for growth and satisfaction.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus on Majors &#8211; Film Studies<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0If you aspire to expose the world\u2019s ills through documentaries, have visions of fame, fortune and financial reward, or simply long to get paid for watching movies, Film Studies may be the major of your dreams.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consider Your Return on Investment<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0There are so many moving parts to a student\u2019s search for the \u2018right\u2019 college \u2013 location, academic options, student services, clubs and organizations, career preparations \u2013 but none of them matters if a family is unable to afford that wonderful education.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Should You Take AP Tests?<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0At some schools, students enrolled in AP classes are required to take the AP exam, but even so, it makes sense to take it. You may do better than you think, and after working hard in an AP class all year, why miss out on the opportunity to receive college credit? Consider these additional reasons for taking the tests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the Full Newsletter:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admissionessentials-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/p\/pam\/EW-C5NkT6P9EpBVdr38Ev4gB0s9xWt95TylwGPcgcapWKw?e=QbDJoC\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL TOPICS: Making a Great College Match &#8211; Just like in romantic relationships, there\u2019s more than one potential match out there if you remain open to possibilities. There\u2019s no perfect person or college. But there are some very good schools (and people) that offer opportunities for growth and satisfaction.\u00a0 Focus on Majors &#8211; Film Studies [&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\/625"}],"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=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}