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NAVIANCE WHAT IS NAVIANCE? Throughtout this handbook, we will often refer to Naviance, an online system that the College Counseling department at Dwight uses to aid students in the college admissions process. Naviance allows counselors to view important information about students, in order to best advise them. Students are required to keep their Naviance accounts up-to-date with information pertaining to their applications through a section of Naviance entitled “Family Connection”. All students are given a Family Connection account, and an email with their password will be sent during their first year of high school. To log onto Family Connection, students should go to: connection.naviance.com/dwightschool The College Counseling department at Dwight requires that all students continually update the section “colleges I’m thinking about” and move these schools to “colleges I’m applying to” once an application has been submitted. We also request that students fill in the online resume under the section “about me”; this will help when writing students’ letters of recommendation. Naviance allows students and families to see information on all US colleges and universities, including contact information. Naviance will allow students and families to view the student’s test scores and grade point average to compare statistics to past Dwight students and their college acceptances/denials. Of course, this will not be a guarantee of an acceptance or denial, but will give students a fair idea of the likelihood of admission to a particular school or program. In the twelfth grade, as soon as you have a Common Application username and password, you should open “colleges I’m applying to” on your Family Connection page and sign the FERPA waiver. We strongly advise students to click the box that says, “I waive my rights.” Colleges will recognize that teachers wrote honest assessments in their recommendations, since by signing the waiver you will have given up the right to read their letters.
HOW DOES THE COLLEGE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT USE NAVIANCE? The system allows counselors to submit all documents (including recommendations, school profile, and transcripts) electronically to colleges, and see if they were received. The counseling staff keeps track of each student’s list of colleges, and ensures that all appropriate documents are submitted. College counselors also keep Naviance up-to-date with student’s progress on all standardized tests (PSAT, SAT, SAT II Subject tests, ACT, and TOEFL), if a student selfreports the scores or includes Dwight’s CEEB code on the registration form The Dwight School in New York’ CEEB Code is: 333605 If students and families have questions on Naviance or Family Connection, they should be in touch with a member of the College Counseling department.
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