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[Pages:5]Prairie View College Process ? Step-By-Step Please read all directions carefully so that your admissions will not be delayed.

Naviance Family Connection

Naviance is an electronic platform where you can store your career and college searches. PVHS uses Naviance to send all college documents. As a result, PVHS will only send transcripts, letters of recommendations, and other pertinent information to colleges using Naviance Family Connection and all requests must be made using Naviance Family Connection.

LOGIN INFORMATION

a. b. Username = student ID#, c. Password = first initial + last initial + 6-digit date of birth (flmmddyy)

"colleges" tab on family connection:

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ALL of your prospective colleges, including those that you will be applying to, should be listed under your "colleges I am thinking about" section.

You will ONLY use the "colleges I'm applying to" section AFTER you have submitted your applications.

ADDING COLLEGES

1. Click on the "colleges I'm thinking about" link in the my colleges section

2. Click on 3. Look up colleges and click Add Colleges them to add them to your list.

UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SEE:

There is a lot of information for you to have on this screen, see below for a key on how to understand it all.

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KEY: Notice the "Delivery Type" column to the right of the college name.

Blue computer icon ( ) means we will send an electronic transcript (eDoc) through Naviance.

Blue computer icon with "CA" ( ) means this school accepts the COMMON APPLICATION. If you apply via the

common app please make sure to review the Common Application notes in each section below indicated by .

Red stamp icon ( ) means that a paper transcript must be printed and mailed to the college.

Notice the "Added By" column: your counselor may have added a college for you to consider

Notice the "Expected Difficulty" column: this is information based on previous PVHS students who have applied to the collge.

Notice the "My Interest" column: This is where YOU indicate your level of interest in the dropdown box.

Notice the "Application Deadlines" columns: You must pay attention to the college application deadlines.

Notice the "Manage Communication" column: if there is an envelope in the row, you may click it for an email address to the

admissions office.

Notice the "Graph" column: when students use Naviance Family Connection correctly you will be able to click on the graph

symbol to see how your GPA and ACT compares to other students who have applied to the same college.

Notice the "www" column: Click on the icon to be connected to the schools website.

Note: At the bottom of the screen you can update your interests and remove colleges from your list.

WHEN YOU ARE READY TO APPLY

1. Determine if you will be applying directly through the college or through the Common Application ? .

a. If you have more than one school with a blue computer icon with "CA" ( ) you may want to consider the Common Application rather than completing two or more applications.

2. Submit your applications. 3. In the meantime, if you have not already done so, request letters of recommendations from your teachers and other staff

members.

Letters of Recommendations: 1. Click on the "colleges I'm applying to" link and scroll all the way to the bottom where you will see the following. Click on "add/cancel requests".

Please do not request letters of recommendation until you have completed a Resume and a Letter of Recommendation Student Summary Sheet that you will provide to your recommenders.

Always give recommenders a minimum of two weeks' notice.

IF YOU APPLY VIA THE COMMON APP, YOU MUST

ALSO REQUEST FOR ONE COMMON APP TEACHER AND

REQUEST A COUNSELOR EVALUATION BE COMPLETED.

REQUESTING TRANSCRIPTS AND OTHER PERTINENT DATA BE SENT TO COLLEGES

All previous steps should have been completed and your applications should be submitted by the student prior to this step.

1. When you have submitted your application, go back to your "colleges I'm thinking about" list, select the college you

applied to and move it your application list by clicking the button that says

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2. The next screen will ask you to indicate if you applied Regular Decision or by a designated application type, please select the appropriate application type.

3. Select that you have submitted your application 4. Request Transcript and any other requests.

After you have moved the colleges to your "colleges I'm applying to" list, you see something like this: You must answer the question. If you do not answer, we will not be able to send your transcript.

THESE NEXT STEPS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT...

THESE NEXT STEPS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

You can access this blue box by clicking on the "colleges I'm applying to" if you are not automatically directed to this site.

You must tell Naviance how to communicate to your colleges; through the Common Application or through EDocs? If you chose to use the Common Application for one or more, you must complete Step 1, Step 2, and add the email you used for the Common Application account. Click the Match button.

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If you chose NOT to use the Common Application, and you WILL NOT, use it, please click the red not needed link.

Common Application Note: Common App requires that all pieces of the application be sent together ? transcript, teacher recommendation, and the Secondary School Report (counselor form that includes the counselor letter of recommendation). Therefore, your transcript will be sent only when your teacher(s) and counselor have completed their forms, required uploads, etc. To determine what each school needs and to send your transcript and all information, you MUST SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR COUNSELOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE.

If you have already added colleges to your "colleges I'm applying to" page, you may update and request transcripts by clicking on the Pencil under the Edit Column and update each college.

Click the

when you are finished updating your colleges.

THINGS TO FIX/UPDATE if your screen looks similar

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1. You can add colleges that you have already applied to here, request transcripts for colleges you have applied to, but have not requested a transcript (see U of Denver)

2. Update any unknowns in this column. If the school is a Common Application school, Naviance must know if you used the Common Application to apply. Select yes or no. Doing so will repair #3.

3. Anytime there is a present you need to either use the

to edit your applications and indicate if you used the

Common Application or not. You can also update fix this by following the rule in #2.

4. If there are duplicates of the same school, we will not be able to send your transcript to that school. Especially if one shows

that you applied via the common app and the other is unknown. You may need to ask your counselor to remove one.

5. If you request a transcript to a school that you have NOT applied to yet, and we are able to send it, where do you think it

goes? Please do not request a transcript be sent to schools you have not applied to yet.

FINAL STEPS:

1. When you hear back from your college, please update your results on Naviance. Click the pencil

and

2. Indicate which college you are attending.

3. Make a plan to meet with your counselor about next steps in Financial Aid planning, registration, houseing, etc.

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