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Guidance Senior Parent College Night
“The College Application Workshop”
Xavier High SchoolSeptember 22, 2015
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Welcome Goals of Meeting – understanding of
the post high school/college process Student Responsibility Counselor’s role in the process Where Seniors are in the process Appointments Communication Realistic Decisions Deadline Awareness
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When to apply to college? Transcript Permission/Requests/Deadlines
• Deadlines range from early November - March
• Apply early: competitive state universities or schools with rolling admissions. Oct – Jan
• Students need to know the admissions policies and deadlines for the schools to which they are applying!
Early decision/action = early deadlines
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Deciding Which Colleges to Apply Seniors sign up in Naviance for College Rep visits under Colleges tab/view all college visits.
Visit colleges they are interested in; many have open houses on Saturdays or Sundays.
Meet with your son’s counselor. Talk with your son! Attend College Fairs in area such as:
Wolcott High School College Fair on 9/24/15 @ 6-7:30pm
Watch for East Lyme, and HK College Fairs this fall
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Who’s Responsibility?5
Student• Send SAT/ACT
scores
• Submit applications
• Draft/Edit/Revise College essay
• Request letter(s) of rec
• Request transcripts
• Apply for scholarships
Parents• Pay for SAT/ACT
scores• Pay for
applications• Complete CSS
Profile (some colleges require)
• Complete FAFSA• Check for work-
based scholarship
Xavier Guidance
• Send transcript/Q1 grades/mid-year grades
• Send letter(s) of recommendation
• Send school profile
• Send teacher and counselor Common App forms.
• Send final Transcript
Three sites working together
Your College File
College BoardSATs
Common Application
College Application
Naviance Family
ConnectionTranscript &Rec. Letters
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The College Board Register to take the SATs: www.collegeboard.org
Xavier’s CEEB Code: 070412
Request that College Board send official SAT scores to each college your son will be applying
You have up to 9 days after taking the SAT test to direct your scores to 4 colleges for no additional cost, after that College Board charges $11.25 per college!
It can take up to three weeks for colleges to receive the scores, so send them early!
Remember that Xavier cannot send official SATs to colleges.
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Test Dates:
October 3rd (not at
Xavier)
November 7th
(7:00am @ Xavier)
December 5th
(7:00am @ Xavier)
What is the “Common Application?” Fill out the Common App online and save time; instead of filling out applications for each college, just do it once! (One application to apply to several schools)
Over600 colleges accept it Reading directions is critical to success Begin the Common App in September – you
only need to choose one college you’re interested in at first; you can add more later
Begin the app by going to:
www.commonapp.org
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Logging in10
Select Student
Tabs help students navigate through the application to complete various tasks.
New school lookup makes finding a high school much easier.
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Testing page is driven by what a student wishes to report.
Activities page remains largely unchanged.
Up and down arrows let students rearrange the order of their activities
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Essay Questions
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Why you really need Naviance!• To see college visits and sign up for them
• To view scholarships that are available
• To research colleges
• To add colleges to your apply list
• To request transcripts be sent to colleges
• To fill out Guidance surveys
• To review application deadlines
• To check the status of teacher rec letters
• To check for new messages from counselors or Mrs. Wyzykowski
• To review college application status; have they been sent?
• To review scatter grams and find appropriate colleges
• To view college stats based on Xavier Students
• To help you get a handle on the entire application process
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Family Connection/Naviance
Your son should be actively working on Naviance, researching college and careers.
Remember as your son adds schools to his Naviance list make sure they are listed as Early Action, Early Decision or Regular, so that the due dates are correctly displayed.
Have your son complete the teacher and counselor survey resume forms in Naviance. They can not write a great rec on your son’s behalf without his input!
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Surveys can be found under about me tab, listed on left hand side of screen.
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The Guidance Office
We need to know your son’s plans!
They need to tell Mrs. Wyzykowski where they are planning on applying. If they don’t tell her, transcripts and rec letters won’t be sent!
Know if they are applying early action (non-binding), early decision (binding) or regular and what the due dates are for each of the schools.
Please give guidance a three week notice to gather and submit your son’s information to colleges.
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Teacher Letters of Rec Who is writing your sons letter of rec?
Did he tell Mrs.Wyzykowski? Teachers upload their letter of rec & the
common app forms: then once all information is collected, the file is sent through Naviance to the colleges by guidance.
Same procedure for guidance counselor recs and forms. No need to ask a counselor for a letter of rec as one will be written for each senior by their counselor.
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Remember Have a counselor review the
Common App before student pushes the SEND button!
Ask an English teacher to review the essay before submitting it!
Do not list counselor/teacher emails in the Common App forms.
If your son has not asked a teacher for a rec yet, please have him do so ASAP!
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The Transcript Check to make sure your
son’s birthday is correct Only awards will be listed
on the transcript Activities will not be on
your son’s transcript, they will be listed on the application.
Importance of 7th and 8th semester
Check over for any errors on the
transcript
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Scholarships
Naviance Collegeboard.org Princetonreview.com Fastweb.com Local scholarships Be aware of deadlines
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Financial Aid
What is the FAFSA? What is the CSS Profile?
Financial Aid Night at Mercy on Oct. 7th
@ 6:30pm
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NCAA Xavier is hosting the NCAA workshop on Thursday, October
15th at 6:30pm NCAA: register online at www.eligibilitycenter.org if your
son is interested in playing Div I or II athletics in college.
Request an official transcript be sent to NCAA
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Contact Information
Call us: 860-346-1368
Visit our website:www.xavierhighschool.org(Under parent tab, under Guidance)
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