River Hill HIGH SCHOOL

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AUGUST 27, 2015 

(H-N) Mrs. Coe

(A-G) Mrs. Fairley

(O-Z) Dr. Saunders

AAM Mr. Lauer

Administrative Team Mrs. McKinley

Principal

Student ServicesA-Da - Mr. Ives De-J - Mrs. BabeK-M - Mrs. PizzoN-Sm - Mr. VangeliSn-Z - Mr. Krouse ESOL - Mrs. Miller

Students show HAWK PRIDE every day in every way!

❑ Punctuality❑ Respect❑ Integrity❑ Determination❑ Excellence

Student Responsibilities and Behavior

Student and Parent Handbook, 2015-16●HCPSS Policies ●Student Code of Conduct●Safe Schools●Family Involvement

GOALS OF EVENING

• To provide a clear understanding of how to request a recommendation from your teacher and how to request a transcript/letter of recommendation from Student Services.

• To provide an overview of how to use the Common App and other electronic applications.

• To provide strategies and input on the admissions process.

• To understand how Naviance can help students with the college application process.

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• Web based service designed especially for students and parents.

• Comprehensive website that you and your child can use to help in making decisions about courses, colleges, and careers.

• Linked with Naviance Succeed, a service that we use in our office to track and analyze data about college and career plans, so it provides up-to-date information that is specific to River Hill.

Naviance Family Connectionconnection.naviance.com/riverhillhigh

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View guidance news bulletins View college visits and sign up Create a résumé Complete a college search Complete a career search Develop a prospective college list Provide access to scholarship search engines; over a hundred national scholarships are available Maintain journal entries Game Plan Survey Complete school developed surveys Compare colleges Links to selected third party resources (i.e. College Board, Financial Aid, NCAA, Careers, College searches, etc.)Track deadlines View scattergrams

WHAT CAN STUDENTS AND PARENTS DO USING FAMILY CONNECTION?

REQUESTING TRANSCRIPTS, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

THE COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT PROCESS

1. SUBMIT WAIVER OF RIGHTS FORM

2. SUBMIT TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM

3. MATCH COMMON APP AND NAVIANCE

Student Services PART

Waiver of Rights:

This form must be completed

once by all students wishing to send letters of recommendation

to college. Complete and

return to Student Services before

you invite teachers on Naviance!

TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM

Submit Transcript Request Form

The Transcript request form must be submitted 20 school days prior to your FIRST college deadline.

The deadline is October 1st

for the November 1 deadline!

Transcript Request Form

Return to Student Services with $4

per transcrip

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ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: WHAT GETS SENT?

A certified copy of your high school transcript which includes your current schedule

River Hill High School ProfileLetter of recommendation from counselor (if

requested)

Note: 1. Official transcripts CANNOT be released until after the

first week of October. 2. Midterm grade reports will be sent for all students to

all schools included on your transcript request form.

ALL TRANSCRIPTS, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNSELORS AND

TEACHERS WILL BE SENT THROUGH NAVIANCE

1. PERSONALLY ASK TEACHERS (SPRING)

2. COMPLETE TEACHER INPUT FORM (SPRING)

3. REQUEST TEACHER ON NAVIANCE (SPRING)

4. SUBMIT TEACHER REQUEST FORM (HARD COPY) TO TEACHER

5. WRITE A THANK YOU NOTE!

TEACHER PART

Personally Ask Two Teachers to Write your Letter of

Recommendation (Spring Junior Year)

ASK TEACHERS FOR LETTERS

**It is imperative that you ask the teachers face to face or send them an email requesting this.

When the teachers agree to write your letter,

complete the teacher information form. (Spring

Junior Year)

TEACHER INFORMATION FORM

TEACHER REQUEST ON NAVIANCE

Request Teachers on Naviance

(Spring Junior Year)

INVITING TEACHERS

ON NAVIANCE

Colleges tab

Colleges I’m Applying To

Under “Teacher Recommendations” click in “add/cancel requests”

Use the drop down menu to select teacher(s)

Click “Update Requests” button to finalize requests

TEACHER REQUEST FORM

Submit Teacher Request Form

The Teacher request form must be submitted 20 school days prior to your FIRST college deadline.

The deadline is October 1st

for the November 1 deadline!

Complete &

return to each of your

teachers

SUGGESTIONS FROM TEACHERS

Be sure you are including what you want written in the recommendation in your teacher input form. This is your opportunity to diversify your application.

Be thoughtful of who you are asking to write your recommendation.

A thank you note is appreciated.Let the teachers know where you got

accepted!

Parents are asked to complete the parent input form to help

counselors write the letter of

recommendation. (Spring Junior Year)

PARENT PART

OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER

1. COMMON APPLICATION2. MATCHING NAVIANCE WITH COMMON

APP3. SAT/ACT4. MAKING A LIST5. USING NAVIANCE6. UPCOMING DATES

COMMON APPLICATION

Create a Common App Account

Common Application can be used to apply to over 600

Universities.

MATCH YOUR COMMON APP-NAVIANCE

“Match” your Common App

account and your Naviance account

Matching Common App & Naviance

REGISTER AND STUDY FOR THE SAT/ACT

Register for October 3rd SAT

Deadline: September 3rd

Register for October 24th ACT Deadline:

September 18th

CREATING A LIST

1-2 Reach schools• A school where you fall below the average GPA and

SAT Scores.

3-5 50/50 schools• Schools that you meet the GPA and SAT averages.

1-2 Safe Schools• Schools where you are clearly above the average

GPA and SAT’s.

BE OPEN MINDED AND REALISTICA SAFE SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE FINANCIALLY SAFE AS WELL

NAVIANCE CAN HELP YOU CREATE A LIST

ADMISSION DECISIONS

Early Decision: Early deadline, early response, BINDING

Early Action Early deadline, early response, NON-BINDING

Priority Deadline Students apply by an earlier deadline, and receive priority over students who do not meet the deadline. Decisions are usually given by January 31

Rolling Admissions Students are accepted/denied as applications are received

Regular Admission Apply by regular deadline (usually Jan 15) and hear a response by April 1

UPCOMING DATES

September 3: SAT Deadline for October SAT.October 1: Deadline to request teacher

recommendations for November 1 college deadline.

October 1: Deadline to request counselor recommendations for November 1 college deadline.

November 1: Deadline for UMCP, UMBC, JMU, and most early action decisions.

December 1: Deadlines for Delaware, Towson

January/February 2015: Complete FAFSA Form.Nov - April 2015: Receive Decisions from Colleges.May 1, 2015: Make Final Decision on School

Attending

FAFSA = Free Application for Federal Student Aid - www.fafsa.ed.gov

First step in the financial aid process.Use to apply for federal student aid, such as

grants, loans and work-study. Allows students and their parents to borrow money

to help pay for college. Usually have low interest rates and offer attractive

repayment terms, benefits and options.Generally, repayment of a federal loan does not

begin until after the student leaves school.Can be used to pay school expenses such as tuition

and fees, room and board, books, supplies and transportation.

FAFSA = Free Application for Federal Student Aid - www.fafsa.ed.gov

Federal Deadline - Online applications must be submitted by midnight Central Daylight Time, June 30, 2016. Any corrections or updates must be submitted by midnight Central Daylight Time, September 15, 2016.

State Deadline (Maryland) – Must be received by midnight March 1, 2016.

College Deadline - Each college may have a different deadline.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

1. Visit your prospective campuses. (Again.)2. Make the most of your choice. 3. If money is an issue, see your counselor. There

are lots of ways to access college and many scholarship and grant programs available.

4. “Don’t forget what you do in college is much more important than where you go to college.” -- Philip A. Ballinger, director of undergraduate admissions, University of Washington, Seattle

HELPFUL HINTS

Colleges look at your applications as a whole package.o Use different parts of application to highlight different

parts of yourself, ie teacher rec, counselor rec, personal essay, short answers

Meet all deadlines.Utilize all your resources.

• Counselors, teachers, parents, friends, workshops at school, admissions counselors, financial aid counselors

Be realistic when making your list.Check the Naviance website for scholarships,

college information.