1. Senior College Application Night
SENIOR PARENT APPLICATION NIGHT – Naviance, Common App, College Applications!
Important information to help get you started on the college process. Your individual counselor will meet with your child individually to go into more detail soon.

2. Purpose of Senior Parent Night
Assist you with the college application process.
Discuss application procedures, transcript requests, letters of recommendation, standardized testing, the Common Application, Naviance and sending documents electronically.

3. Top Factors for College
1.Grades in College Prep Courses – Grades in AP, honors, or level 2 courses
2. Strength of Curriculum – Both the amount of course work you complete in high school and the quality of those courses
3. Admission Test Scores – Scores on either the SAT or ACT (most schools accept both interchangeably)
Source: National Association for College Admission Counseling

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NAVIANCE- Log on to the SENECA website and click on Naviance (under grades)- then click on the Seneca link

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Log on- is school and password is usually your 6 digit ID # (unless you changed it). If you can’t remember or can’t get in – your counselor or stop down to the registrar, Mrs. Dzwill, to have her change it.

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7. Click on College Tab (colleges I’m thinking about)
Senior College Application Night
Click on College Tab (colleges I’m thinking about)

8. Different types of Admissions
Early decision is a contract between you and the college. You can only apply to 1 school early decision. If you are accepted, you MUST attend. BINDING contract!
Early action is more flexible. You do not have to commit to the college if you are accepted. You can apply to multiple schools. NON-BINDING contract!
Rolling Admission-Applications are evaluated as they are received.
Regular Decision- decisions are made once ALL applications have been received by deadline.
**Pay attention to deadlines**

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Colleges I’m Thinking About (+add colleges to this list). Note early decision, early action, regular decision deadlines). You can get to college websites and scatter grams from this page too).

10. Safe 1-2, Good Match 2-3, Reach 1-2

11. Check College Websites to find information about requirements ex
Check College Websites to find information about requirements ex. Rutgers New Brunswick *Notice different criteria for certain majors

12. Teacher Recommendations
Ask two teachers politely in person. Give teachers at least two weeks notice.
Put teacher recommendation request in Naviance
1. Click on Colleges 2. Click on Colleges I’m Applying To
3. Click Add/Cancel Requests
4. Select teacher’s name from drop down bar
5. Click Update Requests
Check Naviance to see when letters have been completed. You will not be permitted to see the letter.
When teachers write you a letter, they will also fill out the common application teacher form electronically.
Counselors will automatically write a letter and fill out common application/counselor form electronically. You do not have to ask your counselor to write a letter.

13. Click on College Tab (colleges I’m applying to)
Senior College Application Night
Click on College Tab (colleges I’m applying to)

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At the bottom of this page- you will find Teacher Recommendations. (2 recommendations)- You will not see the letter that is written – it is confidential.

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Teacher Letters of Rec – 1st ask in Person (2 teachers) and follow up with request here. Use pull down bar to find teacher and leave them a short personal note.
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16. Colleges I’m applying to tab- shows when teacher letter of recs are completed and which transcripts have been send.

17. COMMON APPLICATION – www.commonapp.org
The Common Application is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to any of 517 member colleges and universities in 47 states and the District of Columbia
There is a Common Application for first-year admission and a Common Application for transfer admission. Both versions allow the application to be filled out once online and submitted to all schools with the same information going to each. Once the application is submitted to a college online, it cannot be changed for that college; the student must contact the college directly if they wish to correct an error or provide more information. The Common Application also allows the student to submit and track other components of their application such as supplements, payments, and school forms.
If a school accepts BOTH the Common App and a school application - student’s MUST USE THE COMMON APP (if you want your supporting documents to be sent electronically and not through the US Postal Service. )

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– create an account – use your Seneca school and make sure to write down your password!

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This is the screen you see once logged on. Common App Dashboard- list of schools and info

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Common App- College Search – search to add the colleges you are applying to

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My Colleges- list of colleges that you searched for and will apply to. Gives you deadline and fee information.

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Please Note- different schools want different supplemental things- please look at the left side carefully!

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Common App Info page – profile, family, education, testing, activities and writing

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FERPA- you will be able to sign the FERPA release once you finish the EDUCATION sections and then match up your in NAVIANCE!

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Common App Matching- once you set up a common app account (if you need to) and you’ve filled out the education section- put your common app address (your Seneca school ) in box below and click Match
Click on College Tab and then Colleges I’m Applying to (just like teacher recommendations)

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Essay- 5 topics ( words)- the essay should be not school specific – b/c it will be sent to every school.

27. Applying to Colleges that DON’T accept the Common App…
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Applying to Colleges that DON’T accept the Common App…

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For colleges that don’t use the Common App- go to the college website and start the process from there.

29. If you plan to attend, you will send a final transcript in June.
Rutgers
The Rutgers application process is unique
Apply online on Rutgers website (State ID # is on transcript)
Self report your grades on Rutgers website
Rutgers does not want a high school transcript or recommendation letters.
If you plan to attend, you will send a final transcript in June.

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32. BCC Application- Free – but you must have SS# to apply
Senior College Application Night
BCC Application- Free – but you must have SS# to apply

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All transcripts and letters are sent electronically. Please don’t print any counselor or teacher forms for us to fill out. We will process everything electronically!

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SAT and ACT scores are NOT sent by SENECA. You must log on to those websites and request them to be sent to each of your desired schools. You can send single sittings or all of them. Some colleges will super score if you send all your scores.

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Parent Permission Slip Needed before any transcripts or letters will be sent!

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Transcript Request form needed for each and EVERY college application sent and/or scholarship

37. We CANNOT honor same day requests for transcripts
DEADLINES
Please leave at least 2 weeks for the transcript request to be processed.
Deadlines approach quickly
Check individual college websites to verify deadlines
*October 15th due date for November 1st deadlines
*November 14th due date for December 1st deadlines
*December 1st due date for mailings before Winter Break and January 1st deadlines
We CANNOT honor same day requests for transcripts

38. Transcript

39. GPA and RANK will be distributed at the end of September
GPA and RANK will be distributed at the end of September. Regular/unweighted - /4.0 Weighted /6.0 (English, Math, Science, History & World Language) Top 15% weighted rank – NJ STARS (?)

40. BCC CAP credit: use this transcript request form for BCC to send transcripts to schools you request. 10/23-Registration for CAP courses this year

41. NCAA
Students who are planning to play in a Division I, II, sport need to complete the following:
1. Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center: $
Send official test scores from College Board/ACT to NCAA
Send high school transcript to NCAA at end of junior year

42. Home/Seneca/BCC/CollegeBoard&ACT

43. Military Branches Marines- www.marines.com Army- www.army.mil
Navy-
Air Force-
ASVAB-Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (Military entrance exam)
Each branch has required entrance score
ASVAB administered Nov 13th at Seneca-sign up in Counseling Center

44. Scholarships Mrs. Grace McCloskey – Chairperson gmccloskey@lrhsd.org
Check the Scholarship eboard & Naviance weekly:
Complete local scholarship packet (distributed in homeroom in January)

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FINANCIAL AID
Visit Financial Aid website- to request a password
Complete FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) online after January 1st
Check college deadlines for FAFSA
NJ Stars must apply for financial aid
Financial Aid Night
January 8, 2015
6:30 PM
Auditorium

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??QUESTIONS?? Counselors will meet with all Seniors during September and October individually to review all this information and answer any questions. Thanks for coming to – SENIOR PARENT INFO NIGHT
Senior College Application Night