T ECHNOLOGY : U SING CSUM ENTOR 2008 H IGH S CHOOL C OUNSELOR C ONFERENCE Romualdo Teh Michael Burton

A GENDA Overview of CSUMentor CSUMentor Fall 2008 Update Undergraduate Application Updates EOP Application Updates Student Support California Colleges

C OUNSELOR I NFORMATION & T OOLS

W HAT IS CSUM ENTOR ?

E XPLORE C AMPUSES

M ATCHING A SSISTANT

C OMPARATIVE V IEW

C AMPUS F ACTS

D ISTANCE S EARCH

FAQ S

C OLLEGE R ECRUITER

P LAN FOR C OLLEGE

P LAN : M IDDLE S CHOOL S TUDENTS

P LAN : H IGH S CHOOL S TUDENTS

GPA C ALCULATOR

H IGH S CHOOL P LANNER

H IGH S CHOOL P LANNER (C ONT.)

F INANCIAL A ID

FAFSA T RANSFER

A PPLY O NLINE

A PPLICATION F ILING S TATUS R EPORT

A PPLY O NLINE – U NDERGRADUATE A PPLICATION

A PPLICATION M ANAGER

U NDERGRADUATE A PPLICATION

D YNAMIC S CREENS

A PPLICATION I NSTRUCTIONS

A PPLICATION V IDEOS

A PPLICATION – R EQUIRED Q UESTIONS

A PPLICATION – I NCOMPLETE S CREENS

A PPLICATION S UBMITTAL

A PPLICATION C ONFIRMATION S CREEN

EOP A PPLICATION

A SK AN E XPERT

CSUM ENTOR F ALL 2008 U PDATES

ACT M ANAGER

ACT M ANAGER ( CONT.) Student must release the ACT score to at least one CSU campus in the traditional way Score will be sent to the CSU campus(es) selected in the traditional way Also makes the student eligible now to release the score to any other CSU campus via CSUMentor Two ways to release the score to additional CSU campuses

ACT M ANAGER ( CONT.)

R EMINDER : SAT S CORES Code 3594 One code for all CSU Campuses One fee to send SAT score to all 23 CSU campuses

U NDERGRADUATE A PPLICATION U PDATES

M OVED THE A PPLICATION S UBMISSION P ERIOD B EGINNING BOX

S CREEN 2: R EVISED THE SUFFIX FIELD

S CREEN 2: U PDATED THE P ERMANENT A DDRESS S ECTION Permanent Address is now required Allows user to auto- populate the permanent address if the same as mailing address with one click

S CREEN 3: R EVISED BORN OUTSIDE THE U. S. QUESTION

S CREEN 4: R EVISED THE RESIDENCY SCREEN Dynamic screen based on responses to enrollment term, date of birth and ward of court questions. Changed name to “California State Residency Information”

S CREEN 4: R ESIDENCY S CREEN – M INOR S TUDENTS Residency is determined based on the parent with whom the applicant most recently resided Birth date is on or after: SU2009 – 7/1/1990 F2009 – 9/20/1990 W2010 – 1/5/1991 SP2010 – 1/25/1991(S) or 4/1/1991 (Q) AND Ward of Court = “No”

S CREEN 4: R ESIDENCY S CREEN – A DULT S TUDENTS Residency is determined based on the applicant’s residency Birth date is prior to: SU2009 – 7/1/1990 F2009 – 9/20/1990 W2010 – 1/5/1991 SP2010 – 1/25/1991(S) or 4/1/1991 (Q) OR Ward of Court = “Yes”

S CREEN 5: A DDED D EMOGRAPHIC I NFORMATION SCREEN ( NEW) New screen 5 – new left navigation Added based on new federal requirements for reporting race and ethnicity 3 required questions and 1 conditionally required question

S CREEN 5: D EMOGRAPHIC I NFORMATION Q UESTION 1 A AND 1 B Question 1a is required; options are Yes, No, Decline to State If question1a = yes, questions 1b, 2 and 3 are required If question 1a = no or decline to state, questions 2 and 3 are required

S CREEN 5: D EMOGRAPHIC I NFORMATION Q UESTION 2 Required for all applicants An applicant can make only 1 selection under each of the 5 major categories and can make a selection for each category OR decline to state

S CREEN 5: D EMOGRAPHIC I NFORMATION QUESTION 3 Required for all applicants Reported by CSU CO to the federal government

S CREEN 6: A DDED M ORE H IGH S CHOOLS A TTENDED F IELDS Added 2 more sets of fields for other high schools attended

S CREEN 7 AND 8: H IGH S CHOOL P REP S CREEN C OURSE I NPUT Changed the default value for “Honors/AP/IB/College course” and “Honors/AP/IB/College course credit” to “Not Applicable” Change applicable to all subject areas

S CREEN 7 AND 8: H IGH S CHOOL P REP S CREEN C OURSE I NPUT Changed the programming to let the student know deficiency for each subject area.

S CREEN 8: A DDED GPA C ALCULATOR

S CREEN 8: A DDED NEW QUESTION ABOUT ADDITIONAL NON A - G COURSES

S CREEN 9: A DDED LDTP QUESTION AND REVISED RN QUESTION

S CREEN 10: C LEAR COLLEGE C OURSES Added a feature to allow applicants to clear courses entered in the in-progress and planned sections with one-click

S CREEN 10: C OLLEGE C OURSES I NPUT S CREEN “Click here if your course is not on the list below” is now more prominent

S CREEN 12: A PPLICATION F EE W AIVER Limit has been changed from 6 to 4 A message will be displayed after a student applies with the 2 nd fee waiver to warn them they have 2 more left Once a student applies with all 4 fee waivers, they will be warned they have to pay the $55 application fee

F EE W AIVER - N OTICES

A PPLICATION S UBMITTAL P AGE More prominent link to preview application

EOP A PPLICATION U PDATES

EOP A PPLICATION U PDATE Updated dates to Added the demographic information screen

S TUDENT S UPPORT

Phone Calls Website GO-TO-XAP ( ) Bilingual Support in Spanish Monday through Friday 6:30am – 6:30pm

E XTENDED S TUDENT S UPPORT H OURS October 1-30 Monday – Friday 6:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. November 1 – 23 Monday – Friday 6:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Saturday – Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. November 24 – 26 6:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. November 27 (Thanksgiving) 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. November 28 (Friday) 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. November 29 (Saturday) 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. November 30 (Sunday) 6:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. (12/1)

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