Fall - 2016

Senior Workshop

Upcoming College Fairs:

• NACAC Visual & Performing Arts College Fair: San Diego Convention Center: Wed. Sept. 30, 7:00-9:00 pm. UCLA Ackerman Building: Sat. Oct. 24, 1:00-3:30 pm. • NACAC National College Fair: San Diego Convention Center: Sun. Oct. 4, 12:00-4:00 pm. • PUSD College Fair: Del Norte High School: Tues. Oct. 20, 6:00-8:30 pm.

Senior College Application Workshop Series:

• PAC – CSU Application Workshop:

Tuesday, October 6th – 8:00-9:00 am

• PAC – UC Application Workshop

Tuesday, October 13th – 8:00-9:00 am

• Library Computer Lab - Online Application Workshops:

Tuesdays: – 8:00-9:00 am, October 20 – November 17.

Dates: Oct. 20, Oct. 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 10, Nov. 17.

The Common Application = Your School Counselor!

Check Common Application

for specific requirements for each college:

1 Counselor Secondary School Report.

1 Counselor Letter of Recommendation (varies with college).

1-2 Teacher Evaluations + Letters of Recommendation.

Official Transcripts (2 steps: Naviance = Form to Registrar.)

Official Test Scores (sent directly from Collegeboard or ACT.)

Counselor Letter of Recommendation Packet =

Completed and

turned into your Counselor 4 weeks prior to first deadline:

(Forms can be found in the Document Library in

Naviance under College App. Forms)

Note: Please see your teachers for individual teacher requirements.

Letter of Recommendation Procedure: In the packet distributed in senior homerooms. Also available in the Document Library on Naviance and in the Nighthawk Center.

You must utilize your Naviance account to keep track of your college applications and request to have your documents sent. Check the homepage for specific instructions

All the necessary forms can be found in the Document Library on Naviance. The homepage will direct you to many useful pages, updates & links.

Required Counselor Packet for Letters of Recommendation

What is included?

• Hard copy signed FERPA Waiver! NOTHING will be sent without this form!

• College Information Sheet (Document Library). This list should match the list under “Colleges I am applying to” in Naviance. Include all colleges.

• Student/counselor questionnaire (“About Me” – Naviance).

• Parent Brag questionnaire (“About Me” – Naviance).

• Resume – Create or upload into Naviance.

• 3 Teacher input forms (Document Library).

• Order Transcripts: (Order in Naviance + Form to Registrar).

Colleges Tab You can sign up for college visits either through the homepage or under the “Colleges” View all upcoming college visits.

About Me Tab This is where you will find the required Student and Parent Questionnaires. You should also make a resume and update your test scores, including AP scores.

Under journal you can upload a resume, essays or other documents that you would like your counselor to view.

Lots and Lots of

Scholarships-

Apply,

Apply,

Apply!

LOG IN SCREEN

To find the full list of colleges, click here

LOG IN SCREEN

To find the full list of colleges, click here

Over 600 member

institutions on one application!

http://www.commonapp.org

Create and use an appropriate email just for college applications. This is the major form of communication for most colleges.

Students can give colleges permission to contact them. This election can be changed

at any time by going to Account settings.

MEET THE FOUR TABS

HELP IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE

Application instructions are here on the side throughout the whole application!

Clicking on the college will direct you to college specific information and application requirements.

Click “add” when you want to add a college to your dashboard.

Specific college information includes, deadlines, testing policies, application fees, required forms and recommendations, application fees and much more!

Dashboard: Provides a clear and convenient way to review deadlines and submission statuses for all the colleges to which you are applying! Note: This must match your Naviance Account.

Types of Decisions Early Decision (ED) Under Early Decision, students are permitted to apply early only to one college or university. If they are accepted, students are legally bound to attend that school (and are forbidden to apply to all other schools). Typically, Early Decision applications are due November 1.

Early Action (EA) Under Early Application or Early Action (also called multiple-choice early action), applications typically are due October 15, November 1-15, but may vary. Students are not required to commit to attending a particular college until May 1.

Restrictive Early Action (REA) - Single-Choice Early Action With Single-Choice Early Action, students are allowed to apply early to one college or university only (in other words, students are forbidden to apply to any other school using Early Applications or Early Decision applications). Typically, Single-Choice Early Action applications have due dates of between November 1 and 15.

Regular Admission Regular Admission applications are due to most colleges and universities between January 15 and February 1 (the University of California schools have a regular application deadlines of November 30). Each school’s Regular Application deadline should be noted and adhered to by student applicants.

Rolling Admission (Rolling Decision) Under Rolling Admission, there are no application deadlines; colleges accept applications and applicants throughout the year. Decisions to admit students are made on a case-by-case basis and students usually receive decision letters within 4 to 8 weeks.

Under the My Colleges Tab, each individual college has its own specific questions, deadlines and may also have additional writing supplements.

Details both the Application Fee and the number of Recommender Evaluations for individual colleges.

My Colleges Tab

College Specific Questions: Pay special attention to deadlines. Always verify on the college or university admissions website and look for terms of admission. Match the dates under “Colleges I am applying to in Naviance

Double check the college website for application dates and deadlines for major specific or merit based and other scholarship opportunities. Ex. USC

This is your opportunity to fill out college or university specific questions, such as major, living on or off campus, Decision Type, Legacy, Financial Aid, Short Answer.

College Specific Art Supplement

Some colleges give interested applicants the option to complete and submit an Art Supplement as part of their application. This is may be required through a service called SlideRoom.

Note: All dates are Eastern Time! That means 3 hours earlier! You will be referred to Naviance to request your recommenders! You must complete the Common App Matching in Naviance! (Blue Box)

You will request your teacher recommenders on Naviance under the Colleges Tab below “colleges I’m applying to”. Some colleges allow outside recommenders that may be linked directly to the Common Application.

Message: Your school is using Naviance eDocs.

You must complete the Education Section before the FERPA Release Authorization appears! Click on the Common App tab to begin working on the main part of the application.

FERPA To Waive or Not

To Waive? READ ON!

Also download a hard copy of the FERPA waiver from the Documents Library in Naviance and bring it to your counselor. No Letters of Recommendation will be released to colleges without it.

Sign and submit the FERPA WAIVER! Once this is done, it cannot be changed!

This information is important if you will be applying for Federal Financial Aid and is required if you will be filling out the FAFSA. This is also a good time to find out if the college requires the CSS Profile found on the Collegeboard website. Some colleges require it as a supplemental to the FAFSA. Check the college Financial Aid website or CSS Profile.

DNHS CEEB Code:054351

It is important to list ALL schools attended for any courses you have taken outside Del Norte High School. In most cases, official transcripts are required from all schools attended.

Report any colleges you attended, courses you took whether onsite or online and grades that you earned.

• Reported class size: 509

• Del Norte High School does not report rank.

• Use the weighted cumulative GPA

Common Application Senior Year Academic Course Listing

• List courses as trimesters in the order taken on the transcript. • List only senior courses. All senior courses are on the transcript

unless taken elsewhere. • Make sure to order an official transcript. • List AP courses as full year. • List pairs & singletons in the trimester that it is taken.

Example: 1 AP US Gov. & Politics 1, 2/ AP US Gov. Seminar Mark AP - Full year Example 2:

Concert Band 1/Wind Ensemble 1-2 Do not mark AP -Full Year

Example 3: AP Calculus AB 1, 2/ PreCalculus 2 Mark AP Full year

Example 4: Expository Reading & Writing 1 Do not mark AP Trimester 1 Court Sports PE Do not mark AP Trimester 2 Expository Reading & Writing 2 Do not mark AP Trimester 3

IMPORTANT

You only have 10 spots to list senior year courses, so list same courses together and mark as full year You must list all courses, academic and non-academic including Seminar classes, PE, Work Experience, T/A, etc.

List single courses in the trimester that is taken

Click Preview: The colleges and universities will be receiving your transcript and a school profile which explains that the courses earn semester credit.

List all tests taken and scores earned in SAT, SAT Subjects, ACT and AP exams. You MUST have your OFFICIAL scores sent directly from the testing agency either Collegeboard or ACT. Check ALL deadlines for test score submission.

There are only 10 spots for Activities, so you may have to group them together in a logical way by similar activities. For example: Did you complete some community service or participate in an activity as a member of a club? List it as part of the functions and duties under the club, rather than separately.

College Specific Writing Supplement

Some colleges require applicants to submit a Writing Supplement. A college’s Writing Supplement can only be submitted after your application materials have been submitted.

Write your essay in Word and then copy and paste it into the application. A word of caution: Look at your essay after you copy and paste. You may have to fix the formatting. USE SPELL CHECK and remember this essay goes to ALL schools so do not be school specific in your essay.

If you are in the situation that you must answer yes to either of these questions: Please specifically discuss the situation with your counselor

PDF of application

Once you have completed the FERPA Waiver on Common Application, you must “Match” your account with Naviance. This will sync the two systems.

Copy your Common Application email exactly and double check the birthday.

Your college list in Naviance must to match the same colleges listed in your Common Application. Make sure you list all the schools you are applying to and give the hard copy College Information Sheet to your counselor!

Click the “pencil” to edit and keep track of application dates, submissions and decisions.

You are required to keep your college information up to date. You can accomplish this by editing and adding to the specific criteria. Just click on the pencil in your list of colleges.

You must also add your teachers and counselor requests for letters of recommendation! The link is under your list of colleges.

Choose your teachers and counselor from the pull down menu. If your teacher is not in the list, see your counselor!

You can write your teacher a note of thanks when you send the invite, but be sure to ask them in person first!

Ordering Transcripts:

A two step process. 1. Order in

Naviance.

2. Download Transcript Request form. Bring to the Registrar.

You must order your transcript through Naviance, by clicking on the Transcript link. Only order those transcripts that you need at this time. Download the transcript request form, fill it out and bring it to the Registrar. This is the only way that your transcripts will be sent!

You can check the status of your transcripts or order new ones! But don’t forget to follow up with a hard copy form to Finance and the Registrar!

Transcript Delivery Methods

This icon means the student documents can be submitted electronically via Common Application.

This icon means the student documents can be submitted electronically and it is a college specific application.

This icon means that student has chosen to utilize the college specific application and not use the Common Application. (Some colleges allow students to choose which application they want to use.) Their documents can still be submitted electronically.

This icon means that the student documents must be mailed by US mail

Thank you for coming! If you have specific questions,

please see your counselor!

Senior Workshop