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Senior CollegeApplication Process

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First Steps

Check Senior Checklist in Family Connections to make

sure you are staying on top of everything.

Visit Mr. Newkirk in the Career Center and your School

Counselor to get any questions answered.

Your counselor will be calling you in to discuss your post-secondary plan.

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The College Selection Process Ideally, students should begin their senior

year with 3 -5 colleges in mind.

Consider what you are looking for in a college:• Location• Setting• Size• Majors• Sports/extracurricular activities• Social Opportunities• Unique Opportunities• Internships/Co-ops• Tuition/Fees

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The College Selection Process

Traditional Advice- Pick Five to Seven Colleges• “Reach” School• “Match” School• “Safety” Schools

Balancing “Going For It” with “Being Realistic”• Apply to Colleges that are a good fit• Look at GPA’s, test scores, high school

courses, admission ratesGo to College Representative Visit at THS

• Sign up for visits through Family Connections

There is no substitute for a campus visit as a way to assess a school.

College Admissions Terminology

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SCATTERGRAM

University of Virginia

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College Application - Responsibilities

Student Responsibilities:

• Complete Application (on college website or commonapplication at (www.commonapp.org)

• Send Test Scores: SAT and/or ACT tests

• Request Letters of Recommendation & Transcripts on Family Connection

• Submit Pink Transcript Request Form

School Counselor’s Responsibilities :

• Transcript

• Secondary School Report

• Counselor Letter of Recommendation

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5 Step Process: Matching Common Application with

Family ConnectionCommonapp.org

Register for Common App; be sure to use same email as in family connection.

Complete following tasks: current most school segment, add at least one college to my colleges list, read and sign FERPA recommenders in my colleges tab.

Sign into family connection.

Click on my colleges tab – Match your account with your email and birthdate (00/00/00).

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Transcript Request ProcessTHS has purchased an electronic college

application tool that allows high schools to prepare and send college application documentation electronically to more than 3,000 electronic destinations.

THS sends electronic transcript requests/Letter of Recommendation/Secondary School Reports

Transcript requests are $3.00 each. You must fill out a PINK transcript request for all schools.

Fee waivers may be requested for students with Free/Reduced Lunch and transcript requests for Military Academies.

See Mrs. Vocke for details.

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Academic Transcripts Allow up to 3 weeks for processing.

A Secondary School Report (SSR) is sent with transcripts.

Mid-year transcripts are sent with 1st semester grades to all colleges. No need to submit another transcript request – we automatically send them.

At the end of the school year – a final transcript is sent to the college that you select on your Senior Survey.

Turn in PINK Transcript Request form for each college transcript request (even if you submit request in Family Connection). If payment is due, bring the form, along with payment in cash or check (payable to THS), to Mrs. Vocke in the Counseling Office.

We cannot submit a transcript unless a transcript form request is completed.

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Transcript Request Deadlines

ASAP is NOT a deadline!

Application Due Date Deadline to Request Transcripts

October 15 September 25

November 1 October 9

November 15 October 23

December 1 November 3

December 15 November 17

January 1 December 1

January 15 December 11

February 1 January 11

February 15 January 25

March 1 February 9

March 15 February 23

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Electronic Transcript Requests1. Click on Naviance/Family Connection on THS Counseling page.

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Electronic Transcript Requests2. Click on Naviance/Family Connection link.

Electronic Transcript Request3. Student: Log in to Family Connection - enter email

(SID#). Password is student DOB (00/00/00).

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Electronic Transcript Requests4. Click on the Colleges tab.

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Electronic Transcript Requests5. Click on the transcripts link.

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Electronic Transcript Requests6. Click on the Request transcripts for my college applications link.

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Electronic Transcript Requests7. Select decision type and click on the lookup

link.

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Electronic Transcript Requests8. Select school from the College Picker list or

enter a college name into the search field.

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Electronic Transcript Requests

8. After selecting college(s), click on the Request Transcripts

button.

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Electronic Transcript Requests9. Check for Transcript fee balance.

Teacher Recommendations

HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH TEACHERS NOW!!

Please give them three weeks notice before the recommendation is due!

3 methods for teacher recommendations to be submitted to college’s/universities: Naviance/Family Connection College/University directly emails the

recommender Stamped/Addressed Envelope

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Requesting Letters of Recommendation

Student navigates to the Colleges tab in Family Connection.

Student clicks Colleges I'm Applying To.

Student scrolls to the Teacher Recommendation section and clicks Add/Cancel Requests.

Student selects a Teacher from the drop-down menu and adds a note to the teacher, if desired. (The note section can be used by the student to specify that the teacher write for a specific college.)

Student repeats for all teacher requests he or she wants to make in this session.

Student clicks Update Requests.

Counselor Letter of Recommendation

Have a conversation with your counselor.

Students must indicate that a counselor LOR on PINK form is needed.

The Self-Assessment and Parent Response Form must be completed.

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New LOR Processes

James Madison University requires that students designate the name and e-mail addresses of the recommender when applying. JMU will then provide instructions to the applicant’s recommender.

Virginia Commonwealth University requires that the LOR be mailed to the university. Counselor’s cannot submit the recommendation letters through Naviance/Family Connection.

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Questions?

Presentation is posted on the THS School Counselingwebsite under Counseling Presentations.

Instructional Video is posted on the Senior Planning page for matching the Common APP & Transcript request procedure.

Counselors have gone into English classrooms to review process with students.

Counselors will meet with each senior to discuss post-secondary options.

What are the options after high school?

Apprenticeship Programs –April 5, 2016 HHS Community Colleges

Technical Training Credit Transfers to a 4 year College Usually SAT/ACT not required NOVA PATHWAYS TO THE BACCULAUREATE

Four Year Colleges Full-Time Employment Military

Academies Enlistment Reserves, VA National Guard

Vocational SchoolsAuto Diesel InstituteCulinary SchoolArt InstituteITT Tech, etc.

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