Your Step-by-Step Guide: Applying to College Fallston High School Counseling Office

College Applications Websites For Completing College Applications www.commonapp.org (Common Application) http://www.coalitionfor collegeaccess.org/ (Coalition) https://sendedu.org (Sendedu) http://connection.naviance. com/fallstonhigh (Naviance) www.Harford.edu (Harford Community College)

Naviance/Counselor Information Logging into Family Connection: http://connection.naviance.com/fallstonhigh Username: student ID number Password: last name (all lower case) Fallston High School Code: 210523 Counseling Phone Number: 410-638-3542 LaWanda.Brown@hcps.org Gina.Re@hcps.org Amber.Ellis@hcps.org

Four Year College Application Process Step One: Register with Common Application or Coalition- Proceed to Step Two For students not using the Common Application or Coalition, use the specific college website to complete your application and Proceed to Step Four Step Two: Fill out the FERPA agreement and complete college applications Step three: Log onto Naviance to match your Common App. account in Family Connection. Step Four: Add colleges to the Colleges I’m applying to list in your family connection page of Naviance

Four Year College Application Process Step Five: Request teacher & counselor recommendations using link and drop down menu on Naviance Step Six: Complete application, essays and any supplements, then submit your applications Step Seven: Bring in a signed yellow transcript release form to the counseling office *this communicates that applications have been sent and supporting documents are ready to be sent (Transcript, Letters of Rec, Common App forms, Secondary School Reports, etc) Step Eight: Check the status of your recommendations and applications on-line and wat for acceptance letter!