Transcript Naviance - Montrose School

Naviance &
Common Application
Your college planning and application
tools
2014-2015
Family Connections (Naviance) and Common
App: Working together to submit a completed
application
Naviance and CA: the Breakdown
Naviance
Common App
 Request Teacher
Recommendations
 Request Transcripts
 Update your list of “Colleges
I’m Applying to” to ensure that
all of your colleges (both
Common App and non-Common
app colleges) are included.
 Common Application form

This list should match your
“Release of Records” List.

Profile, Family History, Education,
Writing Sample, etc.
 Finalize your College List
 Fill out supplemental
information for each school
 Determine number of teacher
recommendations allowed
 Sign FERPA Waiver
This is your Family Connections
login page.
It should look familiar!
Enter your Montrose Email and the
password that you set last year.
Quick Refresher:
What is Family Connection?
Family Connection is a comprehensive online tool that allows you to:
1. Research, track, and store information about colleges that interest you
2. Communicate with the College Guidance Office
3. Find the latest information about college visits and fairs, testing
deadlines, required forms, etc.
4. Request Teacher Recommendations and Transcripts
5. Track information and materials throughout the application process
Family Connections and Common App:
Account Matching
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In order to submit a Common App through Family Connections, you
must “match” your Naviance Account with your Common App account.
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Here’s how:
1. Create a Common App login at www.commonapp.org
**The email address used for your Common App login must be the
same as the email address used for your Naviance Login.
**Your first and last name and date of birth must be the same as
your name/DOB on your Naviance profile.
Account Matching, continued:
2. Fill out the
2. Use the College Search
feature to locate your
schools. Add them to your
list of colleges.
3. Under the Common App tab,
fill out all required
information.
4. Sign the FERPA release (see
next slide).
FERPA Waiver
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Click on the “My Colleges” Tab. Select one college.
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The FERPA question is found within the 'Assign Recommenders' tab of your
application.
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**IMPORTANT: You will NOT be assigning recommenders though the
Common App website. You will be requesting teacher recommendations
through Naviance.
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Do not provide counselor or teachers’ names or emails on the Common App.
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To make your FERPA decision, click on the 'release authorization' link and
follow the prompts.
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Complete Form and save.
Account Matching, continued:
Log back into Naviance.
 Click the Colleges Tab
 Click Colleges I’m Applying To
 The Common App Account Matching screen is
displayed at the top of the page. If you have
completed all of the above steps, you will be
eligible to complete the remainder of the account
matching process.
Common App : Helpful Tips
Education:
a) The only educational information you need to supply is grades 9-12
b) Always report your weighted GPA. This information can be found on your Naviance Account.
c) GPA Scale: 4 points
d) Course Credit Value: One point for a full year course, .5points for a semester-long course
e) Career Interests: Keep in mind that this application will be sent to each
of your schools. You may want to keep this general.
Testing: If some of your schools require testing, provide the test dates and scores. For test -optional
schools, you will be able to “opt out” of providing this information on the school’s individualized
supplemental section of the Common App.
Activities:
a) Use the information from your resume.
b) You can rank order the activities once you have entered all of them.
Writing: Last year, there were glithces with the copy/paste feature. DOUBLE CHECK your essay to
make sure that it has been pasted in its entirety. If the formatting has gone awry, continue on to
the next page. You can then return to the essay, and the problem should have self-corrected.
Requesting Letters of Recommendation:
1. You need one counselor recommendation. You can either
ask your advisor OR your college counselor.
1.
2.
If your advisor is writing this letter, she must send it directly to
your college counselor via email
You will NOT request a counselor letter of rec on Naviance.
2. You most likely need two teacher recommendations.
1.
Your teacher will be uploading the rec letter directly to Naviance.
3. Bring a completed copy of your Student Information Sheet
to each teacher/counselor.
4. Inform the teacher that she will be receiving an email
generated through Naviance for her recommendation.
Teacher Recommendations and Naviance:
 From the Colleges I’m Applying To list, go to the Teacher
Recommendations section.
 Click the Add/Cancel Requests link.
 Choose a teacher from the drop-down menu.
 Enter a personal note, optional.
 Repeat these steps to add teachers.
 Click the Update Request button to complete the request.
 This will generate an email to the teachers you have
selected. They will upload their recommendations to
Naviance.
Transcripts and Family Connections:
 From the Home page, click on the Colleges tab
 On the left hand side, under Resources, click the transcripts
link
 You will see three options:
 Request transcripts for my college applications (Use this
page to submit official transcript requests for your
college applications.)
 Request transcripts for scholarships or athletics
 View the status of all my transcript requests
*Once you submit your request, you will receive a
confirmation and a tracking number.
The Completed Application:
Montrose Provides:
 Transcripts
 Letters of
Recommendation
 Counselor
Recommendation
 School Profile
Student Submits:
 Student Application
 Essay/Personal
Statement
 Supplemental Info
 Request Official Score
Reports
Important: Colleges communicate with the student. The student must keep
the college counseling office informed of any missing material or requests
for information from the colleges.