Info for College Apps

 

College Planning Timeline

https://myfuture.com/college/planning/college-planning-timeline

 

** If you need a School Counselor letter of recommendation, you MUST complete My Brag Sheet. 

Here is the link for the form: https://forms.office.com/r/dZER3223ig

 

** There Is a Separate Brag Sheet for Teacher Recommendations. You May Access That Here:

https://www.cusd80.Com/Site/Handlers/Filedownload.ashx?Moduleinstanceid=13922&Dataid=251557&Filename=bragsheetstudentsteachersready.pdf

 

RESOURCES FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS

NAVIANCE

https://student.naviance.com/saunders

 
Click on Student and click on SINGLE SIGN ON to sign in with your Microsoft 365 login.

 

Common App

Online application tool used to apply to many colleges and universities across the country and around the world

https://commonapp.org/

The Common App: Everything You Need to Know: 

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/common-app

Writing Requirements by College

This resource provides guidance to students on what writing questions they can expect within individual college questions.

Essay Prompts for Common App - https://www.commonapp.org/blog/common-app-announces-2024-2025-common-app-essay-prompts

 

Tips for Writing School-Specific Supplemental Essay

 

Helpful Videos for How to Use Common App 

https://www.youtube.com/commonappmedia 

 

How To Match Your Common App and Naviance Accounts

https://www.powerschool.com/blog/how-to-match-naviance-by-powerschool-with-common-app/

  

College Essay Tips from The College Essay Guy 

College Application Hub - Helpful Resources from the College Essay Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BylzCsScjI&feature=youtu.be

 

 

Higher Ed Hacks: How to Ace Your College Applications and Essays

https://www.salliemae.com/blog/college-application-and-essay-tips/

 

Info about Application Deadlines

https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/early-action-early-decision-colleges?fbclid=IwAR0zgG6rvR_-P0Fy5DgWBzlvEbTEcMRmDCiD4WQG9Ya_I9cdxJxLgky0a70

 

https://www.linkforcounselors.com/navigating-early-decision-and-early-action-deadlines/

 

https://advcp.com/blogeditor/2020/8/10/college-application-deadlines-which-is-right-for-you