Student Process for Requesting Transcripts and Counselor Recommendations

1. Student Process for Requesting Transcripts and Counselor Recommendations Upper Dublin High SchoolGuidance Department 2011-2012

2. STEP 1:For each college, student completes UDHS Transcript Request/Release Form

3. STEP 1 (continued): • Enter the name of the College in the space marked Recipient. • Enter the application deadline.NOTE: ASAP is NOT an acceptable deadline!!!

4. STEP 1 (continued): • Be accurate regarding Naviance delivery type. • This will be indicated under “Delivery Type” after adding the college name to your “Colleges I’m Thinking About” list.

5. STEP 1 (continued): • Be accurate regarding Admission Type (Early Action, Early Decision, Rolling, etc.). • Refer to “Colleges I’m Thinking About” for this information; if no deadline is indicated, check Rolling Admission box on the form).

6. STEP 2: If Common App: • Student should have already created account on www.commonapp.org. • In Naviance, go to Colleges tab > click “Colleges I’m Applying To”. • Complete all portions of the FERPA waiver, enter Common App username and password and click “Submit” (see next slide). ** Note: If you will NOT be using The Common Application at all, you may simply skip the FERPA waiver.

7. STEP 2 (continued): In Naviance, go to Colleges tab > click “Colleges I’m Applying To”

8. STEP 2 (continued): FERPA Waiver

9. STEP 2 (continued): If Other Electonic: • no further action is required by the student. If Paper: • along with Transcript Request/Release of Records Form, student provides Guidance with any required college forms and a 9”x12” envelope addressed to the college including three (3) first-class stamps.

10. EXCEPTIONS Penn State Penn State is indicated as a Paper recipient in Naviance. However, student needs to submit ONLY the UDHS Transcript Request/Release Form to guidance. No envelopes or college forms are required.

11. EXCEPTIONS Penn State Schreyer Honors College A separate Transcript Request/Release Form is NOT required. When completing the online Schreyer’s application, students will provide e-mail addresses for counselor and teachers who will be submitting recommendations.

12. EXCEPTIONS University of Maryland The University of Maryland is indicated as an Other Electronic recipient in Naviance. However, Maryland requires that the guidance counselor recommendation be submitted directly through their web system. When completing Maryland’s online application student MUST provide the e-mail address of their guidance counselor.

13. EXCEPTIONS Common Application If a college is indicated in Naviance as a Common App recipient, BUT the student chooses to use the college’s own application instead, you MUST notify your counselor in order for your materials to be sent in the appropriate format. ** See next slide for how to do this.

14. EXCEPTIONS Common Application (continued) After submitting your Transcript Request/Release Form, the Guidance Department will add your transcript request to “Colleges That I’m Applying To” in Naviance. For Common Application colleges, click Unknown in the “Applying via Common App?” column (see next slide).

15. EXCEPTIONS Common Application (continued)

16. EXCEPTIONS Common Application (continued) On the following page, If applying using Common App, select YES from the drop-down menu. If using the college’s own application, select NO. UNKNOWN should NEVER be selected: either you are applying via the Common Application or you are not! Scroll down the page and click:

17. EXCEPTIONS Common Application (continued)