Welcome Back!! 1
Senior College Workshop Apply to College GPS August 16, 2016 2
Set College GPS Destinations: -New!! College and Career Coordinator!! -Final List/College Rep Visits -Common App/FERPA Waiver/Family Connection Alignment -Letter of Recommendation Requests -Application Types and Timelines -Sending Test Scores 3
New!! College and Career Coordinator Office Location: Counseling Center Hours: 7:30am -3:30pm 4
College and Career Coordinator Read the News!! Published each week. Reminders-Updates-Timelines Ms. Ishida 5
NEW!! Col l egec -NEW RESOURCES -RECORD OF TASKS COMPLETED ASSIGNED BY COUNSELOR 6
Access Resources and Communications 7
Making College Matches that Matter 8
How Many? -Coming Weeks- Finalize Colleges I m Applying To List Admission Plan Timeline? (ED/EA) M at ch? Unpredictable? 9
1 SEN D TEST SCORES Colleges I m Applying To List DRIVES Process 2 COUN SELOR SEN DS SECONDARY SCHOOL REPORT/ REC LETTER/ TRANSCRIPT 3 TEACHER SEN DS COLLEGE FORM / REC LETTER
How Your List May Change 11
College Reps Coming to SFHS Boston College Depaul Colgate Chapman St. Edwards (and that is just one week) 12
Common App/ Ferpa Waiver 13
FORGOT?? Go to Family Connection About Me tab: Survey History (left side of screen) Class of 2017 Common App ID Information 14
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IPAD Time Open Browser https:/ / apply.commonapp.org/ Login 22
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Common App to Family Connection-FERPA FIRST Must Select One College to Match FERPA 24
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Once You Set FERPA for one college, it is set for all. You will NEVER INVITE RECOMMENDERS for Counselor or Teachers. We are a Naviance school and all recs submitted through edocs. 26
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Matching Common App-Family Connection 33
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How to Make Letter of Recommendation Requests NEVER REQUEST TEACHER OR COUNSELOR REC THROUGH COMMON APP INVITE SYSTEM 36
Recommendation Folders Required The folder alerts the Counselor and Teacher that you are ready to initiate the application process for a college. No folder=no letter 37
Red and Blue Folders Pick up in Counseling Center August 30 38
Request Teacher Letter of Rec Ear ly Sep t : NEW Link will appear in Family Connection. letters of recommendation 39
Request Counselor Letter of Rec Fill out Cover Sheet with list of colleges. Letter Sent with 6th Semester Transcript EA/ED/Priority can be on separate folder Cover Sheet. Submit second Cover Sheet if you add colleges. 40
Order OFFICIAL Transcript? If you need an official transcript sent to a scholarship or a college OR New Registrar: Robert Calcagno Office Location: Main Office-100 BLDG. *Your counselor will send official transcript ONLY to those colleges listed on your Blue Rec Folder. 41
Application Types and Timelines 42
UCandCSU CSU Application Opens-Oct. 1 File: Oct. 1st -Nov 30t h UC Application Opens-NOW File: Nov. 1-30t h 43
UN COMMON APP?? Oregon public universities Arizona public universities Texas public universities University of Illinois Urbana Georgetown MIT 44
Sending Test Scores 45
Most Colleges Require Test Scores for Application Review College Board ACT AP Scores- Report on App-Send once accepted and plan to attend.
Will Scores Reach College in Time? ONLY IF YOU ORDER THE SCORES SENT DIRECTLY TO THE COLLEGE FROM ORDER Before Application is DUE 47
Early Deadline? Sept./Oct. are the last test dates most early programs will accept test scores. SAT Oct Scores: Check with college for last date test scores will be used for admission. Available STUDENT SEES Score Oct 27 CB BEGINS TO SEND SCORES TO COLLEGES based on order of request-could take 3 weeks if ordered later or after test date. Oct 28 48
Review of Process Final List Student Sends Scores: SAT/ACT Student Submits Blue Rec Folder to Counselor Student Submits Red Rec Folder to Teacher(s) Student Files College Application by College Deadline
Counselor Calls You In ONLY When Family nselor Connection: Counselor Recommendation Questionnaire submitted Common App Matched Class of 2017 Common App ID Information Survey Registered for SAT/ACT and able to show registration with login and password Prospective Colleges Researched 50
Class of 2017 Senior College Workshop- Counselor Meeting Form Complete and Turn In RECORD OF ATTENDANCE AT THIS WORKSHOP 51
OCTOBER 7 Last day to submit Rec Folders for early application deadlines DECEMBER 1 Last day to submit Rec Folder for any college deadline 52
Handouts Transcript-check and keep Class of 2017 Application Worksheet-keep Class of 2017 Senior College Workshop- Counselor Meeting Form-turn in for attendance 53