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Class of 2026
Seniors! If you are applying to a 4-year college this fall, check your counselor's specific checklist below.
Seniors! If you are applying to a 4-year college this fall, check your counselor's specific checklist below.
Common Application Information
Common Application Information
All students applying via Common App will enter the information below
in the Grades section of the Education tab.
Class Size: 518
Class Rank: MVHS does not rank
GPA Scale: 4.0
GPA Type: Weighted
Date of Entry: August 2022
Graduation Date: June 5, 2026
MVHS CEEB Code: 050727
Common App/Schoolinks (Video Link)
Click on Your Counselor's Name Below for Their Checklist
Click on Your Counselor's Name Below for Their Checklist
SchooLinks Set-Up
SchooLinks Set-Up
1. Onboarding Steps
1. Onboarding Steps
Fee Waiver Eligibility & FERPA Waiver
2. Add all the Collegs you're applying to in your Application List
2. Add all the Collegs you're applying to in your Application List
Make sure you’ve selected the correct Application Plan/Deadline (ex: Early Admission, Regular Decision). Your recommenders will go by the deadline listed in SchooLinks to submit your materials.
3. Link your Common App & SchooLink Accounts
3. Link your Common App & SchooLink Accounts
This is only required if you’re applying to colleges via the Common App platform.
This is only required if you’re applying to colleges via the Common App platform.
4. Request Recommendations (if required). Before asking a teacher or counselor for a recommendation letter, check each college to see if any recommendations are required.
4. Request Recommendations (if required). Before asking a teacher or counselor for a recommendation letter, check each college to see if any recommendations are required.
Many colleges do not require recommendations from teachers or counselors.
UCs and CSUs do not require or accept recommendations.
Ask your teacher and counselor in person if they will write a recommendation for you and follow their process/instructions on how to provide information they will use to write your recommendation.
The general timeline to request a letter of rec is at least one month prior to your earliest application deadline.
What happens next?
What happens next?
Do not wait for your counselor or teacher to submit their materials
before submitting your application
Students need to submit their portion of the Common App by the college’s deadline.
Transcripts, School Reports, and Recommendations are separate from the student’s portion of the college application.
Items sent by teachers and counselors are considered supplemental or supporting documents, which will only be viewed by colleges if the student submits their portion of the application on time.
Counselors and teachers are aware of your deadlines and will submit their materials for you – but please know that colleges often have a later deadline for supporting documents and/or a grace period for counselors & teachers to submit their materials.
While teachers and counselors have flexibility on their submission deadlines, students do not.
Your counselor will submit your transcript as part of the School Report & your recommendation (if required) to Common App by your earliest deadline.
Your teacher(s) will submit their recommendation by your earliest deadline.
The School Report, transcript, and recommendations are sent one time; they are not submitted multiple times for each individual college.
Once these materials are submitted, they are available for colleges to download, if they need them, but only AFTER students submit their portion of the application.
If you apply to Common App schools after these materials have been submitted, these new colleges will also be able to download your School Report, transcript, and recommendations (if required).
If you decide NOT to apply to a college currently on your Common App/SchooLinks College List, these colleges will not download your materials from Common App.
Colleges only download the transcript, School Report, and recommendations (if applicable) if the student submits their portion of the application.
College Application Platforms
College Application Platforms
Students have many choices when it comes to how to apply to colleges, and there are a variety of application platforms to use. We hope you find this navigation tool helpful as you and your parents decide which is best for you.
California State Universities: Focus is on Education and Hands-On Learning
To research and apply to a CSU, click here.
Application Window: Oct. 1 - Dec. 1
The CSU Application does not include essays.
There are 23 CSU Campuses to choose from….Click here to learn about CSU Match
University of California: Focus is on Education and Research
9 undergraduate campus (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, & Santa Cruz)
The UCs require four Personal Insight Questions, in other words each one is an "interview-on-paper," not an essay.
Application opens August 1
Application submission window: Oct. 1 - Dec. 1
Common Application:
Used by more than 900 private and out-of-state colleges/universities: click here for more information
For a link to the 2022-2023 Common Application Personal Statement Prompts, click here
Application deadlines will vary.
Usually official transcripts are sent from school, in addition to letters of recommendation.
Please be aware of each campuses policy on college admission testing (SAT/ACT exams).
One main Common App personal statement; several universities may also have supplemental essays.
College Specific Application:
See the specific college website for more information and for their application.
Please be aware that some out of state colleges have a higher language and/or science requirement than the CA Public Colleges/Universities.
Please be aware of each campuses policy on college admission testing (SAT/ACT exams)
See where other MV grads have been accepted! This College Application Data spreadsheet provides useful admissions data for all colleges.
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