2022- 2023
WAHCONAH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS
(INCLUDING VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL SCHOOLS)
School Code (CEEB#) 220655
Guidance (Phone #) 413-684-1330
School (Fax #) 413-684-2329
Mrs. Megan Sookey, School
Counselor
A - G
msookey@cbrsd.org
phone ext.
7101
Mr.
Peter Andersen, School Counselor & Counseling Coordinator
H - M
pandersen@cbrsd.org
phone ext. 7118
Ms. Katherine Salavantis,
School Counselor
N - Z
ksalavantis@cbrsd.org
phone ext. 7110
Wahconah Regional
High School uses a comprehensive college and career readiness program called Naviance.com to assist students with
their college/career search and application process. Students will be able to find application
materials, request letters of recommendation, schedule a visit with a college
representative and complete transcript requests directly through Naviance.
If your school requires College
Board or ACT Test scores (SAT I), (ACT), be sure to take all required tests
by the school published deadline. You
can register online for the SAT test at www.CollegeBoard.org;
you can register online for the ACT test at www.actstudent.org. Students will
need to report scores directly to the schools through the test agency.
It is necessary to submit a transcript
request on Naviance.com before we can submit your guidance recommendation
form and official transcript. You must inform your guidance counselor when you submit a
transcript request through Naviance, through e-mail or in person, so we are
aware that you would like for us to submit that information.
Letters of recommendation from teachers and others (Follow Each College Requirements Carefully):
Begin
requesting your reference letters early in the year; this will give the writer
time to compose a more thoughtful and accurate letter. Your student activity
sheet, parent brag sheet, and student brag sheet are available through the
document library in Naviance.com and in the guidance office. These forms must
be completed carefully. They are extremely helpful to us in writing your
letters of recommendation.
Students
can check through their Naviance.com account to determine if the letters and
required forms have been submitted. Remember many letters are being written at
this time and it is important to be patient and consistent in following up with
teachers/counselors.
Students
should thank the writers of their recommendation letters. (A handwritten note
is strongly encouraged.)
Students will submit their own
applications online. If you are using
the common application, Naviance will communicate directly with Common
Application through a link matching process.
Please see your counselor or follow the attached video instructions for
linking the Common Application to your Naviance account.
Please request transcripts
through Naviance at least two weeks prior to your application deadline. This gives our office time to submit the
necessary information.
If we are not given ample time to process your college
or scholarship information, there is a chance we will not be able to meet your
deadlines. .
10 DAYS PROCESSING TIME IS REQUIRED
(The
Guidance Department will be closed during the Thanksgiving and Christmas
vacations.)
The Common Application (informally known as the Common App) is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to any of nearly 900 member colleges and universities in 48 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, China, and many European countries.
Click here to use the Common Application website
A Common Application Tour
Steps for linking Common Application with Naviance
Please view this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmIUs2V7TYE
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We are pleased to introduce Naviance Student – a website that you can use to plan for college and a career. Naviance Student is linked with Naviance™, a service that we use in our office to track and analyze data about college and career plans, as well as to warehouse and send student’s college supporting documents.
Naviance Student allows you
to:
♣ Get involved
in the planning and advising process – Build a resume, complete online
surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges
and careers
♣ Research
colleges – Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics to
actual historical data from our school for students who have applied and been
admitted in the past
♣ Research
careers – Research hundreds of careers and career clusters, and take career
assessments
♣ Create future
plans – Create goals and to-dos, and complete tasks assigned to you by the
school to better prepare yourself for your future college and career goals.
Naviance Student also lets us share information with you about upcoming meetings and events, local scholarship opportunities, and other resources for college and career information. You can also use the site to stay in communication with the counseling office.
You were given your Naviance Student log-in information last spring. If you have questions about Naviance please see your Guidance Counselor.
To visit our school’s Naviance Student site, use an Internet browser to connect to: http://student.naviance.com/wahconahreghi/
Naviance Student Tutorial: http://www.screencast.com/t/tbcYt9eUkKg
------SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION------
Pay close
attention to all deadlines. Scholarship opportunities are posted in
Naviance and W.R.H.S. Guidance website. Students will mail scholarship applications
unless instructions require direct school mailing (allow the Guidance Office at
least two weeks prior to the application deadline).
Local Scholarship Applications (Crane Fund, Service Organizations, Memorial Awards, and Community Sponsors) will be available in the Guidance Office by mid February. (Deadline for most local scholarships is March 17).
-------------------FINANCIAL AID FORMS-------------------
*CSS Profile information is available in the Guidance
Office or at www.collegeboard.org. Applications
are to be completed online.
*You can access the FASFA forms on the internet at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Parents and students need to sign up for their individual FAFSA Pin Numbers. 2022-2023 FAFSA Applications cannot be submitted before October 1, 2022
