September 8, 2014

 Deadlines Early Action - nonbinding Early Decision - binding Rolling  Academic Letter of Recommendation  Confidentiality Waiver (FERPA)  Packets Secondary School Report (SSR) Teacher Report Mid-year Report

Community College CSUUCPrivate Schools ApplicationYes TranscriptsNoSometimesNoYes SAT/ACTNoYes Subject testsNo OptionalYes Essay(s)No Yes Letters of RecNo Yes * InterviewNo Optional * Packets are needed only if you are applying to schools that require letters of recommendations.

Update all your information! This is what will appear on your Common App forms.

 Made a Common App account? Did you write down your password somewhere?  Have you added colleges on Common App and in Naviance (under “Colleges I am applying to)?  Are you doing Early Decision? (Under “My Colleges>Questions” on Common App) Both your parents and your counselor need to sign off on that!

 Graduation date: 6/4/2015  Counselor’s title: Guidance counselor  Counselor Name: Loan Hong Jon Pratt Mary Carol Bernal  Counselor  Counselor #: (408)  Graduating class size: 357

 Completed the FERPA waiver?

 Did you already ask one/two teachers?  Do NOT assign teachers inside Common App. Your counselor MUST manually input them into your Naviance account. Not sure about adding another recommender? Ask us first!

o It is the students responsibility to report their scores to the colleges. o You get 4 free reports at the time of registration. o You can send SAT scores to all the CSU’s with one code: 3594 o The colleges will use the best scores, so do not hesitate to send all scores.

o Complete BHS Scholarship App o Apply for financial aid o Apply 1.FASFA (start in Jan. 2015) 2.Cal-Grant (start in Jan. 2015) 3.CSS Profile 4.BHS Scholarship Application – coming soon 5.Outside scholarships