{"id":665,"date":"2023-04-05T09:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/?p=665"},"modified":"2023-04-05T09:55:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T16:55:59","slug":"april-2023-college-counseling-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/april-2023-college-counseling-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2023 College Counseling Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><em>ESSENTIAL TOPICS:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Qualities of STEM Applicants<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0In the face of the increasing demand for qualified graduates, competition for seats in STEM programs has become far more rigorous. In order to present a competitive application to a strong STEM program, students need to start preparing themselves as early as possible.\u00a0 These are the qualities admission officers are looking for.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Majoring in Communications Studies &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s #2 on Princeton Review\u2019s List of the Top Ten Most Popular College Majors &#8211; Communication Studies. Sounds interesting and marketable, but what is it, and more importantly, can it help you get a job?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appealing Financial Aid Awards &#8211; <\/strong>If your first choice college offers everything you want, but the price tag is daunting, don\u2019t give up hope; consider appealing the aid award.\u00a0Financial Aid Administrators can use their professional judgment to adjust the package presented.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dealing with Denial &#8211;<\/strong> Sometimes it\u2019s hard to move on to Plan B, but college applicants may need to deal with the reality of a denial letter from one of their top colleges.\u00a0 Here are some points to remember.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the Full Newsletter:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admissionessentials-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/p\/pam\/Ec0qPwakuhpHoKEBV_lO6skBdxA6GMK6goFJREhpZVUqrA?e=3VN9Ck\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL TOPICS: Qualities of STEM Applicants &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0In the face of the increasing demand for qualified graduates, competition for seats in STEM programs has become far more rigorous. In order to present a competitive application to a strong STEM program, students need to start preparing themselves as early as possible.\u00a0 These are the qualities admission officers [&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\/665"}],"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=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.admissionessentials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}