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College Application Workshop

College Application Workshop. September 8, 2014. Terms to Know. Deadlines Early Action - nonbinding Early Decision - binding Rolling Academic Letter of Recommendation Confidentiality Waiver (FERPA) Packets Secondary School Report (SSR) Teacher Report Mid-year Report.

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College Application Workshop

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  1. College Application Workshop September 8, 2014

  2. Terms to Know • Deadlines • Early Action - nonbinding • Early Decision - binding • Rolling • Academic Letter of Recommendation • Confidentiality Waiver (FERPA) • Packets • Secondary School Report (SSR) • Teacher Report • Mid-year Report

  3. What Colleges Want * Packets are needed only if you are applying to schools that require letters of recommendations.

  4. Utilizing Naviance Update all your information! This is what will appear on your Common App forms.

  5. Have you … • Made a Common App account? • Did you write down your password somewhere? • Have you added colleges on Common App and in Naviance (under “Colleges I am applying to)? • Are you doing Early Decision? (Under “My Colleges>Questions” on Common App) Both your parents and your counselor need to sign off on that!

  6. Did you complete your Profile and Education information under the “Common App” tab? Graduation date: 6/4/2015 Counselor’s title: Guidance counselor Counselor Name: Loan Hong Jon Pratt Mary Carol Bernal Counselor email: lly@cuhsd.org jpratt@cuhsd.org mbernal@cuhsd.org Counselor #: (408) 626-3407 Graduating class size: 357

  7. Have you … • Completed the FERPA waiver?

  8. About recommendations Not sure about adding another recommender? Ask us first! Did you already ask one/two teachers? Do NOT assign teachers inside Common App. Your counselor MUST manually input them into your Naviance account.

  9. SAT/ACT Score Reporting • It is the students responsibility to report their scores to the colleges. • You get 4 free reports at the time of registration. • You can send SAT scores to all the CSU’s with one code: 3594 • The colleges will use the best scores, so do not hesitate to send all scores.

  10. Financial Aid/Scholarships • Complete BHS Scholarship App • Apply for financial aid • Apply • FASFA (start in Jan. 2015) • Cal-Grant (start in Jan. 2015) • CSS Profile • BHS Scholarship Application – coming soon • Outside scholarships

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