Sending the First Application

 

Make an appointment to meet with your Guidance Counselor.  If you need teacher recommendations for your application(s), ask the teachers at least two weeks before the application deadline.  They will give your counselor the completed recommendations.  You may have questions about admission, financial aid, declaring a major, applying with an "undecided" major and so on. 

 

During your appointment, your counselor will:

 

1.  Show you the academic part of your transcript

2.  Have you sign a form which you must take home to get a parent or guardian signature; this form gives your counselor permission to send your transcript; your application and supporting documents cannot be sent without this form, properly signed, on file.

3.  Ask you to complete a recommendation questionnaire

4.  Explain to you what happens to your application and how it is processed at the high school

5.  Remind you that all offers of admission are “Conditional”; that means once you accept an offer of admission, you must continue to get good grades, not drop courses, and so on.  College admission committees frown on students who decide to start their summer vacation early.  If your grades drop significantly, the offer of admission may be withdrawn.

6.  Explain how mid-year reports are part of the process

7.  Answer any other questions you may have