Detailed Student Guide to Submitting Recommendation Requests
PLEASE BEGIN THIS PROCESS AFTER AUGUST 1ST 2015! Students who are sending their applications to colleges electronically will also be able to have their transcripts and letters of recommendation submitted online through a program in Naviance called eDocs. In order to submit these documents successfully, students must:
STEP 1Create an account on Common Application
1) Go to the website: http://www.commonapp.org .
2) Click “Create An Account”.
3) Fill in the requested information, create a username and password, and hit “Continue.”
4) Write down your Common Application User Name and Password.
STEP 2To add schools to your “My Colleges” list in Common Application. This is only if the college or university is a Common Application school!
1) Under “College Search” Type the name of the school you wish to add to the list.
2) When you have found the name of the school you are interested in, check the box and click the “Add” button.
STEP 3 Assign Recommenders & Complete FERPA Release Authorization
1) Under “My Colleges” tab, select Assign Recommenders
2) Click on “release authorization”, read the text, check the box, and press continue.
3) Make your selections, type your digital signature and hit save to complete the release.
If you have successfully completed the FERPA Agreement a green check box will appear.
*Note all reccomendations and documents will be done through naviance do not add reccomenders through common app.
STEP 4 Adding Colleges to Your List of Schools Applying to in Naviance
1) Go to the website: http://connection.naviance.com/mchs
2) Click the “Colleges” tab at the top of the screen.
3) Click the link “colleges I am applying to”
4) Under “colleges I’m applying to”, click “add to this list.”
1) Click “lookup” on the right side of the page to pull up the list of colleges in Naviance.
How to Tell Whether a College Can Receive Documents Electronically
When you look at your list of colleges you are applying to in Naviance, there is a column titled “Submissions.”
If the icon that appears in the submission column looks like either of the following:
The Guidance Office will be able to submit transcripts and letters of recommendation electronically provided the student is applying online using the Common Application (if the school is a Common Application member), or the college is a non-Common Application member but is set up to receive documents electronically through Naviance.
If the submission icon looks like a postage stamp:
The college is not able to receive documents electronically through Naviance, and students must provide envelopes stamped and addressed to those schools to their counselors and teachers. See College Center for Instructions
Please note that if a college is a Common Application member, but you are not applying to them using the Common Application (e.g. you are filling out a “Priority Application that was sent to you by the particular college), the Guidance Office will still be able to submit documents electronically. The new icon indicating this will be coming shortly!
STEP 5 Matching Common App & Naviance Accounts
1) Enter Common App E-mail Address
2) Please note: E-mail Address, last name, first name, and date of birth must match exactly.
STEP 6 Complete Letter of Reccomendation tasks by deadlines
Build Resume, due date: 10/15/15
Complete the Brag Sheets as soon as possible. Remember that the person writing your letter of recommendation wants to do a good job for you, so it is very important that you answer questions thoroughly. Brag Sheet templates and instructions are available on Naviance under the document library tab
Parent Brag Sheet, due date: 10/15/15 This is optional
Student Brag Sheet, due date: 10/15/15
LACES Teacher Recommendation Brag Sheet #1, due date: 11/1/15
LACES Teacher Recommendation Brag Sheet #2, due date: 11/1/15