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BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT WOOTTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2018

CLASS OF 2018 COUNSE LING GOOGLE CLASSROOM

• CLASS CODE

: 5JSX7C

• WE

ARE ASKING THAT ALL SE NIORS JOIN OUR CLASSROOM

• BE

NE FITS:

• CLASSROOM PRE

SE NTATIONS

• HANDOUTS
• E

MAILS

• CALE

NDAR OF E VE NTS

• ARTICLE

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

HE LP IS AL HE LP IS ALWAYS A YS AVAIL AILABLE ABLE

• 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

WHA WHAT NE E DS TO HAPPE N NE XT T NE E DS TO HAPPE N NE XT

SE NIOR YE AR ACTION PL SE NIOR YE AR ACTION PLAN AN

APPLICATION PROCESS

• ONLINE APPLICA

ONLINE APPLICATIONS IONS

• COMMON APPLICA

COMMON APPLICATION ION

• CO

COALITION APPLICA ALITION APPLICATION ION

• SCHOOL

SCHOOL’S INDIVIDU ’S INDIVIDUAL AL APPLICA APPLICATION ION

• CHECK COLLEGE

CHECK COLLEGE WEBSITE WEBSITE FOR FOR THEIR ADMISSION THEIR ADMISSION REQ REQUIREMENT IREMENTS

• MAKE A RESUME

MAKE A RESUME

• REQ

REQUEST TRANSCRIPT EST TRANSCRIPTS

• REQ

REQUEST LET EST LETTERS OF ERS OF RECOMMENDA RECOMMENDATION ION

• SEND SA

SEND SAT/A T/ACT T TEST SCORES TEST SCORES DIRECTL DIRECTLY T TO COLLEGES COLLEGES Miscellaneous scellaneous

• Essay W

Essay Workshops shops

• Resume W

sume Workshops shops

• In

Interview W Workshops

• College V

College Visits sits

• Parent P

nt Programs for F

• grams for Financial

nancial Aid Aid & Scholarships & Scholarships

E LE CTRONIC SUBMISSIONOF COLLE GE MATE RIALS & 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 COMPLE TE APPLICATION

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

Student 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 & FE RPA CONSE NT

EVERYONE 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.

FE RPA SCRE E N ON COMMON APPLICATION

FE RPA WAIVE R

MATCHING NAVIANCE& COMMON APPLICATION

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

HOW TO RE QUE ST TRANSCRIPTS ON NAVIANCE ?

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

RE QUE STING TRANSCRIPTS

Select the appropriate decision type (Regular, E arly Action, E arly 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 APPL YING?

If you see the symbol (?) Under Submissions Y

• u 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

• r the registrar

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS WHE N APPL YING WHE N USING THE COALITION APPLICATION!

Students do not attach official

• documents. ALL students must check
• ff the box below.

Students WILL NOT Manage Recommenders or Counselor Recommenders on Any College

• Application. This will all be done by

using Naviance.

TE ACHE R RE COMME NDATIONS

• 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.

TE ACHE R RE COMME NDATIONS CONT’D

Letters of Recommendations on Naviance

TE ST SCORE S

• STUDE

NTS ARE RE SPONSIBLE FOR SE NDING THE IR SAT/ ACT/ TOE FL AND SUBJE CT TE ST SCORE S TO COLLE GE S.

• GO TO WWW.COLLE

GE BOARD.ORG, WWW.ACTSTUDE NT .ORG OR WWW.E TS.ORG TO SE ND YOUR SCORE S.

• MAKE

SURE SCORE S ARE SE NT BE FORE DE ADLINE

• S. THIS CAN TAKE

UP TO 3-4 WE E KS E VE N E LE CTRONICALL Y .

TRACKING AND FOLLOW-UP

• CHE

CK THE STATUS OF YOUR APPLICATION MATE RIALS ON THE INDIVIDUALCOLLE GE WE BSITE .

• CHE

CK THE STATUS OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS ON NAVIANCE .

• MAKE

SURE TO THANK YOUR TE ACHE RS/ COUNSE LOR FOR WRITING YOUR LE TTE R OF RE COMME

• NDATION. A HANDWRITTE

N NOTE IS ALWAYS APPRE CIATE D 

• DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE

LAST MINUTE TO START WORKING ON APPLICATIONS.

• STE

P-BY-STE P DIRE CTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE SCHOOL COUNSE LING WE BSITE , NAVIANCEAND GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

UPCOMING DATE S AND E VE NTS

• 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 RE ALITY 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