Student Life :: Naviance
More about Naviance:
The service is designed especially for students and parents. Family Connection is a comprehensive website that you and your student can use to help in making decisions about colleges and careers. Family Connection is linked with College Planner, a service that we use in our office to track and analyze data about college and career plans, so it provides up-to-date information that’s specific to Tempe Prep.
Naviance contains information about:
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- Historical Tempe Prep college applications (Acceptance/Denial and SAT/ACT test scores.)
- College information from the Peterson’s Guide.
- Scholarship information (both from the Tempe Prep counselor and from Naviance.)
- Summer Program information.
- Test Info (all SAT/ACT/AP test dates)
- Shared Files (Transcript Request Form, Teacher Recommendation Form, School Profile, current TPA application forms like Boys State, Girls State, local test prep applications, etc.)
- Links and Resources (All the best web sites for general college information as well as specialized sites for athletics, financial aid, engineering, etc.
- Each high school student will be able to view their course grades and test scores (updated after every semester.)
- Juniors and seniors will be able to see their cumulative GPA.
- Seniors that have college or scholarship applications in process will be able to see when transcripts were sent, as well as other paperwork or recommendations particular to the application. Application pieces missing will be listed.
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Counselor expections for Naviance:
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- Start recording awards and activities.
- Explore colleges online if desired.
- Parents may wish to start reading the general information available in Links and Resources.
- Freshmen may wish to take advantage of the Summer Program information.
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| Sophomores - |
- Continue/start recording awards and activities.
- Explore colleges online if desired.
- Parents may wish to start reading the general information available in Links and Resources.
- Sophomores may wish to take advantage of the Summer Program information.
- A few of the entries in Scholarships may be available to sophomores (usually the essay contests).
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- Juniors should create a resume from their activites/communityservice/awards information.
- Juniors should also create a list of colleges they might apply to. If a college on the student list is coming to visit Tempe Prep, registered students will recieve an email about the visit.
- Juniors should start keeping a list of colleges they are interested in.
- Juniors should pay attention to the Summer Programs section of Naviance.
- Some of the entries in Scholarships may be available to juniors (usually the essay contests).
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- Seniors generate application entries from their College List on Naviance. As College Counselor, I use this to track transcript requests, due dates, mid-year reports, and acceptance/waitlist/denied application status.
- It is also possible to track scholarships listed in the Scholarships section of Naviance. Most of the Scholarship opportunities are for seniors. Many have nothing to do with GPA or test scores.
- The resume developed in the junior year may be needed for college applications and/or scholarships.
- Registered students will receive an email when a due date is approaching for an application, or a college on the student’s College Llist is due to visit TPA.
- Update all college application and scholarship information in May for graduation ceremonies.
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