4-Year Colleges & Universities

There is a lot of talk and a lot of opinions about what colleges want and the right way to do just about everything. It is important to tune out the noise and focus on what you truly want out of this next step in your life!

Flip through the slides to right to read the facts behind some of the most common (and anxiety producing) college admission myths.

There is no right number of applications -- but there is certainly such a thing as too many! It can be incredibly time consuming, costly and stressful to apply to a large number of schools and all of this can be avoided if you carefully think about your options.

Certain things should be non-negotiable when it comes to whether a school earns a spot on your application list, the first of which is your excitement about the prospect of attending! Flip through these slides to help you finalize your list.

One of the most helpful tools available to you in Naviance is called SuperMatch. This search engine allows you enter different criteria from academic programs and majors available to atheltics, location and on-campus housing options, to help find schools that have what you are looking for. To find SuperMatch:

Colleges --> SuperMatch College Search

Every college has an in depth profile page on Naviance that provides information like average cost of attendance, acceptance rates and deadlines. Students can also view Cal High specific admissions data to help make their application decisions.

Just type any college name in the search bar at the top of your home page.