TUTORIAL

NAVIANCE and

COMMON APPLICATION

How to

Apply to College

Using Naviance

Created by: Jean

Schneider

Edited by: Kelli McDonald

BEFORE you apply to college:

1. Professional email address

2. Clean up all Social Media

Why Naviance?

1. Centralized database that holds all college documents.

2. Communicates with Common App.

3. Documents are forwarded to colleges electronically avoiding possibility of getting lost in the US Mail.

4. Streamlines the college application process so that Lamar’s

Academic Advisors, Registrar, and teachers can better serve

3200 students including 827 seniors.

How to

Log in to Naviance

1. Google www.Naviance.com

2. Log in with your

Lamar credentials:

Student login:

Username = student id number

Password = date of birth 00/00/0000

Parent login:

username and password you chose

Please email Ms. Sue Ling at

cgranger@houstonisd.org

TASK 1

Request a Recommendation Letteraka “Rec Letter”, “Written Evaluation”

from your Academic Advisor (AA)

When you log in, you will land on

the Student homepage.

To request a rec letter from your

AA, you must complete the

Recommendation Letter Survey

(RLS) and email it to your AA.

This is the 1st step in the

application process, because

without your email attaching the

completed RLS, your AA is not

aware that you have begun the

process and is not prompted to

assist you.

Where do you find the RLS?

In the left margin, select

family connection.

On the family

connection page,

select

document library

In the document

library, select

Recommendation Letter Survey

Under Recommendation Letter Survey

click view.

Save the RLS to your desktop in .doc

format.

Complete the RLS and email it to your

AA requesting a Recommendation

Letter.

In the fall, the AA rec letter requires a

minimum 10 school day turnaround.

In the spring, the rec letter can take

longer.

Be mindful of the application deadlines

for ALL of your colleges.

Applying to college is a 1 semester

senior year task.

TASK 2

Request a Recommendation Letter from

(2) teachers

Scroll to the bottom of

the colleges I am applying to

page.

Find the Letters of recommendation

section.

Click the hyperlink to

request letters of

recommendation from

2 teachers.

See your teachers in person.

TASK 3

Apply to college using The Common Application

aka “Common App”

Why Common App?

1. One application that is used to apply to all colleges.

2. Common App can access documents stored in Naviance.

3. Can add additional colleges if you decide to apply to more.

4. Streamlines the college application process so that Lamar’s

Academic Advisors, Registrar, and teachers can better serve

3200 students including 827 seniors

Google The Common Application

at http://www.commonapp.org/

Click on the green

Apply Now

button.

Click on the

Create an Account

link.

Follow the prompts to create

your account.

Then follow the prompts to

complete

The Common Application.

TASK 4

Link Naviance with your Common App account

On the family

connection page,

selectcolleges I’m applying to

Follow the

prompts to

link (match) your

Naviance Family Connection and

Common App Online

TASK 5

Waive your FERPA

Waive your FERPAFERPA is to your AA, what HIPPA is to your doctor.

If you do not waive it, your AA cannot forward any

information to your colleges.

TASK 6

Request your transcripts

On the colleges I am applying to

page, click the request transcripts

hyperlink.

Check the box next

to the school to

which you want

your transcript(s)

sent.

In Naviance, you may also request a hardcopy

transcript from the Registrar,

if needed for a “postage stamp” school.

TASK 7

Monitor the progress of your applications

Monitor progress of your applications

If you want to know if your documents have been forwarded to your colleges, do not email

your Advisor. Instead, monitor progress through Naviance.

TASK 8

Add additional colleges, if desired

Add Additional Colleges

You may add additional colleges after your initial application

TASK 9

Apply for scholarships

1. Log in to Naviance.

You will land on the

Student Homepage.

2. In the left margin:

select

Family Connection

3. On the

Family Connection

page, select the

colleges tab at the

top of the page.

4. On the colleges

page, select

scholarship list.

5. On the

scholarships and

financial aid page,

these are listed

alphabetically so

that you can

find scholarships by

name. Or you can

click on Deadline to

sort by date or on

Maximum Award

to sort by amount.

This way, you can

prioritize your

efforts applying first

to those with the

earliest deadline

and/or largest

award.

TASK 10

Monitor your Naviance Messages

1. On the

Family Connection

page, in the right

margin, select the

messages link.

This student has

36unread messages!

In October, complete your FAFSA

at the FAFSA Roadshow.

Roadshow dates are posted in

Naviance Messages and on

The Parent Education Series

Calendar found at:

http://www.houstonisd.org/lamarhs > academics > academic

advising > Parent Education Series Calendar

In August, 2018,

just in time for our

Rising Seniors,

Naviance

is getting a makeover!

There will be some

tweaks to navigation, but

the system will operate

much the same as it

does now.

For questions, see

Ms. Ling

in College Corner.

When you have a question about how to apply to college, please

do not email your Academic Advisor.

Instead:

1. Refer back to this PowerPoint posted at:

http://www.houstonisd.org/lamarhs > academics > academic advising > PowerPoints

2. Email Ms. Ling (cgranger@houstonisd.org)

3. Go to College Corner

Thank you for joining us

this evening!