Using Common Application
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Colleges Tab
Click on a college listed to view Questions, Recommenders & FERPA, and Review & Submit.
the Common App tab
Applicants will need the following information to complete this section of the application.
Education Section
Current or Most Recent Secondary/High School
High School Name: Downers Grove North High School
(Identifying our school under any other name will prevent the sending of letters of recommendation.)
Address: 4436 Main Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515
CEEB code: 141630
Date of entry (Class of 2024): August 2020
Graduation Date: May 19, 2024
Grades
Number of students in the Class of 2024: 507
Class Rank Reporting: None (DGN does not rank, but general information about rank can be found on the DGN School Profile.)
GPA Scale Reporting: 4.0
Cumulative GPA: Report weighted GPA. This can be found in HAC.
Current or Most Recent Year Courses
Course Scheduling System: Semester
Courses & Grades Section
You will complete this section only if it is required for any of your colleges. It requires you to input all classes and grades you have earned during high school. Here is a picture of the section. Highlighted below is the semester grades section because grades are assigned by semester and there is no final grade assigned. One-half credit is earned each semester.
Recommendation Letters and Common App
Use Naviance to request letters of recommendations, NOT Common Application. Further directions can be found in the Requesting Letters of Recommendation section.
Matching
You will need to match your Common App and Naviance Student accounts.
How to Match Common App and Naviance Student
A student is eligible to complete the Common App Account Matching process if they have:
Created a Common App account
Added at least one college to Common App
Completed the Education section in Common App (Common App Tab)
Read and sign the Common App FERPA Release Authorization (My Colleges Tab)
To match these accounts, do the following:
Log in to Naviance Student.
Navigate to Colleges > Colleges I'm Applying To.
If the accounts are not matched, a message will display at the top of the window, along with a Match Accounts button.
Click Match Accounts.
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