Lassiter High School

Class of 2020

School Counselors

◦ Mrs. Johnson A-C

◦ Mrs. Hughes D-H

◦ Dr. Rives I-M

◦ Mrs. Hawk N-Sr

◦ Mrs. Clark St-Z

◦ Mrs. Lehmann

Receptionist

◦ Mrs. Thomann

TranscriptsTwitter- @CounselingLHSInstagram- @lassitercounseling

What resources are available in the School Counseling Office?

◦ New Calendar in the hall!

◦ Career Center

◦ College Representatives

◦ College Information

◦ ACT & SAT testing information

◦ Your Counselor ☺

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

Open House- Thursday, August 22nd @ 4-7pm (drop in)

Senior Parent Night- Monday, August 19th @ 6:30 pm in Concert Hall

Financial Aid Night- Monday, October 14th @ 6:30 pm in Concert Hall

College Chats- in Career Center (6th and 7th periods)

September 12th, October 2nd, October 31st

FACTORS FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION

GR

AD

ES &

GPA

Extracurricular Activities

Essays

Letters of Recommendation

Demonstrated Interest

How to Choose a CollegePoints to Consider

◦ Admission Requirements

◦ GPA, SAT/ACT, Rigor

◦ Look at Freshmen Profile

◦ Student Life

◦ Housing

◦ Recreational Activities &

facilities

◦ Religious Activities

◦ Greek System

◦ College Atmosphere

◦ Size

◦ Location/Setting

◦ What makes school unique?

◦ Weekend Activities

◦ Instruction

◦ Class Size, Student:Teacher Ratio

◦ Availability and helpfulness of Professors

◦ Programs of study; Majors/Minors

◦ Career Placement Services

◦ Financial Aid

◦ % of students who apply

◦ % of students who receive and amount

◦ Availability & Types of scholarships

◦ Co-op programs, internships, campus jobs

**Note- Class rank will not be included on transcripts or reported on secondary reports.

Building a College List

◦ Reach Schools◦ schools where your academic credentials fall below the school’s

range for the freshman class.

◦ Range Schools◦ schools where your academic credentials fall within or perhaps

slightly exceed the school’s range for the freshman class.

◦ Safety Schools◦ schools you will almost definitely get into because your academic

credentials are much better than the typical range for their freshman

class.

The College Visit ◦ Check the Calendar in the hall outside of counseling

◦ Sign up on Naviance for college visits in Career Center

◦ Select your top 3 college choices

◦ Visit colleges during school breaks

◦ Schedule appointment with Enrollment Counselors.

◦ Meet Financial Aid Officer & discuss Scholarships.

◦ Seniors get two excused absences for college visits.

College Visits in the Career Center

◦ Check Calendar outside of

Counseling and Naviance

frequently for upcoming college

visits. Visits start this month!

◦ You must sign up through your

Naviance account at least 24

hours in advance. The College

Visit link is located at the bottom

right of the Colleges homepage.

◦ You will receive an email the day

before your visit as confirmation.

Print off this email; it must be

signed by the teacher whose

class you will be missing. Bring the

pass to the college visit.

PROBE College Fairswww.gaprobe.org

◦ Monday, September 9th

◦ Marietta High School 6:00-8:00pm

◦ Thursday, September 19th

◦ Milton High School 6:00-8:00pm

◦ Tuesday, October 29th

◦ Cherokee High School 6:00-8:00pm

Applying to college Early Action

◦ Meet or Exceed admission requirements: GPA, classes taken, test scores. (Look at Freshmen Profile!)

◦ Non-Binding application

◦ May apply to multiple schools EA

◦ May apply to other colleges under regular admission plans

◦ Usually notified in December/January

◦ Must give college decision no later than May 1

◦ Rules vary from college to college so make sure to get specific information from where you are applying

Applying to college Early Decision

◦ Meet or Exceed admission requirements: GPA, class

rank, test scores (Look at Freshmen Profile!)

◦ Binding contract application to 1st choice college

◦ May only apply to one college as ED

◦ Notified usually in December/January

◦ If accepted, must withdraw all other applications

◦ If denied, often cannot re-apply for 1 year

◦ Rules vary from college to college so make sure to

get specific information from where you are

applying

Non 4 year Options

2 year Colleges or Technical Colleges

◦ See if the SAT/ACT is

required- may take the

Accuplacer Exam instead-

check with each individual

school

◦ Two-year school

requirements - 2.0 GPA, 2

World Languages plus all

Georgia graduation

requirements

Military/Armed Forces

◦ High School Diploma is

required

◦ Take the ASVAB (offered on

PSAT day)

◦ Make contact with branch

recruiter

◦ Request your final transcript

in May

College Admission Tests

www.collegeboard.com

www.actstudent.org

Scores are sent to the college from

the testing agency—you must do this! *Send SAT subject tests too

***2 out of 3 students SAT scores improve when they take it more than once!

Lassiter’s CEEB code is 111983

Scholarships

◦ Types of Scholarships:

◦ Merit, Athletic, Organizational

◦Check the Scholarship Resources in

Naviance on the Colleges Homepage

◦Check the College Websites and online

search engines.

FAFSA/HOPE Scholarship

Free Application for Federal Student Aid

www.fafsa.ed.gov

www.GAfutures.org

www.gsfc.org

FAFSA can be filed starting October 1st!

TUITION and HOPE VS. ZELL MILLER

◦HOPE

◦3.0 GPA

◦% of tuition

◦Zell Miller

◦3.7 GPA

◦1200 SAT or 26 ACT

◦ Full tuition

*Only Academic Courses-unweighted*Both only used at Georgia Public Schools*Check your HOPE GPA through GAfutures

*HOPE Grant can be used at Technical Schools (no specific GPA requirements)

www.gafutures.org for more Information

Steps to Institutional Aid: CSS Profile◦ Many private colleges require the CSS Profile in

addition to the FAFSA.

◦ Used by many Early Action/Early Decision Institutions

◦ CSS Profile is available October 1, 2018

◦ $25 Original Application Fee/One College

◦ $16 for additional college/program

◦ Comprehensive list of Schools:

◦ http://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile

NAVIANCE

Naviance is a delivery system and college/career search engine, but it also

how we communicate with YOU and your parents, throughout the year.

a delivery system and college/career search engine, but it also how we

communicate with YOU and your parents, throughout the year.

Naviance Student Homepage

If logged into a Cobb computer you will automatically be logged in. Must use user name (typically email) and password at home

EMAILS! *Most of your emails are already in Naviance from previous years---

We need your email address so we can communicate important information with you. Please get in the habit of checking email frequently.

1. Click on the “About Me” link at the top.

2. Click on “My Account.”

3. Click on the Pencil Icon in the “Contact Information Box.”

4. Enter your email address.

5. Click “Save.”

◦ **Also important to check email regular to receive communication from colleges you are applying to!

Bridge Law

◦ Go to “My Planner” and click “Tasks”

Bridge Law

❖ Scroll down to “Tasks You Need to Work On”

❖ Complete Task by selecting: “Complete Senior

Survey”

❖ Select “take this survey” in the upper right hand

corner to begin the activity

❖Answer the question and select “Save and

Finish”

Don’t log off!! More coming..

❖ Wait for a counselor to confirm your completion

❖ Go to “My Planner” and then “Tasks” to show completion status

Step By Step Process App Process

1. Select what colleges you’re applying to

2. Determine application types: Common App, Coalition, Direct to Institution

3. Submit your college applications – your “package”

4. Send your test scores via Collegeboard/ACT

5. Use Naviance – our “delivery” system (add schools)

6. Invite teacher recommenders

7. Request initial transcripts (in counseling office)

8. Track your “package”

Add Colleges to “Colleges I am Applying To”

◦ This is the section where students will spend

most of their time.

◦ You can request letters of

recommendation and transcripts within this

section.

◦ You must also designate the application

type within this section as well as indicate

that you’ve applied to the school.

Important to tell us how you are applying!

SUBMISSION TYPES

“Colleges I’m Applying to” Dashboard

Agreeing to waive FERPAWhat is the FERPA Waiver?

◦ Since FERPA is a complex law, we want to provide some key information before you respond to the FERPA waiver question.

◦ 1. How does FERPA relate to your college application?◦ FERPA gives you the right to review confidential letters of recommendation

under certain circumstances IF:

◦ You are enrolled in college and that college saves the recommendations for enrolled students, OR

◦ You are 18 or older.

◦ 2. In the application you'll be asked if you want to waive this right. Why would you want to do that?◦ Waiving your right lets colleges know that you do not intend to read your

recommendations, which helps reassure colleges that the letters are candid and truthful.

◦ Some recommenders may refuse to write a letter for you unless you waive your rights. Check with your counselor or teachers to see if any of them follow such a policy.

1. Create Common App account

2. Add a school (complete education section)

3. Sign FERPA Release

CommonApp Linking

Non Common App Schools/Coalition

◦ Many colleges have created their own individual applications

that, in most cases, are web-based and can be found via the

school’s undergraduate admissions website.

◦ Just because a school does not accept the Common App does

not mean that they do not accept the transmission of important

documents, like letters of recommendation and academic

transcripts, through Naviance.

◦ When a non-Common App school allows us to submit documents

through Naviance, it is called Direct to Institution. A Direct to

Institution school is designated by this symbol.

◦ When applying to a school through the Coalition Application you

should select “Direct to Institution” in Naviance!

Transcripts

◦ How to get one?

◦ 1: Submit your application to college.

◦ 2: Request transcript in Naviance- College needs to be on “colleges I’m applying to” list

◦ 3. Complete transcript request card in the counseling office

◦ Transcript request card must be completed EVERY time you need a transcript.

◦ Must be requested in writing with your signature.

◦ Card stays on file in the Counseling office so you can always know when and where your transcript was sent.

•What is a transcript?

• Most colleges require an official transcript as part of the application.

• $2 each

• Official vs Unofficial

Requesting Transcripts

Transcript Request Form

Transcripts◦ When?

◦ Each time you submit an

application to a different

college or scholarship

application.

◦ At the end of first semester, if

requested by your college

(this is called a ‘mid-year

transcript’).

◦ FINAL TRANSCRIPT: has a

graduation date on it.

Required by your college as

proof of high school

graduation.

◦ Order this in April/May.

Requesting transcripts◦Requesting transcripts will

be started through

Naviance and completed

in the counseling office.

◦ You can’t just do one!!!!

Counselor Recommendation◦ Know if it is required by the college or not

◦ If it is not required, DO NOT send one

◦ Three items are needed for a counselor recommendation:

1. Student Senior Questionnaire (Found under ABOUT ME tab

in Naviance)

2. Resume (this can be uploaded in the journal in Naviance

or created in Naviance using the resume builder)

3. Once all of these items are completed and have been

submitted, please email your counselor and inform them

that everything is completed for a counselor

recommendation. It would be helpful to include

information about which college it is going to and what

their stated deadline is.

◦ Also need to circle Recommendation Letter on Transcript Card!

All documents required for a

counselor recommendation

must be RECEIVED by your

counselor…………

NO LATER THAN 10

SCHOOL DAYS PRIOR TO

THE COLLEGE DEADLINE.

These items are:

1. Student Senior

Questionnaire

2. Resume

Work Backwards to Determine All

Your Deadlines:Example:

◦ Application deadline for the college is: Oct 15.

◦ Counselor recommendation request deadline : Oct 1

(10 school days prior). This is the Tuesday after our Fall Break.

This means you have:

1) submitted the application to the college

2) completed your senior questionnaire and resume

3) e-mailed your counselor to inform them all materials are complete

by Oct 1 for an October 15 deadline.

Teacher Recommendations

◦Ask for a teacher recommendation in person

before adding their name to any application

◦ Give your recommender plenty of advance notice

◦ Follow any procedures your recommender may

have in place for letters

Request teacher recommendations from bottom of “college I’m applying to” screen in Naviance

Teacher Recommendations Continued..

IMPORTANT: ASSIGN YOUR TEACHERS TO SPECIFIC

SCHOOLS, NOT “All Applications”

-It is your responsibility to research which schools

require a letter of recommendation on their website.

-If they do not ask for a letter of recommendation,

they do not use it in the admissions process. DO NOT

ASK YOUR TEACHER FOR ONE IF THIS IS THE CASE!

**You can also track the status of your teacher

recommendations. The student must follow up to

ensure that these are sent!

TMI !!! What do I do first?

◦ Get organized: folder, calendar, review timeline…

◦ Know your Accounts--- Naviance, Common App, GA

Futures.

◦ Register to take SAT/ACT in early Fall.

◦ Schedule college visits

◦ Choose top 3 colleges & start applications.

◦ Make note of application deadlines and requirements!

◦ Complete Rec Form if needed

◦ Request Transcripts and Recommendations. Allow 2 weeks advance notice to process request.

◦KEEP UP YOUR GRADES!!!

X2vol- Service Hours!!

◦ You now have access to track your service hours electronically.

◦ 200 hours (100 related to Lassiter, 100 outside organization) are required to receive a cord at graduation.

◦ 1. Home page of Naviance

◦ 2. Scroll to the bottom left and click on x2vol

◦ 3. Update profile information (2 slides)

◦ 4. Set up password, add email

◦ 5. You are ready to log hours! (you can go back and back log from previous years)

◦ * check in to see when we post opportunities.

◦ *more training info to come in advisement!