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Q&A GVHS Counselors

Q&A GVHS Counselors. Application Materials- What Colleges Need. Application Submitted online by the student individually to each college/university using the school’s own application, the Common Application or the Coalition Application

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Q&A GVHS Counselors

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  1. Q&AGVHS Counselors

  2. Application Materials- What Colleges Need • Application • Submitted online by the student individually to each college/university using the school’s own application, the Common Application or the Coalition Application • Often includes a resume/list of activities and an essay(s) • Test Scores • Unless the school has a test-optional policy, scores must be submitted by the student from the testing agency site (College Board and/or ACT) directly to each school • Colleges that do not require test scores can be found at www.fairtest.org • School Packet (details next slide)

  3. Application Materials- What Colleges Need School Packet • Sent by the Counseling Office when requested by student • Request made online in NAVIANCE for each college/ university (allow 15 school days for processing and sending materials) • Includes OfficialTranscript, Counselor Letter of Recommendation, School Profile, Teacher/Counselor Checklists& Requested Teacher Letter(s) of Recommendation • Students must give teacher recommenders the follow up form ASAP • Official Transcript includes final grades in 9-11 and senior year courses. Whenever a school packet is requested, the college will also automatically receive a mid-year report after the 2nd marking period has been completed and grades finalized.

  4. How to Access the Application • Applications as well as instructions and requirements can be found on the individual colleges’ admission website. • To determine if a college will accept the Common Application, look on the college’s admission page or on NAVIANCE under “Colleges I’m Thinking About” (CA means that the school accepts the Common Application). • For colleges that do not accept the Common Application, access and submit the application directly from the college’s website or if a Coalition App school by creating a Coalition App account. • If the college allows students to use the Common Application to apply, students can access the application at www.commonapp.organd they may apply to multiple schools using this one application. In the common application, students must create an account and add their schools of interest. Each school may have supplemental requirement (essays, additional questions, etc.).

  5. When Are Materials Due? • BEFORE the College’s Deadline!! • No Deadline/Rolling- submit materials by the end of Oct. • Priority Deadline – Most deadlines in October or November • Early Action/Early Decision- check for Oct/Nov. deadlines • Regular Decision- check for Dec-Feb deadlines • IMPORTANT: your application materials are arriving in separate pieces from you, the testing agencies and our high school. It is your responsibility to ensure that all pieces arrive to the college before the application due date.

  6. Review of Deadline Policies • Rolling- students may submit application materials anytime and applications will be reviewed as they are received • Regular Decision- students must submit application materials by the RD deadline, and applications are reviewed after this date with decisions being released by the end of March. • Early Action- students must submit application materials before the EA deadline, and applications are reviewed after this date with decisions being released before winter break • Restrictive Early Action- college’s with this policy limit how many applications can be submitted early action/early decision by a student, and only allow applicants to apply early action to their school- check your college’s policies • Early Decision- students must submit application materials and an ED agreement by the ED deadline, and they commit to attend the school if accepted. Decisions are released before winter break.

  7. What Happens After I Get Accepted? • Students will receive responses from colleges throughout the year (Oct – March) depending on their application review procedures & deadlines. It is the student’s responsibility to notify all colleges of whether or not they will attend by May 1, 2020 at the latest. Students should commit to one school, and notify the other schools of their choice. • If a student is admitted under the Early Decision plan to a college, they must withdraw their applications to other colleges as soon as they are made aware of their acceptance. And in this case, counselors cannot continue to submit transcripts to any additional colleges/universities

  8. What about Financial Aid? • Students/Families should complete the FAFSA at www.fafsa.gov as soon as possible after October 1, 2019 • It is important to check the college’s financial aid webpage for details on additional application forms required for financial aid consideration, as well as special deadlines • Complete the CSS profile if required by the college/ university by the school-specific deadline IF required. To determine if it’s required, check the college’s fin aid website or https://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile • Local Scholarship Applications will be made available on March 2, and students can access applications via NAVIANCE

  9. Q & AWhat Questions Do You Have?This PowerPoint will be posted on the High School Counseling Website!

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