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WOOTTON HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS OF 2018

CLASS OF 2018COUNSELING GOOGLE CLASSROOM

• CLASS CODE: 5JSX7C

• WE ARE ASKING THAT ALL SENIORS JOIN OUR CLASSROOM

• BENEFITS:

• CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS

• HANDOUTS

• EMAILS

• CALENDAR OF EVENTS

• ARTICLES

Naviance Account for parents-please ensure that your email address is accurate on your students account.

HELP IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE• MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR COUNSELOR OR

MS. HITCHCOCK IN THE COLLEGE CAREER CENTER

• ATTEND COLLEGE WORKSHOPS IN THE COLLEGE CAREER CENTER

• ATTEND COLLEGE VISITS IN THE COLLEGE CAREER CENTER

• LOOK ON NAVIANCE AND COLLEGE WEBSITES FOR COLLEGE INFORMATION

WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT

SENIOR YEAR ACTION PLANAPPLICATION PROCESS

• ONLINE APPLICATIONS• COMMON APPLICATION• COALITION APPLICATION• SCHOOL’S INDIVIDUAL

APPLICATION• CHECK COLLEGE WEBSITE FOR

THEIR ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• MAKE A RESUME• REQUEST TRANSCRIPTS• REQUEST LETTERS OF

RECOMMENDATION• SEND SAT/ACT TEST SCORES

DIRECTLY TO COLLEGES

Miscellaneous

• Essay Workshops• Resume Workshops• Interview Workshops• College Visits• Parent Programs for Financial Aid

& Scholarships

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF COLLEGE MATERIALS &NAVIANCE E-DOCS• WOOTTON HIGH SCHOOL USES NAVIANCE E-DOCS TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS, COUNSELOR

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, AND TEACHER EVALUATIONS TO MOST COLLEGES.

• MOST COLLEGES INCLUDING ALL COMMON APPLICATION COLLEGES CAN RECEIVE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS.

• ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE AN ACTIVE NAVIANCE ACCOUNT. SEE YOUR COUNSELOR OR MS. HITCHCOCK IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT.

• MAKE SURE ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION IN NAVIANCE IS CORRECT (ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, BIRTHDAY). YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE YOUR LEGAL NAME ON ALL COLLEGE APPLICATION FORMS- NO NICKNAMES!

• MAKE SURE THE EMAIL ADDRESS LISTED IN NAVIANCE IS ONE YOU CHECK REGULARLY. YOU CAN UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN NAVIANCE UNDER ABOUT ME TAB/PROFILE.

A COMPLETE APPLICATION

Student sends:Application, fee, SAT/ACT scores, essay, activities,

supplementsStudent Requests:

Teacher recommendations, Transcripts

Counselor/

School sends:Transcript, Letter of Recommendation, Secondary School

Report Form, School Profile

Teacher sends:Letter of

Recommendation, Teacher Evaluation Form (if applicable)

COMMON APPLICATION & FERPA CONSENTEVERYONE NEEDS TO CREATE A COMMON APPLICATION USER ACCOUNT.

THE WEBSITE IS WWW.COMMONAPP.ORG

ON THE COMMON APPLICATION, YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FERPA WAIVER AND WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO SEE YOUR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.

IF YOU DO NOT WAIVE YOUR RIGHT, TEACHERS MAY NOT WRITE A LETTER FOR YOU. YOU CANNOT UNDO YOUR CHOICE.

THE FERPA WAIVER IS UNDER THE COLLEGES SECTION ON COMMON APP. WEBSITE. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE ENTIRE EDUCATION SECTION BEFORE COMPLETING AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE COLLEGE ADDED TO YOUR LIST.

FERPA SCREEN ON COMMON APPLICATION

FERPA WAIVER

MATCHING NAVIANCE & COMMON APPLICATION

oOn Naviance under Colleges That I’m Applying To oPut in email and birthdate that you use to log into the Common Application

HOW TO REQUEST TRANSCRIPTS ON NAVIANCE?

After matching your common application you will see Common Application Matching-Complete. Look under this box for“Request Transcripts”

REQUESTING TRANSCRIPTS

Select the appropriate decision type (Regular, Early Action, Early Decision etc).

Make sure to select the right college/university campus. Many school names are alike. It is the student’s responsibility to select the correct college.

Print out ‘the Colleges I am thinking about’ tab to assist with completing the decision type.

HOW ARE YOU APPLYING?If you see the symbol (?) Under SubmissionsYou MUST select How are you applying?

HOW ARE YOU SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION?

Choices are:• Via Common App• Direct to the institution • I’m not sure yet

If you are not sure, please come ask your counselor, Ms. Hitchcock or the registrar

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS WHEN APPLYING WHEN USING THE COALITION APPLICATION!

Students do not attach official documents. ALL students must check off the box below.

Students WILL NOT Manage Recommenders or Counselor Recommenders on Any College Application. This will all be done by using Naviance.

TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS• YOU MUST ASK TEACHERS IN PERSON IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO WRITE YOU A LETTER OF

RECOMMENDATION. MOST LIKELY, THIS HAPPENED IN JUNIOR YEAR.

• TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS CAN ONLY BE ADDED IN NAVIANCE AFTER COLLEGES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO YOUR LIST VIA TRANSCRIPT REQUEST.

• CLICK ON THE COLLEGES TAB IN NAVIANCE AND SELECT ‘COLLEGES I’M APPLYING TO’. SCROLL TO TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS, AND USE THE DROP DOWN BOX TO SELECT THE NAME OF THE TEACHER.

• A LIST OF THE SCHOOLS YOU HAVE REQUESTED TRANSCRIPTS FOR WILL APPEAR, AND WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR THAT SCHOOL.

• BE SURE TO SELECT THE CORRECT NAME OF THE TEACHER FOR THE COLLEGE THAT YOU WANT A LETTER FOR. IF THE COLLEGE WILL ONLY ACCEPT ONE LETTER YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO SELECT ONE TEACHER. FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED FOR EACH SCHOOL.

• IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE THAT YOU REQUEST YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WELL BEFORE THE COLLEGES’ DEADLINES TO GIVE YOUR TEACHERS ENOUGH TIME TO WRITE YOUR LETTER.

TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS CONT’D

Letters of Recommendations on Naviance

TEST SCORES•STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING THEIR

SAT/ACT/TOEFL AND SUBJECT TEST SCORES TO COLLEGES.

•GO TO WWW.COLLEGEBOARD.ORG, WWW.ACTSTUDENT.ORG

OR WWW.ETS.ORG TO SEND YOUR SCORES.

•MAKE SURE SCORES ARE SENT BEFORE DEADLINES. THIS CAN TAKE

UP TO 3-4 WEEKS EVEN ELECTRONICALLY.

TRACKING AND FOLLOW-UP• CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR APPLICATION MATERIALS ON THE INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE

WEBSITE.

• CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS ON NAVIANCE.

• MAKE SURE TO THANK YOUR TEACHERS/COUNSELOR FOR WRITING YOUR LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION. A HANDWRITTEN NOTE IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED

• DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO START WORKING ON APPLICATIONS.

• STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE SCHOOL COUNSELING WEBSITE, NAVIANCE AND GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS• SEPTEMBER 11-15 -COUNSELORS WILL BE MEETINGS WITH ALL

SENIORS DURING ENGLISH CLASS FOR NAVIANCE TRAINING.

• SEPTEMBER 22 & 23 – NO HOMEWORK WEEKEND• ESSAY HELP FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS

• INTERVIEW WORKSHOP

• FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS

• SEPTEMBER 25-FINANCIAL AID 101• HOW TO COMPLETE THE FAFSA

• CSS FINANCIAL PROFILE (COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP SERVICE PROFILE)

• SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION.

THE REALITY OF IT ALL“SO REMEMBER, THE LETTERS YOU GET OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS DON’T DETERMINE ANYTHING. PICKING A COLLEGE IS LIKE PICKING A SPOUSE. YOU DON’T PICK THE ‘TOP RANKED’ ONE, BECAUSE THAT HAS NO MEANING. YOU PICK THE ONE WITH THE PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER THAT COMPLEMENTS YOUR OWN.”

“STRESSED FOR SUCCESS?”NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 2016