APPLICATION CHECKLIST

General Tasks:

• Complete “Life After ARHS Survey (54 or 22 Qs) for College Conference in Naviance
• Make appointment with Ms. Cuffee-Gray to talk about plan for after high school (link)
• Make appointment with your counselor to talk about your recommendation (link)
• Return signed Lime Green release form to Ms. Garrity (garrityc@arps.org)!!!!!!!!!
• Complete Education Section part of Common App (Common App colleges only – link)
• Complete short answer part of Common App (Common App colleges only)
• Sign FERPA Waiver in Common App (it is advised to waive seeing recs link)
• List the schools that you are applying to in Naviance (link)
• Connect Naviance with Common App (video)
• Complete college essay (Monday workshops @3pm – link and/or share with Amanda Lewis, Writing Center Coordinator (lewisa@arps.org) and/or Ms. Cuffee-Gray (cuffee-grayd@arps.org)
• Review Supplemental Essay Requirements and write them (in Common App and Admissions sites – great advice on supplements link)
• Get FSAIDs for you and parent from FAFSA.ed.gov (link)
• Complete FAFSA (link)
• Complete CSS Profile if required by your college (private selective colleges – link)
• Request transcripts in Naviance (link)
• Request recommendations in Naviance three weeks before first deadline (link)
• Applying Early Decision or Early Action? Be ready to submit to your Plan B schools in mid-December. Review the application and supplements so that you don’t have to scramble.
• If you have a January 1st or 15th (or beyond) deadline, work to complete your application by the first week of December so that we are able to fully support your application process.
• Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance from your school counselor, Ms. Garrity, or Your Friendly Neighborhood College and Career Advisor! (link)
• Note: Do not request recommendations in school based applications (American International College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT) Georgetown University…) ONLY REQUEST IN NAVIANCE! TRUST US!!!

College Essay Support
Mondays 3:00-3:30 with Amanda Lewis and Deidre Cuffee-Gray in Drop in sessions – workshop your essay and/or generate ideas  (Link)

College Essay Guy – awesome podcasts
How to Improve Your Essay in 20 Minutes
https://www.collegeessayguy.com/podcast-stream/how-to-improve-your-personal-statement-in-20-minutes
Great College Essay Test
Podcast
https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/tgcet
Document
https://arhsparentcenter.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/625cd-ceg-thegreatcollegeessaytest.pdf

Naviance Common App Videos

1. Logging Into Naviance https://tinyurl.com/ARHSNavianceLogin2020
2. Colleges in Naviance – Searching, Thinking About, Applying To, Requesting Recommendations https://tinyurl.com/ARHSNavianceColleges2020
3. Requesting Recommendations and Transcripts in Naviance https://tinyurl.com/ARHSNavianceRecsTrans2020
4. Common App, FERPA Waiver, Matching Common App and Naviance https://tinyurl.com/ARHSCommonAppMatch2020

Transcript, Teacher and School Counselor Requests Must be Made Three Weeks Prior to Your 1st Deadline
Late Requests Risk Less Thoughtful Recommendations and Late Material Submissions

Checklist for College Apps.pdf