{"id":4134,"date":"2020-02-13T14:17:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T19:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2020-02-13T14:17:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T19:17:24","slug":"survey-colleges-consider-student-character-traits-in-admission-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/02\/13\/survey-colleges-consider-student-character-traits-in-admission-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Colleges Consider Student Character Traits in Admission Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4135\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/character.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4135\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/character.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/character.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/character-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Character counts when it comes to college admission, according to new data from the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the Character Collaborative.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent national survey, 70 percent of admission officers said a student\u2019s character attributes were either \u201cconsiderably\u201d or \u201cmoderately\u201d important in the selection process at their respective institutions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The findings, along with data showing that more than half of US secondary schools have formal character development programs, are included in a new NACAC research brief \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/Research\/character-and-the-college-admission-process\/\"><em>Character and the College Admission Process<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur data makes it abundantly clear: College admission professionals recognize the value of empathy, resilience, honesty, and other attributes in assessing applicants and shaping their classes,\u201d NACAC CEO Joyce Smith said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/press-releases\/survey-colleges-consider-student-character-traits-in-admission-decisions\/\">press release<\/a>. \u201cWhile further research is needed to more thoroughly explore the various ways colleges gauge a student\u2019s character, we now know such factors commonly play a role in admission decisions. And we also know that secondary schools are taking steps to foster positive character traits among the students they serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/celebrate-national-school-counseling-week-2\/mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Character counts when it comes to college admission, according to new data from the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the Character Collaborative. In a recent national survey, 70 percent of admission officers said a student\u2019s character attributes were either \u201cconsiderably\u201d or \u201cmoderately\u201d important in the selection process at their respective institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[460],"class_list":["post-4134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","tag-character"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-14G","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}