Class of 2017 Senior Meeting Pickerington High School North Agenda - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Class of 2017 Senior Meeting Pickerington High School North

Agenda Today’s goal: • – Students will be able to identify barriers to high school graduation. – Students will be able to know how to successfully identify a college of choice using the Naviance software. – Students will be able to know how to successfully apply for a college of choice using the Naviance and Common App program. Agenda: • – Credit Check – Announcements – Naviance Review – Letters of Recommendation

Graduation Requirements / Credit Checks English : 4 credits • Math : 4 credits, one must be Algebra 2 • Science : 3 credits, one must be a physical science (integrated science) & • one must be life science (biology). Social Studies : 3 credits which must include World History, American • History, Economics, Principles of Democracy Fine Arts: 1 credit • Health: .50 credit • Physical Education: .50 credit (ea. PE class is only worth .25 credit) • Electives : 4 credits •

Credit Check • Review your transcript check off each class. • Contact your counselor if you are missing a graduation requirement.

Announcements • Double-Check high school transcript. • Fairfield County College Fair. Thursday, September 29, 2016 6:00-8:00 pm @ OU-L • ACT Deadline for Oct. test registration: Sept. 16th. ACT deadline for the Dec. 10 th test is Nov. 4 th . • AP Test fees $93 per AP exam. PLAN AHEAD! Due in early April, reflected on your student fees.

Naviance Review Check to see if you can access your Naviance Log-in • Create or update your Common Application www.commonapp.org. (optional) • Sync Common App with Naviance • Adding Colleges to Naviance • Identify Prospective Colleges • Complete College Applications • ACT/SAT Scores • Transcripts • School Counselor Recommendations and Forms • Teacher Recommendations •

Naviance Log-In Login Information Username: First name and Last name. All one word. Ex. RobertSmith Password: Your student id number. (also serves as your lunch code) • Trouble logging in? Put a space between your first and last name or underscore (ex. Robert_Smith.) If this doesn’t work, let the presenter know.

Common Application Students can find a link to the Common Application website on their Naviance Family Connection account on the Colleges tab. 1. Select the “Colleges” tab. 2. Select “Colleges I am applying to”. 3. If you will be using the Common Application, use the link there to go to the Common Application website and set up your Common Application account. The Common Application website is: www.commonapp.org Record your user name (your email address) and password so that you can easily return to this website. You will also need to enter your user name (same as your email address) on Naviance Family Connection to sync the two accounts.

Linking Common App to Naviance I.) Students will need to complete part of the Common Application before syncing the Common Application with Naviance Family Connection. 1. Complete “education” section in Common App. 2. Add a college to My College 3. Access FERPA form. Select college and select assign recommenders (do not list names). This gives you access to the FERPA Release Form. 4. Click the FERPA Release Authorization, giving PHSN permission to send your transcript. Follow the instructions and click these items: I authorize every school that I have attended to release all ü requested records… I waive my right to review all recommendations and supporting ü II.) SYNC COMMON APP WITH NAVIANCE FAMILY documents… (You may choose to waive or not to waive your CONNECTION: Once logged on Naviance, the following right to review recommendations. The right to view tasks must be completed on NAVIANCE in order to move forward in applying to colleges: recommendation, if you choose to keep it, will only be 1. Select the “Colleges” tab. applicable at the college you choose to attend.). 2. Select “Colleges I am applying to”. I understand that my waiver or no waiver selection above ü 3. Enter your USER NAME for Common App (if applicable). pertains to all colleges…. 4. Enter your BIRTHDATE. You are now ready to sync the Common Application with your ü 5. Once you’ve done this correctly and you see Naviance Family Connection Account. Remember, at this point, this, you are finished: the Common Application is not complete. At some point, • Common App Account Matching -Complete • Your Common App account was successfully matched. students must return to the Common Application and finish the • FERPA Status: Waived entire application including the writing samples and then submit the application.

Add College to Naviance You can select one of two options: 1. Colleges I’m thinking about. (prospective) 2. Colleges I’m applying to.

Identifying Prospective Colleges Select “lookup”. A popup menu called “College Picker” will appear with a list of Ohio colleges and access to the “search” option. Mark the box to the right if you have applied to this college . At bottom of page, select “add applications”. Once in the “College Picker” popup menu, there are five ways to search for colleges & universities: -Default setting for College Picker list shows the most commonly applied to Ohio colleges & universities. - To search for specific college, enter name of college. - Browse by a letter of an alphabet. - Browse by State. - Browse by country

Completing College Applications • COMPLETE YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS: Two places to access the college’s application: – College admissions website (remember that you can access nearly every college’s website via Naviance). Nearly all colleges provide and prefer online applications. – Common Application website, www.commonapp.org. There are currently more than 500 colleges and universities using the Common Application. It is recommended that students register to use the Common Application now, as it will save time later.

ACT/SAT Scores ACT/SAT SCORES: Check to see which colleges on student’s list of prospective colleges require that ACT or SAT TEST SCORES are sent directly from the testing company. Students should arrange to have official test scores sent to the college as soon as possible (if they were not already sent at the time of the ACT or SAT test). Although these scores are listed on the PHS-North transcript, some colleges require that test scores come directly from the testing company . Please understand that this is your responsibility ! How to request that official test scores are sent to colleges: a. ACT: www.actstudent.org ACT will send only the score date you ask them to send. The fee to send a test score is $12. http://www.actstudent.org/scores/send/costs.html When you register for an ACT Test, you receive four free test score reports of that test score sent to the colleges you designate. b. SAT: www.collegeboard.org SAT will send all of your SAT/SAT Subject Scores that you select to a college for a fee of $11.25. When you register for a SAT Test, you receive four free test score reports of that test score sent to the colleges you designate.

Transcripts TRANSCRIPTS: Colleges request that students submit an academic transcript to their college/university as part of the application process. To request that the PHSN School Counseling Office send a student’s transcript to a college or university: ü Complete and submit a GREEN transcript request form. (Available in PHSN School Counseling Office). Make sure its filled out completely. ü Students must submit one GREEN transcript request form for EACH college/university they are applying to the PHSN School Counseling Office. ü Please hand the GREEN transcript request form to Ms. Chandler (School Counseling Office Secretary). It is not necessary to make an appointment with the student’s school counselor to submit the transcript request form (unless the student has questions about the process). ü If students need transcripts for reasons other than for college admissions, they should check the correct line on the transcript request form. If a transcript and accompanying forms must be mailed from the PHSN School Counseling Office for scholarship purposes, please provide the paperwork that must be completed as well as an addressed and stamped envelope. ü Allow 10 school days for transcripts to be submitted . Be aware of deadlines. ü Progress of the application process will be visible on Naviance Family Connection in the “colleges” tab under “colleges I’m applying to”. Look at the chart where the colleges that you applied to are listed and note the “office status” column. When the transcript request is made, the status will say “pending”. When the school counselors have submitted the student’s transcript and accompanying forms, the status will say “Initial materials submitted”. At first the results column will say “unknown” but eventually it will say “accepted”, “attending”, “denied”, etc.