{"id":3016,"date":"2019-02-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2019-02-12T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:56:45","slug":"students-the-new-york-times-wants-to-publish-your-college-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/02\/18\/students-the-new-york-times-wants-to-publish-your-college-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Students: The New York Times Wants to Publish Your College Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3017\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3017\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NYT-essay-contest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NYT-essay-contest.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NYT-essay-contest-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Is your college application essay about money, work, social class, or another related topic?<\/p>\n<p>If so,\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0wants to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly anything goes: Tales of family fortunes gained or squandered, musings on the state of socioeconomic diversity in your community, summer jobs, start-ups, struggle and triumph,\u201d the paper writes in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/28\/your-money\/college-application-essay.html\">call for submissions<\/a>. \u201cLast year, one high school senior wrote about her experiences preparing other people\u2019s tax returns. In 2014, a teenage McDonald\u2019s employee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/10\/your-money\/four-stand-out-college-essays-about-money.html?module=inline\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0about his work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wants to send videos, Instagram, or Snapchat stories to supplement their essay is welcome to do so, but not including multimedia won\u2019t hurt your chances at publication.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submission is April 5.<\/p>\n<p>Read the top essays from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/10\/your-money\/four-stand-out-college-essays-about-money.html\">2013<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/10\/your-money\/four-stand-out-college-essays-about-money.html\">2014<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/23\/your-money\/essays-about-work-and-class-that-caught-a-colleges-eye.html\">2015<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/05\/12\/your-money\/student-college-essays-about-money.html\">2016,\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/12\/your-money\/2017-college-essays.html\">2017<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/11\/your-money\/college-essay-topic-money-social-class.html?module=inline\">2018<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/28\/your-money\/college-application-essay.html\">submit your own. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Ashley Dobson is NACAC\u2019s communications manager for content and social media. You can reach her at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:adobson@nacacnet.org\">adobson@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your college application essay about money, work, social class, or another related topic? 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