From Here to There(continued…)

Naviance Family Connection will help you get there

*By the end of the School year*Have at least one school in each of the following categories to which

you would like to apply: Safety - Academic and Financial

Profile meet and exceed all admission criteria

Comfort - Academic and Financial Profile meet all admission criteria

Reach - Academic and Financial Profile meet only some of the admission criteria

How is this determined, how do I develop this list???

Factors Colleges Consider

Grade Point Average

High School Curriculum / Decile Standing

Standardized Test Scores

College Essay

Community Service,

Activities, Letters of Rec

Athletics ?

Why do you think that GPA and Test Scores are listed at the top and

largest part of the triangle?

Correct! They are the most important!!!!

Naviance can help you to use your GPA and Standardized test scores todetermine …

Reach, comfort or safety???Access Scattergrams directly!!!

Reach, comfort or safety???

Reach, comfort or safety???

Access Scattergrams from college profile too…

Now that you know what they want…..

It is time to decide what you want…

What are the factors for you to consider?

Location/Distance Setting Cost Size Programs(among many others!!)

Use Naviance to help you find the college that is right

for you…

Open CRHS North’s Web Page Click on Counseling Click on

Log on – user name – e-mail address

First order of Business…

Complete The “Game Plan” Survey in Naviance

…is a series of questions that are designed to help your counselor work with you to develop a game plan for achieving your goals after graduation.

Click here to access instructions for completing the survey!

Lets do a college search!

Lets do a college search!

Overlaps…

Compare me…

Reach, Comfort or Safety???Compare me…

What’s Next?

Place colleges on your list in the colleges I’m thinking about section in naviance…

Why…

If you do, you will receive automatic informational emails for college rep visits

and other info!

College Rep Visits

What to do now???

Register for SAT and/or SAT Subject Tests this spring on

collegeboard.com

Include your parents!! – you both must be on the same page!!

And after that…

Visit, Visit, Visit

(up to 3 excused absences to visit colleges )

And then…

I will send you and your parents an invitation to meet together, to finalize your list of colleges. Look for an email in late April or early May!! (helpful to have an SAT score at time of meeting)

And before you leave for summer…

If you need teacher letters of recommendation, ask your teacher if they are willing, and if so, ask them for his/her policies and procedures.

**** Please keep in mind, all colleges do not require letters of recommendation.; therefore

please be considerate of your teachers time, by not

requesting unnecessary letters of recommendation.

PA State Universities – Do not require letters of

rec, Temple and Penn State included

Click here for Teacher Rec Request Procedures!

Senior Year Timeline

Look for Senior mailing in late August Register for fall standardized tests - if

needed Attend College Application

Bootcamp! Meet with counselor – required prior

to submitting transcript requests Meet with College Reps in Oct and

Nov File NCAA application