St. Joseph High School Senior Parent Program September 7, 2016

Timeline for seniors September Register for the SAT/ACT Finalize your list of colleges Make an appointment with your counselor Check Senior courses. Do they meet requirements? Sign up for college rep visits Complete the common app/school app Complete your college essay Ask your teachers for letter of recommendation

Meet with your counselor to discuss the college list

Create your College List in Naviance Go to Family Connection, colleges tab, colleges I’m thinking about

Click Add to the list Under My Interest Click First Choice, etc… schools Click Look Up and search for your colleges

Check box next to colleges you are applying to and Click “Move to Application List”

Applications Check which schools accept the Common Application (this will be indicated on your list in Naviance). If using Common App, use the same username and password as Naviance. Complete all applications by our office deadlines. Complete all writing supplements if your schools require them.

Complete FERPA agreement on the Common App website After student creates their CA Account using the same username and password as in Naviance, they must add at least 1 college on the Common App and enter their high school information under the “Education” portion of the CA in order for the “Recommenders and FERPA” Tab to be visible

FERPA Release

FERPA Release

FERPA Release

Counselors will sit with students while they log onto Naviance Counselors will sit with students while they log onto Naviance. In their Family Connection, go to Colleges Tab, “Colleges I’m Applying to” in order to match the FERPA to the student’s Naviance account It will show incomplete until the accounts match

Once the CA and the checklist are complete, the student can now submit their CA application/school specific application and fill out a Transcript Release Form REGULAR DECISION TRANSCRIPT RELEASE FORM   Name of Student_____________________________ Today’s Date____________ Counselor___________________ APPLICATION DUE DATE ________________ College name, city and state _____________________________________________ Application Type: Common Application ________ College Specific____________ Teacher Recs by preference: 1._____________ 2.______________3.______________ Office use: Reviewed by Counselor_____(date) Date processed _______SJ fee____

Next Steps Student will sit with Mrs. Verespej or Mrs. Mallon to submit their transcript release forms. Student should have completed the self-evaluation and resume at this time for their counselor. The parent questionnaire is optional but encouraged. All forms can be found on Naviance in the document library. Students should sign up to meet with admission representatives through Naviance.

Important Dates * Transcript requests for applications with November 1 deadlines must be into guidance by October 17. * Transcript requests for applications with November 15 deadlines must be into guidance by October 31. * Transcript requests for applications with December 1 deadlines must be into guidance by November 9. * Transcript requests for applications with deadlines of January 15 or sooner NEED Transcript request forms submitted to the Counseling Office NO LATER THAN Wednesday, December 7, 2016   TRANSCRIPT REQUESTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN DEC 8, 2016 AND JAN. 2, 2017 NO EXCEPTIONS!!

Letters of Recommendation Ask the teacher in person if he/she would be willing to write a letter. Your teacher may ask for a copy of your resume. It is the student’s responsibility to see that you give a teacher ample time to complete a recommendation before your college application deadline. Request the teacher in Naviance ( New recommendation system this year). Once completed, the teacher uploads your letter into Naviance and recommendations are sent directly from the guidance office to your colleges. You can now check the progress of your letter on Naviance. Remember to write them a thank you note!

Procedures for requesting teachers in Naviance Log onto Family Connection Colleges Tab Letters of Recommendation Use drop down menu to select teacher Select which colleges you would like the letter to go You can then check the progress of you your teacher letter

SAT and ACT Dates SAT Dates ACT Dates October 1, 2016-currently in late registration November 5, 2016-register by October 7 December 3, 2016-register by November 3 ACT Dates September 10, 2016-deadline past to register October 22, 2016-register by September 16 December 10, 2016- register by November 4

Sending Scores to colleges Students are responsible for sending their scores to colleges For SAT, go to collegeboard.com to send scores You can select up to 4 schools for free on the SAT test. For ACT, go to ACTstudent.org to send scores.

Any Questions? Karrie Sullivan- Ksullivan@sjcadets.org Megan Baird- Mbaird@sjcadets.org Cristin Clark- Cclark@sjcadets.org Jack Nogueira- Jnogueira@sjcadets.org Laura Shiels- Lshiels@sjcadets.org