1. T ECHNOLOGY : U SING CSUM ENTOR 2008 H IGH S CHOOL C OUNSELOR C ONFERENCE Romualdo Teh Michael Burton

2. A GENDA Overview of CSUMentor CSUMentor Fall 2008 Update 2009-2010 Undergraduate Application Updates 2009-2010 EOP Application Updates Student Support California Colleges

3. C OUNSELOR I NFORMATION & T OOLS

6. W HAT IS CSUM ENTOR ?

10. E XPLORE C AMPUSES

12. M ATCHING A SSISTANT

13. C OMPARATIVE V IEW

14. C AMPUS F ACTS

15. D ISTANCE S EARCH

16. FAQ S

17. C OLLEGE R ECRUITER

18. P LAN FOR C OLLEGE

20. P LAN : M IDDLE S CHOOL S TUDENTS

22. P LAN : H IGH S CHOOL S TUDENTS

27. GPA C ALCULATOR

28. H IGH S CHOOL P LANNER

29. H IGH S CHOOL P LANNER (C ONT.)

34. F INANCIAL A ID

40. FAFSA T RANSFER

41. A PPLY O NLINE

43. A PPLICATION F ILING S TATUS R EPORT

45. A PPLY O NLINE – U NDERGRADUATE A PPLICATION

46. A PPLICATION M ANAGER

47. U NDERGRADUATE A PPLICATION

48. D YNAMIC S CREENS

49. A PPLICATION I NSTRUCTIONS

50. A PPLICATION V IDEOS

51. A PPLICATION – R EQUIRED Q UESTIONS

52. A PPLICATION – I NCOMPLETE S CREENS

53. A PPLICATION S UBMITTAL

54. A PPLICATION C ONFIRMATION S CREEN

55. EOP A PPLICATION

57. A SK AN E XPERT

58. CSUM ENTOR F ALL 2008 U PDATES

59. ACT M ANAGER

60. ACT M ANAGER ( CONT.) Student must release the ACT score to at least one CSU campus in the traditional way Score will be sent to the CSU campus(es) selected in the traditional way Also makes the student eligible now to release the score to any other CSU campus via CSUMentor Two ways to release the score to additional CSU campuses

61. ACT M ANAGER ( CONT.)

66. R EMINDER : SAT S CORES Code 3594 One code for all CSU Campuses One fee to send SAT score to all 23 CSU campuses

67. 2009-2010 U NDERGRADUATE A PPLICATION U PDATES

68. M OVED THE A PPLICATION S UBMISSION P ERIOD B EGINNING BOX

69. S CREEN 2: R EVISED THE SUFFIX FIELD

70. S CREEN 2: U PDATED THE P ERMANENT A DDRESS S ECTION Permanent Address is now required Allows user to auto- populate the permanent address if the same as mailing address with one click

71. S CREEN 3: R EVISED BORN OUTSIDE THE U. S. QUESTION

72. S CREEN 4: R EVISED THE RESIDENCY SCREEN Dynamic screen based on responses to enrollment term, date of birth and ward of court questions. Changed name to “California State Residency Information”

73. S CREEN 4: R ESIDENCY S CREEN – M INOR S TUDENTS Residency is determined based on the parent with whom the applicant most recently resided Birth date is on or after: SU2009 – 7/1/1990 F2009 – 9/20/1990 W2010 – 1/5/1991 SP2010 – 1/25/1991(S) or 4/1/1991 (Q) AND Ward of Court = “No”

74. S CREEN 4: R ESIDENCY S CREEN – A DULT S TUDENTS Residency is determined based on the applicant’s residency Birth date is prior to: SU2009 – 7/1/1990 F2009 – 9/20/1990 W2010 – 1/5/1991 SP2010 – 1/25/1991(S) or 4/1/1991 (Q) OR Ward of Court = “Yes”

75. S CREEN 5: A DDED D EMOGRAPHIC I NFORMATION SCREEN ( NEW) New screen 5 – new left navigation Added based on new federal requirements for reporting race and ethnicity 3 required questions and 1 conditionally required question

76. S CREEN 5: D EMOGRAPHIC I NFORMATION Q UESTION 1 A AND 1 B Question 1a is required; options are Yes, No, Decline to State If question1a = yes, questions 1b, 2 and 3 are required If question 1a = no or decline to state, questions 2 and 3 are required

77. S CREEN 5: D EMOGRAPHIC I NFORMATION Q UESTION 2 Required for all applicants An applicant can make only 1 selection under each of the 5 major categories and can make a selection for each category OR decline to state

78. S CREEN 5: D EMOGRAPHIC I NFORMATION QUESTION 3 Required for all applicants Reported by CSU CO to the federal government

79. S CREEN 6: A DDED M ORE H IGH S CHOOLS A TTENDED F IELDS Added 2 more sets of fields for other high schools attended

80. S CREEN 7 AND 8: H IGH S CHOOL P REP S CREEN C OURSE I NPUT Changed the default value for “Honors/AP/IB/College course” and “Honors/AP/IB/College course credit” to “Not Applicable” Change applicable to all subject areas

81. S CREEN 7 AND 8: H IGH S CHOOL P REP S CREEN C OURSE I NPUT Changed the programming to let the student know deficiency for each subject area.

82. S CREEN 8: A DDED GPA C ALCULATOR

83. S CREEN 8: A DDED NEW QUESTION ABOUT ADDITIONAL NON A - G COURSES

84. S CREEN 9: A DDED LDTP QUESTION AND REVISED RN QUESTION

85. S CREEN 10: C LEAR COLLEGE C OURSES Added a feature to allow applicants to clear courses entered in the in-progress and planned sections with one-click

86. S CREEN 10: C OLLEGE C OURSES I NPUT S CREEN “Click here if your course is not on the list below” is now more prominent

87. S CREEN 12: A PPLICATION F EE W AIVER Limit has been changed from 6 to 4 A message will be displayed after a student applies with the 2 nd fee waiver to warn them they have 2 more left Once a student applies with all 4 fee waivers, they will be warned they have to pay the $55 application fee

88. F EE W AIVER - N OTICES

89. A PPLICATION S UBMITTAL P AGE More prominent link to preview application

90. 2009-2010 EOP A PPLICATION U PDATES

91. 2009-2010 EOP A PPLICATION U PDATE Updated dates to 2009-2010 Added the demographic information screen

92. S TUDENT S UPPORT

93. Phone CallsE-mailWebsite 1-800-GO-TO-XAP (1- 800-468-6927) support@csumentor.eduwww.csumentor.edu Bilingual Support in Spanish Monday through Friday 6:30am – 6:30pm

94. E XTENDED S TUDENT S UPPORT H OURS October 1-30 Monday – Friday 6:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. November 1 – 23 Monday – Friday 6:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Saturday – Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. November 24 – 26 6:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. November 27 (Thanksgiving) 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. November 28 (Friday) 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. November 29 (Saturday) 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. November 30 (Sunday) 6:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. (12/1)

95. CALIFORNIA COLLEGES 2008-2009 U PDATES AND N EW F EATURES

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98. S EARCH COLLEGES BY AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL GPA, SAT, ACT SCORES

100. G RADUATE P ROGRAM M ATCHING A SSISTANT

102. I NDEPENDENT C OLLEGE H IGH S CHOOL C OURSE P LANNER

105. L ESSON P LANS & S TUDENT HANDOUTS

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