Naviance: Applying to College

Congratulations! You are ready to start OFFICIALLY applying to colleges! Remember-you must complete your application through TWO portals: Naviance & (Common App/UC Portal/Other Portal).

The Naviance Portal manages TWO PARTS of your Application:

Transcript - Naviance automatically forwards your High School Transcript to your prospective colleges
Teachers Letter of Rec - Naviance is where you request teachers for your Letters of Recommendation and where teachers upload their letters of recommendation

Get Started By Clicking on "Colleges I'm Applying to" as indicated below:

WARNING: ONCE YOU ADD A SCHOOL TO THIS SECTION, YOU CANNOT DELETE IT. Your guidance counselor can go into the backend and delete it for you. Nevertheless, do not add schools to this list UNTIL YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE you want to apply there.

NOTE: You may be unable to add schools or work on the application until Fall (when your guidance counselors changes your profile from Junior status to Senior status)

Adding Colleges to "Colleges I'm Applying To"

Colleges I'm Applying To is the central Naviance Hub that fulfills the application documentation for you. Please look at the walkthrough listed below to learn how to add colleges to this list. Once colleges are on this list--your school will submit your transcript and letters of recommendation when the application is completed.

WARNING: ONCE YOU ADD A SCHOOL TO THIS SECTION, YOU CANNOT DELETE IT. Your guidance counselor can go into the backend and delete it for you. Nevertheless, do not add schools to this list UNTIL YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE you want to apply there.

NOTE: You may be unable to add schools or work on the application until Fall (when your guidance counselors changes your profile from Junior status to Senior status)

COLLEGES I'M APPLYING TO WALKTHROUGH

Adding Teachers for Letters of Recommendation

Naviance is the shared hub in which you will request teachers for a letter of rec, and the same place where teachers will upload their letters of recommendation.

Please read through the walkthrough below to understand how to request teachers as writers of your letters of recommendation.

NOTE: You must add schools FIRST to your "Colleges I'm Applying To" before you can add teachers as recommendation letter writers.

ADDING TEACHERS FOR LOR WALKTHROUGH

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