1. College & Scholarship Applications

2. College What’s this College thing all about?
Four years of High School really goes by faster than we expect and our kids have quite a few tasks to complete to be ready for college and scholarship application deadlines. Just like graduations requirements much has changed in the last years and students can often feel lost and confused when they reach this step.
The majority of college applications are only online and colleges look for a much more rigorous set of prep classes in order to meet application requirements. Although there are many options for support in completing this process, students must do the majority of the work themselves. Time and dedication are important.

3. Handout Packets

4. Methods for College Search
College visitations
At the college campus
College visits
Internet searches
College Board.org (Big Future website)
YouTube virtual college tours
Naviance

5. Using Naviance
Under the colleges tab, there is room for students to create their own lists of colleges they’re applying to.
There is also a whole section to help students with their college search, like college lookup, college search, college compare, etc.
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6. Naviance
When you click on “college search” under the ”College Research” section, it takes you to this page where you can narrow down college choices by selecting specific characteristics like, private vs. public, male vs. female vs coed colleges and more!

7. Naviance
When you click on “college compare” under the ”College Research” section, it takes you to this page where you can select colleges you want to compare, and it will give you information like the visual below.

8. The College Application
The Common Application
The Common App is a college application that can be used to submit for multiple schools. Your student will create an account where he/she will add schools to their list, look up whether there are supplemental portions for each school, gather general application information, and upload a high school transcript, activities list, test scores and parent/legal guardian information.
College websites
Some colleges will require students to create accounts on their own websites to submit applications for that specific school. The application varies by school, and may have different requirements.
For example, some schools may require a transcript or recommendation, some might not request it (optional), and some will tell you NOT to send them at all.

9. The Great Scholarship Search
Scholarship Profile Builders
Thewashboard.org
Naviance
Fastweb.com
Collegeboard.org
Chegg.org
College websites
School
Internet Search (Bank and Chain Method)
NCAA

10. Naviance
In the colleges tab of Naviance, there is another section called “scholarships & money” where students can do a national scholarship search, and create their own scholarship list and others that the high school may have listed already.

11. Tips
Students should keep an organized, detailed list of colleges they tend to apply to, and ones they’ve already applied to
Have the following documents ready for applications (both college & scholarship)
Academic Resume
Letters of Recommendation (1 from teacher, 1 from non-teacher)
Essay Drafts (can use prompts from previous years)
Awards & Recognitions
SAT or ACT scores (usually sent online through their own websites)
List of activities (ASB, leadership, work, home responsibilities, volunteering)
Transcripts (most up to date)

12. Questions?
School contact information:
Websites
Main office
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