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  • Linking C.App with school system ( Naviance, Scoir)
  • Notify school counselor of colleges applying to and follows school’s protocol for ordering transcripts
How Do I Get Financial Aid & Scholarships?
  • Have parents fill out FAFSA and CSS profile if applying for financial aid
  • Some colleges require for merit scholarships
  • Scholarship research
  • Potential 2nd application for scholarship if applicable
It Is Time to Start Applying!
  • Create deadlines and a timeline for the student to complete applications before the school deadline (EA: Oct 1 and RD: Dec.1) and merit scholarship deadlines.
  • Research if any schools on list have earlier deadlines to qualify for interviews
  • Provide students with a strategic plan for the order in which to complete supplemental essays given the nature of essay prompts.
  • Submit early apps in October and submit regular decision apps before December break if deferred or denied at ED school.
  • Submit ready to go ED2 application if applicable as well

 

What Else Do I Need to Do?
  • If a student is deferred from any early schools, have them begin writing a deferral letter bringing them up to date on classes, activities, awards or honors and continuing interest in the colleges.
  • Advise the student to request his school college counselor to call college on his behalf.
  • Other deferral strategies will be discussed.
  • If a student is accepted to their ED school they are instructed to withdraw all submitted applications.
  • Help with sending update letters to RD schools in the winter
  • If a student gets waitlisted in the Spring and decides to remain on the waitlist, strategies to increase wait list chances are discussed and executed
  • If a student is undecided about where to matriculate, additional school visits are discussed along with other factors to consider

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