Welcome to your Senior Brown Bag

1. Welcome to your SeniorBrown Bag Mrs. Bredenberg A-F Mrs. Subudhi G-L Mrs. Jaramillo M-Z

2. Emails It is crucial to have your correct email with us! • College visits • Important Deadlines • Scholarships

3. Text Reminders

4. DSA Website • The website is a great resource with almost all the information you need! http://dsapresents.org/counseling/ • Forms located on the Seniors Tab • Senior timeline • Naviance tab

5. Naviance • This is your own responsibility to do! https://connection.naviance.com/family-connection/auth/login/?hsid=dsarts • Requirements and Deadlines • The district is updating the platform for these surveys. • Additional details and instructions will be available soon! User: student ID Pass: 6 digit DOB

6. Seal of Biliteracy If you speak more than one language, DPS offers a Seal of Biliteracy. It is a Seal that will appear on your diploma, and you will also receive a cord at graduation. sealofbiliteracy.dpsk12.org Click on: Learn More! Click on: Apply for the Seal! (This part is just a simple form). Once you have applied, you will be notified of the next steps, but will consist of either an AP test, a written and speaking test, or a portfolio, depending on the language. Take a handout if this applies to you!

7. ACT and SAT • How do I send my scores? What about sending new scores? • What is “superscoring”? • Dates included in packets. Make sure to register on time to avoid late fees.

8. ACT Dates

9. SAT Dates

10. Early Decision and Early Action • Early Decision vs. Early Action • Many ED applications are due November 1-15 and in December. • Where are you with your application?

11. COLLEGE • Right now the focus should be on college applications. • Next the focus needs to be on scholarships. • Common app and regular app. • https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Members.aspx • DSA’s goal for you: Every college application submitted by Thanksgiving Break!

12. College Visits • You can find out about college visits several ways: • Counseling Website • Naviance • Counseling Center • Email blasts • How to sign up and get out of class: • Register through Naviance. See handout in your folder for further details.

13. College Fairs • Denver NACAC College Fair September 29thfrom 11am-2pm @ Denver Mart • Performing and Visual Arts College Fair October 15th from 7-9pm @ DU Ritchie Center • Gotocollegefairs.com

14. Additional Options: Gap Year • A period of time in between high school and college to help define goals, mature, experience the world, or gain experience. • Suggested by high schools and colleges that students apply for college their senior year, and then present their plan to the college and defer college admissions for a year.

15. Gap Year Opportunities • There are many opportunities and programs for gap years: • Travel abroad • Volunteer Opportunities (some offer free housing and food in exchange for work) • AmeriCorps programs (provide health care benefits, a living stipend) • Work in a field of interest • Gap Year Information: • http://www.usagapyearfairs.org/programs • TeenLife.com

16. DSA College Application Process

17. Everything is done through NAVIANCE • This makes it easier and faster for all parties involved! • Logging onto Naviance will always be your first step. • Go to the DSA Website Students Counseling Department Naviance Click on the blue link • Username: your student ID # • Password: your six digit birthday (mmddyy)

18. How to request a transcript to be sent: 1) On Naviance under the “colleges” tab click “Colleges I’m Applying To”

19. 2) Click the Add (Pink Plus).

20. 4) Under “which college are you applying to” search for your college. Make sure to indicate regular decision, early action, or early decision. Additionally indicate if you are applying through the common app or directly to the institution. • 5) Click on “add and request transcript”

21. 6) Click “initial” for the type of transcript you are requesting. Then click “request and finish”.

23. 7) Notice the “delivery type” logo to the right of the college name. • Red Stamp Icon: Paper transcript will be mailed to the college. Mr. Coral will mail out transcripts weekly. • Blue computer icon: Electronic transcript (eDoc) sent through Naviance • Blue computer icon with CA: Common Application school with electronic transcript sent through Naviance.

24. For all Common App schools:Connecting your Common App with Naviance • In order to link your Common App account to Naviance you need to set up your Common Application account and choose a user name and password. • You must complete the “FERPA” notice on the Common Application in the “Recommenders” section by checking “Yes, I waive my rights to access…” . This is in the letters of recommendation section of the Common App. • Go to Naviance and under the “colleges” tab click on “colleges I’m applying to”. Enter your Common Application email address in order to match your Common Application Account with your Naviance account.

27. Letter of Recommendation Process: Important first steps before logging onto Naviance: • Pick up a letter of recommendation request form from the counseling office and fill out the form. • THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE FORMS, ONE FOR YOUR TEACHERS, ONE FOR YOUR COUNSELOR, and one for an outside recommender, if you are using someone outside of DSA! • Go to your teacher/counselor in person and ask if they would write you a letter of recommendation. Hand them a copy of the form and thank them!Make sure you are asking a month in advance of when your letter is due!

28. Choosing Teachers • There were a few changes to Common App this year regarding teacher recommendations: • Select only 2-3 teachers. You will not need more than that. • CU Succeed teachers will email your counselor a copy of their letter and we upload it for them. • Outside of DSA- Have your recommender email a copy of your letter to your counselor so we can upload the letter to Naviance.

29. 4) On Naviance under the “colleges” tab, click “Apply to College” and scroll down.

30. 5) Under “Letter of Recommendation” click “Add requests”. Choose a teacher from the dropdown list. You can choose up to three teachers to send a request to. You may also choose different teachers for different colleges.

31. 6) Enter a personal note stating when your letter is due to the college, what colleges you are using their letter for, and any special instructions. 7) Click “Submit Requests” to complete the request. An email will be sent to your teacher notifying them of your request.

32. Important things to note: • For Common App Users:The counselor/teacher will fill out these evaluation forms on Naviance and they will be submitted with all your other additional application materials (transcript, etc.) through Naviance. You will NOT enter the emails for teachers in the Common App

33. REMINDERS: • Red Stamp Icon: Paper recommendations will be mailed to the college. Mr. Coral will mail out recommendations with your transcript. • Blue computer icon: Electronic recommendation ( eDoc) sent through Naviance • Blue computer icon with CA: Common Application school with electronic teacher evaluation and letter sent through Naviance.

34. Test Scores • YOU MUST GO DIRECTLY TO THE ACT OR SAT WEBSITE AND HAVE YOUR SCORES SENT OFFICIALLY TO THE COLLEGE!!!

35. Talk to Your Counselor! • Tell us if you are applying Early Decision • There is an agreement form we need to sign • Tell us if your school is requesting quarter grades • We have the send them in separately • Tell us if your school is missing documents • We can work with you to make sure everything has been submitted, but the college only communicates with the student about missing documents.

36. Deadline Reminders • Pay close attention to all deadlines. • MOST schools have separate deadlines for auditions, financial aid, and scholarships.

37. ORGANIZATION!

38. Financial Aid • CSS Profile • Often used at private schools • Often due early • List of schools that use the CSS profile: https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/index.jsp • FAFSA • FAFSA workshops put on by the Denver Scholarship Foundation • Available beginning October 1st

39. Scholarship Checklist • Refer to folder for detailed timeline • Denver Scholarship Foundation Directory • http://www.denverscholarship.org/students/high-school/steps/scholarships • 90% of the scholarship money you will be given comes from the college itself! • The Counseling office gets new scholarships sent to them daily. Check your emails for the latest information on scholarships! We also have folders hanging in the hallway which we will place hard copies of all scholarships we receive.

40. Your Scholarship Challenge • Class of 2019--- 24.3 million in scholarships • Our challenge to the class of 2020--- • Don’t forget to update counseling office each time you are offered a scholarship or grant, whether you accept it or not! • DO NOT THROW LETTERS AWAY! WE NEED AN OFFICIAL COPY OF EMAIL OR LETTER OFFER!!!! • The class will receive a DELICIOUS pancake breakfast!!! Meet or EXCEED!!

41. Overwhelmed?? Need more support?? • We will be offering “open house” workshops during Friday lunches in October in the Counseling Office. • September 27th • October 4th • October 11th • Topics include: essay writing, college applications, and scholarships!

42. Free Colorado application day! • https://highered.colorado.gov/freeappdayco.html • Students must submit a completed admissions application between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 15, 2019 only. • Any admissions applications that have been started but not submitted may not be granted a waiver. Each institution will have a unique process to waive the admissions application submission fee, which we will post on this webpage soon.

43. PowerPoint A copy of this PowerPoint will be emailed and put on the counseling website!

44. We are excited to work with you! Mrs. Bredenberg, Mrs. Subudhi, and Mrs. Jaramillo