Applying to College? Start with these Required Application Steps
Applying to College? Start with these Required Application Steps
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Applying to College (Collapsible click on arrow)
Applying to College (Collapsible click on arrow)
1) Log into Maialearning.com
Go to DPS student portal
Click on ‘all apps’
Click on ‘MaiaLearning App’
2) Enter in your college list (must be done TWO weeks in advance of your college deadline)
Click on Universities and search for your Colleges/Universities
Click on the heart of your school and this will add the college to your ‘Considering List’
Go into your ‘Considering List’ and click on the far right button that says ‘To applying’
Go to ‘Applying List’ and complete each field in each chosen college’s box
Must check the Transcript Request box for your counselor to be able to send your transcript!
3) Connect Maia to the Common App (Only required if you’re using the Common App)
Go to the student dashboard
Click on Profile (top right corner)
Click on Settings
Under Application Systems, Click on “Click to link your account”
You should be able to click on the link and match your accounts using your common application email address
You will need to sign the FERPA Waiver
4) Complete the student part of the application online
There is typically an “application checklist” for each college on the college’s admissions website. This list usually includes information about what is needed for a complete application (i.e. the online application, transcripts, test scores, letters of recommendation, and an application fee).
There are often supplements required for schools that use the Common App and they can be found after a College or University has been added to the Common App.
Application fees are paid online with a credit card; however, counselors may authorize requests for waivers from students who qualify. You can request a fee waiver on your Transcript Request Form for each school.
Check to make sure your application is complete
Only complete applications are reviewed by the college! Make sure to check your student portal account at each College / University and your Common App account to ensure it is 100% completed.
If you are contacted by a college saying a document was not received, please email your counselor. It can take up to two weeks for a college to process the paperwork sent by your counselor.
How to connect Maia Learning and Common App (Collapsible click on arrow)
How to connect Maia Learning and Common App (Collapsible click on arrow)
3) Connect Maia to the Common App (Only required if you’re using the Common App)
Go to the student dashboard
Click on Profile (top right corner)
Click on Settings
Under Application Systems, Click on “Click to link your account”
You should be able to click on the link and match your accounts using your common application email address
You will need to sign the FERPA Waiver
Teacher Letter of Recommendation (Collapsible click on arrow)
Teacher Letter of Recommendation (Collapsible click on arrow)
Check your college’s website to determine if and how many teacher letters of recommendation are required
Ask your teacher in person if they are willing to write you a letter. If yes…
Click on the following buttons to request the letter of rec on Maia.
1) Universities
2) Recommendations
3) Select the teacher who has agreed to write your letter
4)Assign preferred recommenders to each individual college/university
5) You can upload the ‘Brag Sheet/teacher letter of recommendation form’ and/or resume
6) SAVE!
You will add the deadline for the recommendation - please note that you need to use the college’s admission deadline NOT your preferred deadline.
Students are unable to view teacher’s letters of recommendation, as you are waiving your right to do so!
Counselor Letter of Recommendation (Collapsible click on arrow)
Counselor Letter of Recommendation (Collapsible click on arrow)
Check your college’s website to determine if they require a counselor letter of recommendation.
Complete the Counselor Letter of Rec Form on Maia Learning
On your Dashboard, click “surveys”
Click “start” on the right side of the screen where is says “Counselor Letter of Recommendation”
Don’t forget to click “finalize and submit”
Outside Letter of Recommendation (Collapsible click on arrow)
Outside Letter of Recommendation (Collapsible click on arrow)
Counselors CAN NOT submit this for you
This must be requested on your college application
On the Common App it can be found under “other recommenders”
Test Scores (Collapsible click on arrow)
Test Scores (Collapsible click on arrow)
If you have test scores, you must send them directly from ACT (actstudent.org) and/or SAT (collegeboard.org). See the checklist on EACH of the college’s websites to see what scores are required, if any, and how they should be sent.
Test Optional/Blind Colleges? www.fairtest.org
SAT sign up www.collegeboard.org
ACT sign up www.actstudent.org
How do I know my counselor sent my transcript? (Collapsible click on arrow)
How do I know my counselor sent my transcript? (Collapsible click on arrow)
You can see everything your counselor has sent for you on Maia Learning
Universities
Send summary
Mid-Year Reports (Collapsible click on arrow)
Mid-Year Reports (Collapsible click on arrow)
Some schools require a Mid-Year Report, which is available after your 1st semester grades have been posted to your transcript the second week of January. Colleges may email you or request a Mid-Year report via your student portal account with them. Make sure you are checking your student portal account on a regular basis. You will need to submit a request for these records to be sent by completing the Mid-Year Report Request. (Link coming soon)
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