Welcome Juniors and Parents

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Welcome Juniors and Parents

• North Hunterdon High School College Application
  Procedure
• Dr. Kimberly Borin

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What you can be doing now!

• Grades
• Plan a challenging senior curriculum
• Extra-Curricular Activities
• Jobs, community service, and summer opportunities
• Using Tcci/Naviance Program
• Visiting colleges
• Ask for Recommendations
• Keep counselor informed

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Recommendations

• Who?
• Academic
• Extra-curricular
• Other (Boss, Church official, etc.)
• What?
• Highlight your attributes
• What makes you unique
• When?
• Now
• Other than your guidance counselor
• Why?
• Outlines what is not in the numbers

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Student Responsibilities-

• Obtain applications (or apply online).
• Be sure to check for Secondary School report
  give to counselor.
• If teacher recommendations are required, give
  teachers required forms and
• stamped envelopes addressed to the college(s).
  Request that teachers mail them
• directly to the colleges by the deadlines.
• Carefully complete all parts of the applications
  and send them to the colleges with
• application fees. Be sure to sign any section
  where a signature is required!
• Complete your information section on the
  secondary school report, if needed.
• Request an appointment with your counselor.
• Arrive at appointment with a completed transcript
  release form, an addressed
• envelope (6x9 manila is best no postage
  required), and any counselor/secondary
• school report that may be required for each
  college. All materials must be handed
• to your counselor directly.
• Mid-year grades (first semester report card) will
  be sent automatically. No formal

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Counselor Responsibilities

• Counselor will complete a secondary school report
  and a counselor recommendation, if requested.
• Students transcript (including courses, grades
  and released standardized test scores) and a NHHS
  profile will be mailed to each college.
• Seventh semester reports will be mailed to each
  college to which the student has requested a
  transcript be sent.

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Guidance Office Processing-

• Although the goal of the Guidance Department is
  to process all transcripts and secondary school
  report forms as soon as possible, 10 working days
  must be allowed to process every transcript.
• No counselor recommendation will be provided
  unless the student has submitted a completed
  junior packet.
• PLEASE NOTE NHHS will submit six (6) transcripts
  to the colleges of your choice free of charge.
  Students will be billed in June for any
  additional transcripts at the rate of 2.00 per
  school.

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NORTH HUNTERDON HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT RELEASE
FORM
I authorize the school to send a copy of my
complete transcript to the institution listed
below. I understand this record will include
all courses, mid-term grades, final grades, and
test data available to the schools counseling
center.
I understand that it takes approximately two
weeks to completely process a new transcript.
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Other Responsibilities

• Review Student Transcript make sure it correct
  before releasing to colleges
• Complete Junior Packet by May 1, 2009
• Attend Counselor Requested Meetings
• Addressed envelopes to each college
• All School Counselor related college materials
  must be handed directly to counselor
• College Bureaucraciesmissing items letters
  check websites

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Websites http//www.collegeboard.com/student
/index.html?studenthttp//www.rutgers.edu/
https//www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx

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Questions?Please call or email your child's
counselor