Applications may be filed using paper forms or electronically. More and more colleges are encouraging students to submit applications online.
If completing applications on line, you may wish to print out a copy for your own record.
If you are completing a paper application, complete the application, make copies of it for your records, and mail it along with the application fee, essays and other supplementary materials and a self addressed stamped post card for the college to return to you when they have received the application.
The school report forms must then be brought to the Guidance Center and a transcript request form must be completed for each college. The transcript request form is our internal log of all transcripts sent to colleges; it is also your official release of your transcript. We then complete the school report form and send it with the transcript and counselor recommendation. The following paragraphs cover various procedures for handling paperwork in the application process.
The Common Application - This is a standard application used for a large number of colleges that subscribe to the program and are listed at www.commonapp.org. Instead of having to apply separately to each college and complete similar forms, a candidate need only complete the application once and submit it to any member college. Students often want to know if using this generic form will adversely affect their chances of admission, and the answer is no. As long as it is legible, the colleges give it the same credibility as their own forms.
Secondary School Report or Counselor Report Form - This is the form you bring to the college counseling office. You should fill out the identifying information on the top of this form. Complete and sign a transcript request form, and give the forms to the college counseling secretary. It is most important to complete a transcript request form. Due to the volume of applications we process, you must turn in to our office all school report forms and requests for transcripts two weeks prior to deadlines. Forms with a January 1 deadline must be in the office two weeks before the Christmas break. The office is closed during the vacation. These completed forms and accompanying letters are confidential. Our policy is that we do not make them available to parents or students.
Teacher Recommendations - If teacher recommendations are required by a college, you should think about whom you will ask for a recommendation and then early in the senior year ask your teachers if they will write a recommendation for you. Some teachers are asked to write a large number of letters. They need to be able to plan ahead, and there is a limit to the number they can effectively write. Sometimes a teacher feels he or she is not the best person to write the recommendation, and it is important for you to know this early in order to make alternative plans. You should discuss recommendations with your college counselor. When it comes time to have recommendations sent, give the forms and an envelope addressed to each college to the teacher you have asked to write for you.. Give the form and envelope to the teacher at least a month before the first deadline.
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