1. Junior Review: 10 Steps to Successful College Admissions
(A Reference Guide for
Resourceful Panthers)

2. 1.Discover Your Strengths, Options, & Careers
Prepared Panther Guide (PPG)> pp. 3-5, 8
(Tip: Open with Google to reference by page numbers)
Naviance > About Me Tab
Surveys: Do What You Are, MI Advantage, Learning Style Inventory
Career Exploration: Roadtrip Nation Interviews
Counseling Link > Career Resouces
Career Information > CareerOneStop.org
>College in Colorado

3. Options from PPG:

4. Careers/Strengths from Naviance >About Me Tab

5. From PPG: How Counselors Can Help

6. For individualized college support sign up at our link!

7. 2. Consider College Admissions (Re) Testing
Prepared Panther Guide > p.6
Counseling Link >
Calculate Your Index Score
ACT Students
Also>
SAT.collegeboard.org (SAT testing)
Test Prep Workshops>
prepforthefuture.com
Test Prep Tutorial
(accuplacer &ACT prep)

8. From Counseling Link: Calculate Your Index Score (after you get April 2015’s ACT results)

9. 3. Find & Visit Colleges for the Best Fit
Prepared Panther Guide > pp. 7-13
Naviance > College Tab
College Tab>Super Match College Search
Naviance>Home Page
Document Library> Campus Visits Q’s
Counseling Link >
Colorado College Contact Info

10. From Naviance> College Tab> Super College Search (pick 3-4 criteria)

11. From Counseling Link>Colorado College Contact Info (admissions, contacts, deadlines & sign up for tours here!)

12. College Fair Sponsored by National Hispanic College Fairs, Inc.
Open to ALL Juniors
Thursday, April 16th from 9:30-10:30am at Colorado School of Mines
Bus transportation provided from Pomona
Sign up in the Counseling Center and receive a permission form.
See Ms. Wilson with questions.

13. 4. Apply to no more than 3 Colleges
Prepared Panther Guide > pp
Naviance and Counseling Office
Follow Next Slide Completely!

14. Follow this procedure for all colleges you are applying to.
We use the Naviance Edocs system to transmit transcripts, letters of recommendation, school profile, and any other required documentation electronically to almost all colleges. In order to do this, we need the student to follow this list of instructions:
1. As a junior, have colleges/trade schools you are interested in listed in Naviance in your Colleges tab as “Colleges I’m Thinking About”.
2. During fall of senior year, as you complete online applications to colleges, move those colleges in Naviance from “Colleges I’m Thinking About” to your application list called, “Colleges I’m Applying To”also in the Colleges tab in Naviance.
3. After submitting your application and moving that college to your “Colleges I’m Applying To” list, select the “Request Transcript” tab on the “Colleges I’m Applying To” screen. Check the box or boxes of colleges you have applied to and hit the “Request Transcripts” button at the bottom of the page.
4. After submitting your transcript request, come to the counseling office and pay your $3.00 official transcript fee. We cannot send your transcript until the fee has been paid. (Students in the Free and Reduced Lunch program may receive a transcript fee waiver for up to 5 transcripts.)
5. Request letters of recommendation from teachers if required by the college (use the Reference Letter Request Form found in the counseling office). Ask teachers to upload their letters to your Naviance file.
Follow this procedure for all colleges you are applying to.
6. After choosing the college you will attend, go into your Naviance account, go to the colleges tab, "Colleges I'm applying to", find the "College that I am attending" tab and select your final choice college from the drop down list. 

15. From Naviance> College Tab> Colleges I’m thinking about

16. Common App? If no, mark “not needed”. Otherwise, see Your Counselor

17. “Colleges I’m Apply to” Request Transcripts (blue link) and…

18. Ask for Letters of Recommendation in Naviance and in person!

19. 5. Know Your College App Deadlines
Counseling Link >
Colorado College Contact Info

20. 6. Prepare for College Interviews – (rare)
Prepared Panther Guide > pp

21. 7. Apply for Many !!!!! Prepared Panther Guide > pp. 30 -31
Naviance > Colleges>Scholarship List
Counseling Office > Files and Counselors!

22. From Naviance>Colleges >Scholarship List

23. 8. Complete Financial Aid by Mar. 1
Prepared Panther Guide > p. 30,
Counseling Link >
Paying For College
FAFSA Predictor
FAFSA PIN
FAFSA Registration
College Opportunity Fund

24. From Counseling Link: FAFSA PIN>FAFSA Application; FAFSA forecaster1 2 3

25. 9. Complete NCAA (For Student -Athletes)
Prepared Panther Guide > pp
Counseling Link >
NCAA Guide for the Student-Athlete
Path to the Student-Athlete Experience

26. 10. Commit to a College by May 1st. (or sooner
10. Commit to a College by May 1st (or sooner!) (Do not be a classless student!)

27. 11. Appreciate Your Parents!