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COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCEDURES
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COLLEGE APPLICTION PROCEDURES
New College Application Process for 2009/2010
Students are to secure a Transcript Request Form and an Application Checklist from the Guidance Office. All application materials will be sent in one large envelope from the Guidance Office (unless submitted on-line).
Once the application has been completed (either on-line or on paper), the transcript request, application checklist, the application, application fee (check or money order made out to the admissions office), your resume, your essay (if required), counselor forms (if any), and large envelope addressed to the college with the return address for RBC with four (4) first-class stamps must be submitted to the Guidance Office with a fee of $4.00. You will identify the person or persons that will be submitting their letters of recommendation to the Guidance Office to be submitted with the application packet on the Checklist. Please submit the application checklist, transcript request, and your application documents to your counselor at least two weeks prior to the deadline (or the mailing date that you wish to follow). Make sure that you have requested your letters of recommendation to be sent o the Guidance Office within the two week period (to be sent with your application package). You should keep a copy of your application for your records.
A WORD ABOUT THE COMMON APPLICATION..
The common application may simplify the application process for you. Check the list on the Common Application or on line at www.commonapp.org to determine which colleges will accept it. If a number of the colleges to which you will apply use the COMMON APP, you can complete the application ONCE (paper or online). If using the online version, once it is complete and saved, just check the school(s) who is to receive it, and file it electronically.
Just as you will only fill out the application once, you only need to complete the top section of the school report form and the teacher evaluation once. Then give the appropriate form to your counselor and to your teacher (at least two weeks before the deadline), with envelopes addressed and stamped for each college to which you need this form sent. We will make the copies necessary, attach our letters and include them in your application package.
Your counselor will also want your activity sheet or resume, "interview Q&A" and "parent brag sheet" (both available on Naviance- in the menu under "From Your School").
TRANSCRIPT REQUESTS should be made at least two weeks in advance of deadline. Forms are available from Mrs. Rooney. Official transcripts must bear the school seal and must be sent directly from Guidance to the College's Admissions Office, they cannot be hand-carried or returned to the student. Transcripts include SEMESTER GRADES from grades 9,10,and 11, STANDARDIZED TESTING from grades 9,10 and 11(including SAT's but not including PSAT's.) SCHOOL PROFILES AND SENIOR SCHEDULES are also included, as are SENIOR QUARTER GRADES when they become available. There is a $4.00 fee for each transcript, which must accompany the request. If a fax copy is also needed, there is an additional $1.00 charge. A faxed copy is not considered official unless a copy with the school seal is also mailed. A return post card is mailed to the college with each transcript as a receipt by the college. Students and parents may check transcript status, on their Naviance account.
Prior to requesting your first transcript, an authorization/rank release form must be completed by parent and student. On it, a parent authorizes individual or bulk releases of transcripts, as well as a decision on release of rank. Although all transcripts include Grade Point Average (GPA), release of rank is optional. Students and their parents must decide if rank enhances or detracts from the other academic components of the transcript. Once the decision concerning rank is made, it is final.
Requests will be handled in the order in which they are received. There will be no special handling for anyone.
MID YEAR GRADE FORMS- Some applications include mid year forms, or request that you send mid year grades. Request forms are available in guidance and should be submitted MID JANUARY.
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