Step 1: Go to www.commonapp.org
Step 2: create an account and keep a record of your username and password. You must use your district email to make this account (@carliselstudents.org) Complete the FERPA agreement on the CA website, enter CHS as your school, and enter at least one college of you choice
Step 3:
"To Match" -log on to Naviance, sign the Common App waiver and enter your Common App username and password
Step 4: Complete your application on Common App's website
Step 5: To request transcripts in Naviance:
- Click on colleges
- Click on colleges I'm applying to
- Click the red + symbol
- Enter the name of the college/university
- Click on "add and request transcript"
- Select Initial and indicate if you want your unofficial SAT or ACT scores printed on your transcript
- Click submit. Then go back to "colleges I'm applying to" and review the delivery type of your applications. If any schools have the word "unknown" in blue, click that word and indicate if you are using the Common Application for this school or not.
Step 6: If you need Teacher Recommendations (Give the teachers at least 3 weeks to write a recommendation.)
- Click on your Colleges TAB
- Click on Colleges I’m Applying To
- Scroll down to Teacher Recommendations
- Click Add/Cancel Requests
- Click the dropdown menu and choose the teacher(s) from the list (make sure you have personally asked this teacher prior to this request and that your Activity Resume is updated in Naviance)
- Click Update Requests – this will send an email to the teacher stating your request and will add the request to the teacher’s Naviance account. It will also record that you have requested it in your Naviance account. When the teacher has completed the Recommendation, they will mark it as Completed and it will show in your Naviance account so you can keep track of your application materials.
Step 7: When you receive a decision from the college, click the under Actions to update your Status (Accepted, Waitlisted, etc.)