SENIOR MEETING APPLICATION PROCESS

WHAT DOES THE STUDENT DO NOW?

September 2016

SURVIVING SENIOR YEAR Senior Courses

l  Review transcript/schedule l  Rigorous schedule including:

n  Economics and Government n  English n  P.E.

Maintain grades throughout the school year l  Grades are sent to the colleges l  Colleges have rescinded offers of admission

College visits: l  College reps visit Jericho (schedule on Naviance, bring

pass signed by your teacher) l  Visit colleges – Open Houses

College Fairs: l  LI College Fair – Sunday, September 18th: 12:00 PM –

3:00 PM, SUNY Old Westbury ●  National College Fair - Sunday, October 2nd: 11:00 AM –

3:00 PM, Suffolk County Community College (Grant Campus/Brentwood)

GETTING STARTED WITH APPLICATION PROCESS

SENIOR CHECKLIST n  Have you finalized your college list? n  Have you handed in Brag Sheets? n  Have you registered and started to work on your application? n  Have you begun/finalized your college essays and

supplements? n  Have you checked the application deadlines? n  Have you updated the “Colleges I’m Applying To” section of

Naviance? n  Have you completed FERPA (Common App/Naviance)? n  Have you added your recommending teachers’ names to

Naviance? n  Have you verified your transcript? n  Have you registered for the SAT/ACT? n  Have you sent your official test scores? n  Have you completed Records Release forms? n  Have you checked financial aid requirements, forms, and

deadlines?

SENIOR CHECKLIST COLLEGE LIST

n  Have you finalized your list of colleges/universities? l  Reach l  Target l  Safety

SENIOR CHECKLIST LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

n  Have you handed in your Parent/Student Brag Sheets and Activity Resume? http://hs.jerichoschools.org/resources/guidance

l  Counselor-once you have completed this task we take it from there.

l  Teachers-Have you asked one or two teachers?

SENIOR CHECKLIST APPLICATION

l  Have you registered and started to work on your Application (s)? n Registering means creating User

name/Password n  www.commonapp.org n  www.suny.edu n  www.cuny.edu n  www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org

l  Have you begun/finalized your college essays and supplements?

SENIOR CHECKLIST APPLICATION

n  Have you checked the Application deadlines for your selected list of colleges/universities? l  College’s website or the Common App

website n  Have you verified the due date for

your “Early” deadline schools? n  –ED/EA – Early Decision/Early Action/Single

Choice EA n  Be mindful of ED Process on Common

Application www.commonapp.org l  Rolling l  Regular l  Priority

SENIOR CHECKLIST TRANSCRIPT

n  Have you verified your transcript? l  Access under Student Records on

Jericho website. l  Verify courses in progress l  Parent AND Student signatures

are required l  Return signed copy to Guidance

SENIOR CHECKLIST TESTING

n  Have you registered for SAT and /or ACT exams?

n  Have you sent your SAT and/or ACT scores officially through the testing agencies? l  College Board

n www.collegeboard.com l  ACT

n www.act.org

SENIOR CHECKLIST NAVIANCE

n  Have all of the schools to which you are applying been added to the “Colleges I am Applying To” section? l  https://connection.naviance.com/family-connection/

auth/login/?hsid=jericho

l  Completed FERPA (privacy notice) l  https://apply.commonapp.org/ca4app#!d/Status?

t=1441722610629 v  Required once via Common Application after completing HS

attending (CEEB 332628) section, then click Recommenders/FERPA tab and complete

v  Non-Common Application colleges - one hard copy - see counselor

l  After FERPA completed, go to Naviance account, “Colleges I am Applying To” enter Common Application email address to match application to Naviance

SENIOR CHECKLIST LETTERS OF

RECOMMENDATION Teacher Recommendations n  Naviance

Ø  Add colleges to “Colleges I Am Applying To” Ø  Click letters of recommendation under the

“Colleges” tab Ø  https://connection.naviance.com/family-

connection/auth/login/?hsid=jericho n  Mail

Ø  Need stamped, addressed envelopes and universal teacher evaluation form (accepted by all colleges) §  http://hs.jerichoschools.org/resources/

guidance Ø  One per teacher!

§  REMEMBER THANK YOU NOTE !

SENIOR CHECKLIST FORMS

n  Have you completed a Records Release Form listing each college/university to which you are applying? http://hs.jerichoschools.org/resources/guidance

l  Hand deliver to counselor to begin process

n  Check Jericho HS Website (Guidance) for forms http://hs.jerichoschools.org/resources/guidance

SENIOR CHECKLIST FINANCIAL AID

n  Have you checked the forms (FAFSA and CSS Profile)?

n  Prior-Prior Year Income Data for the FAFSA l  Beginning in October 2016 (for aid applications for the

2017-18 award year), the White House will allow students to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) using prior-prior year (PPY) tax data.

l  CSS Profile-after 2015 taxes (https://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile?affiliateid=searchbanner&bannerid=profile_bigfuture)

n  Have you checked Scholarship applications and requirements? l  College specific l  Other/Community

http://hs.jerichoschools.org/resources/guidance

n  HS Financial Aid Meeting – l  Tuesday, Sept 27, 2016, 7PM

WHAT IS A COMPLETE APPLICATION?

n  COLLEGES DO NOT CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION COMPLETE WITHOUT: l  High School transcript l  Official test scores sent from

testing agency l  Letter(s) of recommendation l  Completed supplemental forms l  Finalized ED forms (if needed) l  APPLICATION FEE!

FINAL REMINDERS

n  Check status of application l  On-line (via college website) l  Give college time to gather your

information •  Around deadline

n  Meet with your counselor n  Need minimum of 10 school days to process

AFTER transcript approved/Records Release Forms received

n  November 1st deadlines require ALL PAPERWORK to counselor by Tuesday, October 18th

GETTING STARTED WITH APPLICATION PROCESS

SENIOR CHECKLIST n  Have you finalized your college list? n  Have you handed in Brag Sheets? n  Have you registered and started to work on your Application? n  Have you begun/finalized your college essays and

supplements? n  Have you checked the Application deadlines? n  Have you updated the “Colleges I am Applying To” section of

Naviance? n  Have you completed FERPA (Common App/Naviance)? n  Have you added your recommending teachers names to

Naviance? n  Have you verified your transcript? n  Have you registered for SAT/ACT? n  Have you sent your official test scores? n  Have you completed Records Release Forms? n  Have you checked financial aid requirements/forms/

deadlines?