Class of 2018 College Application Workshop Northwood High School

Our Goal For this morning Who is my counselor? Where am I applying? Deadlines for College Admissions College Center Resources College Applications and Naviance Transcripts How to get started on essays? Upcoming Workshops in Fall 2017 How to work with my counselor?

TA/COUNSELOR BREAKDOWN Mrs. Calbreath Miss Feest Miss Kim Mr. Lane Emery, B. Figueroa Champion Banks Gleser Jaime Dickson Gutierrez Hanley Leveratt Hoang Landeis Petrosian Mize Motooka Sewell Roh Penrod Olivares Toohey Sanematsu Wroe Ollila Trank

College Search Questions College SuperMatch Scattergrams College Scorecard CollegeBoard Big Future Alumni College Visits College Websites

Terminology and Deadlines Common Application Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) Early Decision Early Action Early Application Rolling Admissions

Fit and College List Apply Broadly Reach Target Safety Research Fit

Naviance Application Management Communication Make sure your email address is listed! Link Common App and Naviance After August 1st, 2017 Double check that colleges are listed both in Naviance and Common App Letters of Rec, Transcripts, and School Reports

College Application Manager

College and Career Center Mrs. Smith

Essays UC’s CSU’s Common Application Out-of-State College New!! Personal Insight Questions Choose 4 of 8 questions Each question is limited to 350 words CSU’s No application essay Common Application One essay Choose one prompt of the five options 650 words max Supplement Questions for each college Out-of-State College Campus Specific Essay

Essays Opportunity to provide information that wasn’t reflected in your application This is where you share your personality, your goals, your experiences, and where you can explain opportunities or obstacles that have affected your academic record Evaluate your writing style, language usages, organization and content INTERVIEW with the college

Essays Start Early! Brainstorm or free write ideas What you start with may not be what you finish with Revise, revise, revise All about you Feedback

COUNSELOR Expectations FERPA Sign and complete at registration Senior Meetings Senior Meetings begin September 11th Schedule via email or in person Early Decision/Early Action plan on being ready to meet right away At least THREE WEEKS prior to your deadline Senior meetings are to be completed before Thanksgiving break What to bring to my senior meeting? College Application Manager Senior Questionnaire must have in order to write your letter Essays if you want feedback Helpful if you email them prior to the meeting Questions

transcripts Official Transcripts are $5 per transcript UC’s do not require transcripts until the end of your senior year They may ask for a 7th semester transcript CSU’s do not require transcripts until end of your senior year Private Institutions usually require an initial, mid-year and final transcript (*up to 3 transcripts per college) Out-of-State public schools generally require one transcript at the time of application and one at the end of your senior year $50 unlimited transcripts for the year This option is only available at kick-off days!

Next Steps During Summer Relax and rest a bit! Research and build a list of schools Gather information needed for application Begin Essays After August 1st you can create Common Application Account and link to Naviance Check out senior timeline

Fall Workshops Common App Workshop Financial Aid Night UC/CSU Workshop September 20th at 7:45 am Financial Aid Night September 28th at 6:30 pm UC/CSU Workshop September 27th at 7:45 am Community College Workshop January 25th at 9:40 am