1. September 8, 2014

2.  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

4. 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.

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

6.  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!

7.  Graduation date: 6/4/2015  Counselor’s title: Guidance counselor  Counselor Name: Loan Hong Jon Pratt Mary Carol Bernal  Counselor email: lly@cuhsd.org lly@cuhsd.org jpratt@cuhsd.org mbernal@cuhsd.org  Counselor #: (408) 626-3407  Graduating class size: 357

8.  Completed the FERPA waiver?

9.  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!

10. 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.

11. 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