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.
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.
Top Factors for College
1.Grades in Academic 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 (schools accept both interchangeably)
*Check if your school needs SAT subject tests*
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Source: National Association for College Admission Counseling
NAVIANCE- Log on to the SENECA website and
click on Naviance (under grades)- then click on the
Seneca link
https://connection.naviance.com/family-connection/auth/login/?hsid=senecahs
Log on- email is school email and password is usually your 6
digit ID # (unless you changed it). If you can’t remember or
can’t get in – email your counselor or stop down to the
registrar, Mrs. Dzwill, to have her change it.
Click on College Tab (colleges I’m thinking about)
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).
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**
Safe 1-2, Good Match 2-3, Reach 1-2
Check College Websites to find
information about
requirements
ex. Rutgers New Brunswick
*Notice different criteria for certain
majors
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.
Click on College Tab (colleges I’m applying to)
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.
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.
Colleges I’m applying to tab- shows when
teacher letter of recs are completed and which
transcripts have been send.
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. )
http://www.commonapp.org/ – create an account
– use your Seneca school email and make sure to
write down your password!
This is the screen you see once logged on.
Common App Dashboard- list of schools and info
Common App- College Search – search
to add the colleges you are applying to
My Colleges- list of colleges that you searched for and
will apply to. Gives you deadline and fee information.
Please Note- different schools want different
supplemental things- please look at the left side
carefully!
Common App Info page – profile, family,
education, testing, activities and writing
FERPA- you will be able to sign the FERPA release once you
finish the EDUCATION sections and then match up your
email in NAVIANCE!
Essay- 5 topics (250-650 words)- the essay should be not
school specific – b/c it will be sent to every school.
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 email
address (your Seneca school email) in box below and click Match
Click on College Tab and then Colleges I’m Applying to
(just like teacher recommendations)
Applying to Colleges that DON’T accept the
Common App…
For colleges that don’t use the Common App- go
to the college website and start the process
from there.
Another example of online application
that is NOT Common App
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.
Rowan College at Burlington County
RCBC Application- Free – but you
must have SS# to apply
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!
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.
www.collegeboard.com
www.actstudent.org
Parent Permission Slip Needed before
any transcripts or letters will be sent!
Transcript Request form needed for each and EVERY college
application sent and/or scholarship. **Please list which letters
of recommendation you want to send in order of preference check how many that college wants**
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
Transcript
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 (?)
RCBC CAP credit: use this transcript request form for
RCBC to send transcripts to schools you request.
Registration for CAP courses this year soon
http://www.bcc.edu/PDFFiles/Forms/(Online)TranscriptRequestForm1209.pdf
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: $65.00
http://eligbilitycenter.org
2. Send official test scores from College Board/ACT to NCAA
3. Send high school transcript to NCAA at end of junior year
http://web3.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/NCAA.jsp
Home/Seneca/BCC/CollegeBoard&ACT
Military
Branches
• Marines- www.marines.com
• Army- www.army.mil
• Navy- www.navy.com
• Air Force- www.af.mil
ASVAB-Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (Military
entrance exam)
• Each branch has required entrance score
• ASVAB administered Nov 12th at Seneca-sign up in
Counseling Center
Scholarships
• Mrs. Grace McCloskey – Chairperson
• gmccloskey@lrhsd.org
• Check the Scholarship eboard & Naviance weekly:
www.gmccloskey.seneca.site.eboard.com
https://connection.naviance.com/senecahs
Complete local scholarship packet (distributed in
homeroom in January)
Mrs. McCloskey’s E-board
http://www1.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/BoardServlet;jsessionid=E6B8A5D9BD107C4C46F28ECDFDF1F521?ACTION=NOTE_SHOW&ACTION_ON=NO
TE&OBJECT_ID=2433544&SITE_NAME=seneca&BOARD_NAME=gmccloskey&SESSION_ID=700nqxdot06r82477&TAB_ID=244328
FINANCIAL AID
• Visit Financial Aid website-www.fafsa.ed.gov 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 7, 2016
Auditorium
??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