Terms
Student Responsibilities
Guidance Responsibilities
Documents
Things that make you go hmmmm.....
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This is a type of choice for your application that is done earlier than other applications, and is binding. If you get accepted, you must enrol.
What is Early Decision?
100
The student is responsible for making a list of these, Some should be safety schools, some should be match schools and some should be reach school.
What is a college list?
100
Guidance writes this at the beginning of the year, describing the school, the school curriculum, statistics from the previous year, and uploads it in Naviance.
What is the School Profile?
100
This is an unofficial document that tracks which classes you have taken, your grade, and is used for UC and other applications if students need to write down their high school courses and grades.
What is the credit check?
100
This is an application system that can be used to apply to colleges. With this application, students can apply independently to colleges in the USA.
What is the CommonApp?
200
This is a type of standardized tests that only some universities require. You better have done your research.
What are SAT Subject Tests?
200
Students should ask one of their core curriculum teachers for this to submit with their college applications.
What is a letter of recommendation.
200
The counsellor must fill this form out for every student. It describes what school documents are being included in the application and what is on them.
What is the CommonApp School Report?
200
This is an official document that is only sent institution to institution; it states grades, classes, cGPA, and other official data.
What is the transcript?
200
This is a school based software used to hold documents and data, and may be linked with application software, but is not necessary.
What is Naviance?
300
This standardized test is accepted by the majority of universities. Some have gone optional on this component.
What is the SAT?
300
A student fills this out; usually giving information about their parents, themselves, the classes and exams they have taken, an essay, and a list of extra curricular activities.
What is a college application?
300
Sometimes, hard copies are send to universities who request documents delivered that way. This person is responsible for hard copies.
Who is Ms.Amna?
300
This documents states that you are proficient in English and have studied at an English medium school
What is Statement of English Proficiency?
300
These should be asked of teachers in junior or senior year. These usually have an expiry date of a year.
What are Letters of Recommendation?
400
This application choice helps get a decision earlier than usual. It is not binding, and sometimes, you may apply tumour than one.
What is Early Action?
400
Students should try to do this as their number one priority in the college application process?
What is keep their grades up?
400
For UCAS, teachers are required to send this to Ms.Mirrell because UCAS is different than CommonApp. Ms.Mirrell uploads this on the UCAS application.
What is the teacher Letter of Recommendation?
400
Students ask their teachers to write them this, if they have remained in good standing and feel the teacher will write them a good one.
What is a Letter of Recommendation?
400
This is like a job application.
What is the college admission application?
500
This standardized test can be done on the internet. It tests your abilities in the English Language.
What is TOEFL?
500
Students send these, if they have them, through College Board to universities.
What are SAT and AP scores.
500
Ms.Mirrell checks this by noting every student's acceptance letter.
What is the acceptance letter?
500
This is a document given after every quarter that has grades on it.
What is the student school report cards?
500
These people, who are paid either by the students or by universities, are often a conflict of interest for accredited schools. All qualified people doing this will be part of a recognized agency, such as International Association of College Admission Counselling.
What is an independent college consultant (agent)?
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