Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Advisory: College Stuff!

Students Applying to College via the CommonApp
  1. Have students log onto their accounts
  2. Have students click on the CommonApp tab at the top
  3. Have students review the Education information they filled out against the information I provided on this document CommonApp Ready-Counselor Sheet (Can also be found on my DP under Seniors>>CommonApp)
  4. Then have students click on My Colleges tab
  5. Under each college listed on the left have students click on Recommenders and FERPA check box
  6. Make sure students have signed the FERPA release authorization
  7. Next have students click on video titled video about recommenders next to the Invite and Manage Recommenders button.
  8. Have students watch this video about how to invite recommenders and counselors
  9. SUPER IMPORTANT: Remind students that even if their advisor is writing their counselor letter of recommendation they will still invite Jess as the college counselor using the following email collegecounseling@animashighschool.com
  10. Have students invite their counselor and teacher recommendations or edit if they need to.

Remind Students: After school today starting at 3:30 in the Commons Jess has an optional CommonApp Assistance session where she can go over specific questions and review any information they want her to review.