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Common App for College Applications

We strongly encourage you to use the Common App unless you apply to a community college. If you are using any other application (SUNY, Coalition, or college-specific), specify that on your Transcript Request/Release form.

STEP 1: Create a Common App or SUNY Account - Go to www.commonapp.org or www.suny.edu/applysuny/

  1. Click Create an Account
  2. Fill in the required fields (use a personal email account you check regularly if you have one)
  3. Log in
  4. Add your colleges using the college search tab
  5. Complete the FERPA waiver in your common or SUNY app by following the on-screen prompts:
  6. Check all the appropriate boxes, sign, and save.
  7. Note: You will be given a choice to waive or not to waive your right to review documents. We recommend that you check the box for "I waive my right to review all recommendations and supporting documents..." - colleges want to know that your recommenders feel free to write openly and honestly.

STEP 2: Log In To Naviance Student - https://student.naviance.com/rhshs

  1. Click Colleges I’m Applying To in the Colleges Section
  2. Click the Match Account button in the upper right-hand corner

STEP 3: Add Additional Colleges to Your Naviance Student Account

  1. Many colleges will pre-populate once you have linked your Common App account to your Naviance Student         account. However, if they do not or if you need to add additional colleges, follow these instructions:
  2.  Under Colleges I’m Applying To, select the blue (+) button at the top right corner.
  3.  Search for your college.
  4.  Select the application type from the drop-down menu (regular decision, early decision, etc.). 
  5.  Select how you submitted your application (Common App, or Direct to Institution). (If you have apply via the SUNY application, check direct to instruction)
  6.   Click Add Application.

STEP 4: Letters of Recommendation
To request a letter of recommendation from someone in the Rush-Henrietta CSD, you should ask them in person and then request it in Naviance. Stay within the Colleges tab, and select the link for the Letters of Recommendation. Select the teacher or person, and select the college(s). You can add a personal note if you want and then hit submit.

STEP 5: Transcript Request Form
After you fill out your application(s) in its entirety, submit it. Then, complete an R-H Transcript Request Form (Green Sheet) and turn it in to Mrs. Ottman in the Counseling Center. You can list up to 10 colleges on each form. Without this form, we are not authorized to send any records on your behalf, nor will we know which college you have applied to. Be sure that any schools you are applying to or have applied to are listed in your Naviance Student account.