College Application Workshop

1. College Application Workshop THS Counseling Department September 13, 2018

2. THS Counseling Department Counselors: • Caitlin Foran A-C • Jim Shea D-J • Michelle Grady K-Rie • Lanham Miller Rig-Z Counseling Secretary: Cherie Richards 860-870-6836

3. Goals of this workshop: • Clarify what the student and counselor roles are in the application process. • Explain the THS process for submitting application materials. • Encourage communication. • Briefly overview related topics.

4. Where to find Naviance Student and the Common App

5. Counselor and Student September 11, 2018: • Students met in large groups with their counselor during advisory to review the application process. • Students were given a yellow transcript request form and asked to return it with a parent signature. In Progress: • Individual Planning Sessions with Students – what will be reviewed is specific to where a student is in their planning.

6. Financial Aid • FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP • OCTOBER 18, 2018 • 7:00 pm THS Auditorium • Financial Aid deadlines are different from application deadlines. • FAFSA – opens October 1, 2018 • CCS Profile available from College Board

7. SCHOLARSHIPS • Naviance Student – list is updated frequently – list grows significantly after the new year. • Other resources • Tolland High School Scholarship Fund

8. Scholarships on Naviance Student

9. COLLEGE REP VISITS • View and sign up on Naviance Student • Daily Announcements

10. Scroll down on college screen to see college visits.

11. DEADLINES • EARLY DECISION – note there are additional parts of the common app that need to be completed if applying ED • EARLY ACTION • REGULAR DECISION • PRIORITY deadline ( for ex. UCONN Dec 1 priority deadline) • ROLLING • DO NOT RELY ON DEADLINE DATES POSTED ON NAVIANCE STUDENT- CHECK THE SCHOOL’S WEBSITE!

12. TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS • Student needs to ask teacher in person first. • Student should provide whatever information teacher requests (resume, questionnaire, etc) in addition to deadlines. • Students must add teachers on Naviance Student. If teachers are not added, they will be unable to upload to the student account!!!!! • Encourage student to THANK their recommender and keep them posted with decisions!!

13. Requesting Teacher Recommendations on Naviance Student

14. Requesting Teacher Recommendations **Note – Many schools have limits as to how many recommendations they will accept. This number is posted on the Common App.

15. 3 parts to most college applications

16. APPLICATION • Applications are found online. They are either available through the school’s website or the school uses the Common Application. • The application, associated application fee, essays, etc. all need to be completed by the student. • Encourage your student to use a computer and not a mobile device. • Encourage your student to allow an adult to review their application and essay(s).

17. COMMON APPLICATION

18. Dashboard

19. My Colleges

20. The Application

21. Matching Common Application and Naviance Student • The student’s Naviance Student Account and Common App account must be “MATCHED” so that they are electronically linked. Without this matching, counselors are unable to send any materials for Common App schools. To Match Accounts

22. A student will be unable to match accounts until the FERPA waiver has been completed on the Common App.

23. STANDARDIZED TESTING • All Standardized Test Scores ( SAT, SAT Subject Tests, AP Tests, ACT) must be sent directly to the College/University from the TESTING AGENCY! THS DOES NOT SEND SCORES!! • Keep this in mind for meeting deadlines and when budgeting for fees. • If applying TEST OPTIONAL, do NOT have test scores sent.

24. MATERIALS SENT BY COUNSELOR • The following materials are sent by the counselor via Naviance using the edoc system. • Transcript • School Profile • Student Schedule • TeacherRecommendations and if applicable Common App Teacher recommendation forms • If applicable, Counselor Recommendation and Common Application counselor recommendation form • Common App School Report Form • If requested, 1st quarter grades • If requested, midyear report and midyear transcript

25. TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM

26. TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM NOW: Students need to return a signed transcript request form to the counseling office. We log into the computer that we are authorized to send transcripts, etc. We keep the form until students are ready to send out application materials. LATER: Students come to the counseling office to obtain their yellow form and add schools for which materials need to be sent within 10 days. ( ex. Dec. 1 deadline – student should complete form for that school by approx. Nov.15) **The counseling department does not guarantee that materials will be sent to meet the deadline unless we are given a 10 school day notice.**

27. Signed Yellow Transcript Form

28. 1st Quarter and Midyear Grades

29. Once application materials have been submitted… • PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST SCHOOLS HAVE A MINIMUM OF 2 WEEKS PROCESSING TIME ONCE MATERIALS ARE RECEIVED THEREFORE STUDENTS MAY RECEIVE MULTIPLE AUTOMATED NOTIFICATIONS OF MISSING MATERIALS.

30. 3 parts to most college applications

31. THS Counseling Department Counselors: • Caitlin Foran A-C • Jim Shea D-J • Michelle Grady K-Rie • Lanham Miller Rig - Z Counseling Secretary: Cherie Richards 860-870-6836

32. Please complete workshop evaluation!!