TRAIP ACADEMY COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

NAVIANCE http://connection.naviance.com/robertwta Username: is your Traip email address Password: default password is rangers Make sure your email is updated in your profile. There are 3 different types of college submission applications. They are: Common App Electronic Submission Mail Only__ All student materials will be submitted via common app. The link with Naviance allows all counselor materials to be submitted. It is always recommended that if a school is Common App, you should apply via the common app. If you have a school that accepts electronic submissions, alert your counselor and together we will work to submit through their chosen system. If you have a school that is mail only, student will be responsible for notifying the Guidance Office. All transcript requests are to be done in both Naviance and in the form of a signed paper “Transcript Release Form”. This form must be turned in at minimum 2 WEEKS (10 school days) prior to your application deadline. Matching Your Common App and Family Connection Accounts The following steps are REQUIRED if you are using the Common App. Completing these steps allows your transcripts and recommendations, which are in Naviance, to be matched with your Common App. • Go to Common App: o Log into your account. If you’ve not created an account, you’ll need to do that. o Under the “Common App” tab, complete the entire “education” section so that it has a green checkmark (this is necessary since the Common App must know the high school you attend).

o Go to “My Colleges” If no colleges are listed, go to “College Search” add at least one college to which you’ll be applying. o Click one of the colleges and then “Assign Recommenders”. o Click the FERPA Release Authorization, giving Traip Academy permission to send your transcript. Follow instructions and click these items: § I authorize every school that I have attended to release all requested records § I waive my right to review all recommendations and supporting documents § I understand that my waiver or no waiver selection pertains to all colleges • Go to Family Connection in Naviance: o Login and click the “Colleges” tab. Click “Colleges I’m applying to” o Enter the email address used in your Common App account o If you’ve done this correctly and see this, you’re finished: § Common App Account Matching – Complete § Your Common App account was successfully matched § FERPA Status: Waived nd 2 Step—FINISH YOUR COMMON APPLICATION • Be accurate and thoughtful, this is your application 3rd Step—UPDATE NAVIANCE FOR RECORDS RELEASE • Click on “College” tab • Add Colleges to “Colleges I’m Applying to” • Add deadlines if not provided • Select: Regular, Early Action, Early Decision-(See attached List) • Complete your Senior Brag Sheet under the ”About Me” tab, it will be on the left hand side. This must be completed to assist teachers in writing the best letter possible. • Indicate when you’ve finished your application and when submitted • Request Transcripts for colleges that you have applied to. (Both online and in signed paper “Transcript Release Form”. • If you are applying to a Common App school, you have to follow the Common App steps.

3rd Step-TEACHER RECOMMENDATION REQUESTS- MINIMUM 2 WEEKS BEFORE DEADLINE • ASK THE TEACHER IN PERSON-You must talk to your teachers in advance and have gotten a positive response from them BEFORE you submit the online piece. • You will usually need 2 Teacher letters of recommendationColleges are looking for Core Teachers from your Junior/Senior year. • Your Senior Brag Sheet must be completed • To request online in Naviance:

1. From the Colleges tab in Family Connection, you will click on a link under the My Colleges section, titled “Letters of Recommendation”. 2. On the recommendation request page, you will click on the blue “Add Request” button to submit your requests, one teacher at a time. 3. Step 1: The student should select a teacher from the drop-down list. If the teacher is missing from the drop-down list, you should contact your counselor. 4. Step 2: Student should review the colleges listed directly from the “Colleges I’m applying to” list and check one or more boxes to indicate where the teacher should be sending the letter of recommendation. 5. Step 3: Students can add a personal note (up to 3000 characters) to the teacher, highlighting any important aspects of their applications (such as first choice schools, early decision applications, intended major or degree of study), that they may want the teacher to consider when writing a letter of recommendation. 6. Students should click the Save button at the bottom of the screen which returns them to their recommendation status page. At the top of the screen, a green status bar shows the teacher's name and the number of request for the student.

Your School Counselor will be automatically alerted to fill out the Common App Counselor Documents WATCH YOUR DEADLINES—Check the status of transcripts by clicking “view status of all my transcript request” under the transcripts tab. You, and only you, as the student are responsible for knowing your deadlines and meeting them.



TYPES OF APPLICATIONS/DEADLINES: REGULAR-You are applying at the normal date and will receive notification of admissions based on how that college processes applications. You have until May 1st to make your admissions decision and deposit. ROLLING ADMISSIONS-This college will process your application as soon as it is complete. They will send you your admission status result, usually within 2 – 4 weeks of the application completion at the school. You have until May 1st to make a decision and deposit. PRIORITY-Colleges will often have a priority date for scholarships and other benefits, similar to early action, but may have a later notification date. You have until May 1st to make a decision and deposit. EARLY ACTION-An accelerated college application process in which you must have your materials in by an early deadline (generally November 1st.). Colleges will respond by Jan. 1st – 15th. Some reasons to consider early action include: • At many colleges, the acceptance rates are higher for early action than for regular admission. • Students who are not accepted early are still considered for admission with the regular admission pool. • Early action is not binding -- students are free to apply to other colleges. • Students can apply early to other colleges. • Although students receive early notification of an acceptance, they do not need to make a decision until the usual May 1 deadline. EARLY DECISION- A contract between you and the school to which you are applying. You must have your materials in by an early deadline (generally November 1st.) Colleges will respond by Jan. 1st – 15th. If accepted, you must deposit at that school immediately as long as you have received a financial aid package. The contract is binding and the school must also agree.