College Application Procedures Class of 2018 Ms. Thomas Ms. Patterson Mr. Casamento Mr. Cheval Ms. Ihn Ms. Weisfelner

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF COLLEGE MATERIALS & NAVIANCE E-DOCS Tenafly High School uses Naviance E-Docs to submit transcripts, counselor letters of recommendation, and teacher evaluations to most colleges. Most colleges including ALL Common Application colleges can receive electronic documents. All students should have an active Naviance account. See your counselor if you do not have an account. Make sure all personal information in Naviance is correct (address, phone number, birthday). You should always use your legal name on all college application forms- no nicknames! Make sure the email address listed in Naviance is one you check regularly. You can update your email address in Naviance under About Me Tab/Profile.

SAT & ACT Scores Students are responsible for sending their SAT/ACT/TOEFL and Subject Test Scores to colleges. The high school does NOT do this. Go to www.collegeboard.org, www.actstudent.org or www.ets.org to send your scores. Make sure scores are sent before deadlines. This can take up to 3-4 weeks even electronically. If you are taking an October test and have an ED/EA deadline of Nov. 1st/15th, please contact your college.

A Complete Application Student Application, fee, SAT/ACT scores, essay, activities, supplements Counselor Transcript, Letter of Recommendation, Secondary School Report Form, School Profile Teacher Letter of Recommendation, Teacher Evaluation Form (if applicable) Note: The order of submission is not important

Common Application & FERPA Consent Everyone needs to create a Common Application user account. The website is www.commonapp.org On The Common Application, you must complete the FERPA waiver and waive your right to see your letters of recommendation. If you do not waive your right, teachers may not write a letter for you. You cannot undo your choice. The FERPA waiver is under the Colleges section on Common App. website. You must complete the entire Education section before completing and have at least one college added to your list.

FERPA Screen on Common Application Do not invite teachers here.

FERPA WAIVER

Parent Consent on Genesis Permissions must be checked off on Genesis by parents before transcripts can be processed. Review your grades in Genesis (9-12) Transcript Request and Teacher Recommendations feature will be available after today’s meeting.

Matching Naviance & Common Application On Naviance under Colleges That I’m Applying To Put in email and birthdate that you use to log into the Common Application

How To Request Transcript on Naviance Colleges I’m applying to

Selecting Your Colleges IMPORTANT Select the appropriate decision type (Regular, Early Action, Early Decision etc). Make sure to select the right college/university campus. Many school names are alike. It is the student’s responsibility to select the correct college.

Coalition Application Students need to indicate they are using Coalition App on Naviance. Colleges using Coalition Application ONLY University of Maryland (no other options given) University of Florida University of Washington Indicate Type here

Tips & Tricks Early Decision Non Electronic Schools- Postage Stamp ED Agreement must be signed electronically by student/parent/counselor Non Electronic Schools- Postage Stamp Guidance office will mail transcript for these schools (very few) Rutgers and Penn State require students to self-report their grades. Common Application You must add the colleges to your MY COLLEGES list on the Common Application before we can send anything out via Naviance. SELF-REPORT of Grades 9-12- Six colleges are requiring students to self report grades within the Common App ( GW, Purdue, Ohio State, U. of Southern California, West Virginia and Chapman).

Teacher Recommendations You must ask teachers in person if they would be willing to write you a letter of recommendation. Most likely, this happened in junior year. Teacher Recommendations can only be added in Naviance after colleges have been added to your list via Transcript Request. DO NOT REQUEST VIA COMMON APP! Select ALL APPLICATIONS when selecting recommenders. DO NOT choose specific teachers for specific colleges unless discussed with your counselor. If a teacher is missing from the list, please let your counselor know and we will add their name. IMPORTANT: Make sure that you request your recommendations well before the colleges’ deadlines to give your teachers enough time to write your letter. Only 2 teacher letters. Please! Don’t change your mind and ask additional teachers.

Teacher Recommendations Cont’d

Tracking and Follow-up Check the status of your application materials on Naviance & Common App websites. Follow up with your teachers and counselor if you have questions about your application status. Make sure to thank your teachers for writing your letter of recommendation. A handwritten note is always appreciated  Don’t wait until the last minute to start working on applications. We will be offering “Common Application Boot Camp” sessions on Fridays during the unit lunch starting Friday, Sept 29th. This presentation and step-by-step directions will be posted on the School Counseling Website and Naviance.