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For College Representatives: Understanding Naviance and How It Can Work for you

For College Representatives: Understanding Naviance and How It Can Work for you. Presented by: Ann Kjorstad , Academy of Holy Angels, Mary Docken and Erika Cedergren , Hobsons MIDWest ACAC Conference 2012. Naviance Numbers . Naviance started in 2001.

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For College Representatives: Understanding Naviance and How It Can Work for you

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  1. For College Representatives: Understanding Naviance and How It Can Work for you Presented by: Ann Kjorstad, Academy of Holy Angels, Mary Docken and Erika Cedergren, Hobsons MIDWest ACAC Conference 2012

  2. Naviance Numbers • Naviance started in 2001. • Academy of Holy Angels has been a Naviance client since 2005 • Currently, nearly 5,500 schools using Naviance in the United States and over 84 countries • More than 300,000 educators and 4.5 million students utilize Naviance through their schools • Top 5 Naviance Client States: California, New York, New Jersey, Texas, and Massachusetts

  3. Naviance Numbers • As of April 20, 2012 over 13 million documents have been submitted to colleges and universities via eDocs as compared to just over 7 million documents during this same period in 2011 • Over 20% of high schools students in the US are using Naviance, in Minnesota over 63% of all high school students use Naviance

  4. Setting at Academy of Holy Angels • Enrollment: 705 • 87% attend four year colleges and 8% attend two year colleges • 1st tier suburb, Catholic high school • Counselor breakdown: • 2 Academic/Personal Counselors • 2 College and Career Counselors • 1 Learning variations counselor

  5. Family Connection • College Search • School Profiles—regular vs advanced • Admission— Compare Me and Application history • Financial Aid and Costs • Majors • Other tools (College search,College Maps, Career Search, Applying to colleges, Requesting Transcript, College visit schedule) • Perspective from an admission representative

  6. Family Connection for Sample Student • What do students see when they first log in?

  7. College Tab • Let’s look at a few college pages

  8. Colleges I’m Thinking About • Augustana, SD • Drake, IA • Marquette, WI • MN State University, Mankato • University of MN Twin Cities • North Dakota State University

  9. Extended College Profile • Student can link to application online or request info • Campus Web Tour and photos • School profiles and information from College Confidential on selected sites.

  10. All pages include valuable information • Contact information for Domestic and International admission offices • Link to website, list of overlap schools, school stats, graph and option to remove school from list • Comparison between student and previous applicants from their high school • Application history • General information and scheduled visits

  11. Let’s look at some pages • Admissions Information Tab • AHA Comparison Graph • Compare Me • Financial Aid Information • Majors

  12. Search Widget

  13. College Search • Several options for College Searches within the system • SuperMatch College Search and Advanced College Search

  14. College Match • One of Ann’s favorite tools in the system • Section on “Colleges Looking for Students Like You” • Section shows students applying to each school on list are also most often applying to other colleges listed. • Shows students a list of colleges that have accepted students like you.

  15. College Maps • Visual to show map of colleges that accepted our students • Colleges where our students are attending • Top 20 most popular colleges where our students applied

  16. Requesting Transcripts • We are a paper-free school for requesting transcripts. • All students must request their transcripts through their Family Connection account. • Very easy to do! Let’s request a transcript!

  17. Colleges I’m Applying To • Students can see the colleges they are applying to, the type of admission decision they are using, whether they used the Common App, the deadline, confirm transcript and mid-year report submitted and the results of their applications.

  18. Career Search • As part of our sophomore curriculum, we have all students complete “Do What You Are” Survey in Family Connection. • Let’s see the personality profile and possible careers for Sample Student!

  19. Tools within Career Search • Students can learn more about prospective careers—overview of job, knowledge and skills needed, tasks and activities and average wages by state. • Students can also select majors listed and see a list of every college in the United States with that major.

  20. College Visit Schedule • All of our college visits are scheduled within the Family Connection System. • Students can see when schools are coming by looking at schedule online.

  21. Contact Information • Erika Cedergren -- erika.cedergren@hobsons.com • Mary Docken – mary.docken@hobsons.com • Ann Kjorstad-- akjorstad@academyofholyangels.org Thank You!

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