{"id":272,"date":"2012-09-23T17:45:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T17:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/?p=272"},"modified":"2012-06-12T04:49:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T04:49:09","slug":"extracurriculars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/extracurriculars\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracurriculars"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>As you approach your studies and extracurricular activities during your high school years, think about how the following can apply to you. My hope is that you will be better situated to identify and master your PASSION.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>So what exactly do I mean when I say, \u201cIdentify your PASSION\u201d?<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>P<\/strong><strong>ersevere.<\/strong> Be willing to stick to something and make it work. No one said it would be easy.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>A<\/strong><strong>pply<\/strong> yourself. If you are not willing to give a 100% effort, do not waste anyone\u2019s time.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>S<\/strong><strong>incerity<\/strong>. Be honest and be yourself (especially when you are writing your essay).<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>S<\/strong><strong>hine<\/strong>. As Nelson Mandela said in his inauguration speech and Marianne Williamson wrote, \u201cHave the courage to shine.\u201d Take a chance on fulfilling your dreams and tune out the haters.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>I<\/strong><strong>nstincts<\/strong>. Listen to your instincts and your gut. You will know where <em>you<\/em> want to attend college.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>O<\/strong><strong>rganize <\/strong>your materials needed for admission, so you meet every application deadline.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>N<\/strong><strong>ow<\/strong>. Do something sooner rather than later to prepare yourself for college and the admissions process. If you don\u2019t know what that is, ASK SOMEONE (that counts as a step), then take action.<\/address>\n<figure id=\"attachment_273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=273\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273\" title=\"college admissions tips\" src=\"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/castlementptpa11016.jpg\" alt=\"college admissions tips and secrets\" width=\"90\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Get into college<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you approach your studies and extracurricular activities during your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[22,18,20,24,23,25],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collegeadmissionstips","tag-college-admission-essay","tag-college-admissions-tips","tag-get-into-college","tag-personal-statement","tag-university-requirements","tag-yale-university","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keaproductionsdv.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}