1. College Information Night

2. Getting ready… High school preparation Choosing a college
Admissions requirements

3. Grade Point Average & Class Rank
Unweighted Vs. Weighted Courses
Raising a low GPA or Class Rank
Student’s most recent cumulative GPA can be found in Naviance under the “About Me” tab – click on “Profile”

4. JUNIORS Honors/AP Courses and GPA PSAT – Wednesday, October 19 ACT/SAT
College searches and visits
Extracurricular Activities

5. SENIORS Honors/AP and GPA Dual Enrollment SAT or ACT Visit Colleges
Apply
Financial Aid – “How to Pay for College” Night – October 18 at 6:30

6. SAT or ACT College entrance exams required by most colleges
Recommended at least once during Junior year after completion of Algebra II
ACT (Score 1-36)
No penalty for wrong answers
English, Reading, Math, Science
Optional Writing portion
SAT (Score )
With optional Writing portion (score range is

7. What can Naviance/Family Connection do for you?
Colleges
College Super Match Search Engine
Scholarship Searches
College Visit Sign-ups
Organize Colleges you are thinking about
Careers
Personality Inventory-based on the Myers-Briggs Assessment
Career Interest Profiler
Explore Careers and Clusters

8. Getting Started with Naviance
Go to the Family Connection website:
Log on using your User Id and Password
Parents were ed a registration code to set up accounts

9. Oakdale HS Family Connection Welcome Page

10. Navigating the About Me Tab
The “About Me” tab allows you to access other important inventories and surveys.

11. Navigating the College Tab: “SuperMatch College Search”
**SuperMatch is a college search engine. You input specific criteria that you are looking for in a school, and SuperMatch produces a list of schools that fit your criteria**

12. Navigating the College Tab: Signing up for College Visits
Under the “Colleges” Tab, click on “view all upcoming college visits.”

13. Navigating the College Tab: Signing up for College Visits
Click “sign me up”
Click on “sign up”

14. Navigating the College Tab: “Colleges I’m Thinking About”
Click on the “Colleges” tab
Click on the “Colleges I’m thinking about” link just below the “Colleges” heading
Parents may add colleges to their student’s Family Connection – it will show that it was added by the parent

15. Navigating the College Tab: “Colleges I’m Thinking About”
To start- click on the “Add Colleges to this list” link as shown in the picture below
4. On the college look-up page, click on the “lookup” link located in the last column on the right. Click on that link. YOU MUST CLICK ON THIS LINK TO ACCESS THE COLLEGE LIST.

16. Navigating the College Tab: “Colleges I’m Thinking About”
You should now see the “College Picker”
Type the name of the college from your list in the top text box called, “Search by Name” just under the “Search Options” heading.
Click the “Add Colleges” button at the bottom of the page once you have created your list. This must be done or the college(s) won’t be added to the list.
You will then be taken back to the “Colleges I’m Thinking About” page.

17. Navigating the College Tab: “Colleges I’m Thinking About”
Click on the name of a college you have on your list to view more detailed information about that college.
Each college should include:
general information: enrollment, school type, campus surroundings
admissions criteria: SAT scores, GPA, high school academic subjects required
Financial Aid: cost of tuition, average amounts of financial aid given for entering freshman
majors and degrees: list of majors and level of education needed to obtain a degree in each major
student life: living and meal arrangements, housing descriptions, activities
**Most colleges include a “video campus tour”…be sure to check those out!!**

18. Before Applying to College
Choosing General Career Goals-
Two year or four year school, liberal arts or technical school, etc.
Researching potential schools-
Use Family Connection to research and compare prospective schools
Attend local college fairs
Sign up for college visits in guidance using Family Connection
Plan to visit and tour college campuses

19. Admissions Terminology
Early Decision
Early Action
Regular Admission
Rolling Admission

20. Sample Deadline Dates University of Maryland-November 1
James Madison University-January 15
Virginia Tech-January 15
Salisbury University-February 1
Towson University-February 1
West Virginia University-Rolling admission
(These are regular decision dates- early decision or early action can be up to one month earlier)

21. Senior College Applications
Seniors will apply to prospective colleges using the college-specific application or via the Common Application
Naviance is where corresponding documents (transcripts, letters of recommendation, school profile, secondary school forms) are gathered to be delivered electronically

22. Students create a list of colleges they are applying to
Submission (Delivery Type)
Blank = College accepts applications electronically on their website
CA= college that accepts Common App and you have linked your accounts
CA with a slash= You’re not applying to this college through Common App or you have not matched your Common App with Naviance
CO = Coalition Application
? = Submission unknown means you have not chosen a delivery type
Postage stamp = mail only application
We strongly encourage you to apply to all colleges through the Common App that accept the Common App.

23. Teacher Recs & Senior Info Survey
The Senior Information Survey is in the “my planner” tab under “Tasks Assigned to Me.” Teachers and counselor use this information to write letters of recommendation.

24. If you are having any difficulty using any of the Naviance features, please your student’s counselor!