{"id":696,"date":"2017-04-05T08:32:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=696"},"modified":"2017-04-05T08:39:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:39:37","slug":"students-share-your-college-essay-with-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/05\/students-share-your-college-essay-with-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Students: Share Your College Essay with The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-697\" style=\"width: 851px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-697 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/essay.jpg\" alt=\"iStock\" width=\"851\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/essay.jpg 851w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/essay-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/essay-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-697\" 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, <em>The New York Times<\/em> wants to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo topic is too weighty and no stunt too flighty or approach too light for our taste, as long as the essay has at least something to do with money,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/03\/15\/your-money\/2017-student-essay-callout.html\">the paper notes in its call for submissions<\/a>. \u201cIn the past people have written about their own jobs or their parents\u2019 work (or lack thereof), what it\u2019s like to be poor, what it\u2019s like to be rich and what it\u2019s like to work at McDonald\u2019s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In each of the last four\u00a0years, the paper has published essays penned by incoming college freshmen.<\/p>\n<p>New this year?\u00a0Anyone who wants to send videos, Instagram, or Snapchat stories is welcome to do so, according to the contest rules.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submission is April 21.<\/p>\n<p>Read the top essays from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/10\/your-money\/four-stand-out-college-essays-about-money.html\">2013<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/10\/your-money\/four-stand-out-college-essays-about-money.html\">2014<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/23\/your-money\/essays-about-work-and-class-that-caught-a-colleges-eye.html\">2015<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/05\/12\/your-money\/student-college-essays-about-money.html\">2016 <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/03\/15\/your-money\/2017-student-essay-callout.html\">submit your own<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at <a href=\"mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@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? If so, The New York Times wants to hear from you. \u201cNo topic is too weighty and no stunt too flighty or approach too light for our taste, as long as the essay has at least something to do with money,\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/05\/students-share-your-college-essay-with-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Students: Share Your College Essay with The New York Times<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission"],"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_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-be","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","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=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}