For College Representatives: Understanding Naviance and How It Can Work for you

For College Representatives: Understanding Naviance and How It Can Work for you

Presented by: Ann Kjorstad, Academy of Holy Angels, Mary Docken and Erika Cedergren,

Hobsons

MIDWest ACAC Conference 2012

Naviance NumbersNaviance started in 2001. Academy of Holy Angels has been a Naviance

client since 2005Currently, nearly 5,500 schools using Naviance

in the United States and over 84 countriesMore than 300,000 educators and 4.5 million

students utilize Naviance through their schoolsTop 5 Naviance Client States: California, New

York, New Jersey, Texas, and Massachusetts

Naviance NumbersAs of April 20, 2012 over 13 million

documents have been submitted to colleges and universities via eDocs as compared to just over 7 million documents during this same period in 2011

Over 20% of high schools students in the US are using Naviance, in Minnesota over 63% of all high school students use Naviance

Setting at Academy of Holy AngelsEnrollment: 70587% attend four year colleges and 8% attend

two year colleges1st tier suburb, Catholic high schoolCounselor breakdown:

2 Academic/Personal Counselors2 College and Career Counselors1 Learning variations counselor

Family Connection College Search

School Profiles—regular vs advancedAdmission— Compare Me and Application

historyFinancial Aid and CostsMajorsOther tools (College search,College Maps,

Career Search, Applying to colleges, Requesting Transcript, College visit schedule)

Perspective from an admission representative

Family Connection for Sample StudentWhat do students see when they first log in?

College TabLet’s look at a few college pages

Colleges I’m Thinking AboutAugustana, SDDrake, IAMarquette, WIMN State University, MankatoUniversity of MN Twin CitiesNorth Dakota State University

Extended College ProfileStudent can link to application online or request info

Campus Web Tour and photosSchool profiles and information from College Confidential on selected sites.

All pages include valuable informationContact information for Domestic and

International admission officesLink to website, list of overlap schools, school

stats, graph and option to remove school from list

Comparison between student and previous applicants from their high school

Application historyGeneral information and scheduled visits

Let’s look at some pagesAdmissions Information TabAHA Comparison GraphCompare MeFinancial Aid InformationMajors

Search Widget

College SearchSeveral options for College Searches within the system

SuperMatch College Search and Advanced College Search

College MatchOne of Ann’s favorite tools in the

systemSection on “Colleges Looking for

Students Like You”Section shows students applying to

each school on list are also most often applying to other colleges listed.

Shows students a list of colleges that have accepted students like you.

College MapsVisual to show map of colleges that accepted our students

Colleges where our students are attending

Top 20 most popular colleges where our students applied

Requesting TranscriptsWe are a paper-free school for requesting transcripts.

All students must request their transcripts through their Family Connection account.

Very easy to do! Let’s request a transcript!

Colleges I’m Applying ToStudents can see the colleges they are applying to, the type of admission decision they are using, whether they used the Common App, the deadline, confirm transcript and mid-year report submitted and the results of their applications.

Career SearchAs part of our sophomore curriculum, we have all students complete “Do What You Are” Survey in Family Connection.

Let’s see the personality profile and possible careers for Sample Student!

Tools within Career SearchStudents can learn more about prospective careers—overview of job, knowledge and skills needed, tasks and activities and average wages by state.

Students can also select majors listed and see a list of every college in the United States with that major.

College Visit ScheduleAll of our college visits are scheduled within the Family Connection System.

Students can see when schools are coming by looking at schedule online.

Contact InformationErika Cedergren --

erika.cedergren@hobsons.comMary Docken – mary.docken@hobsons.comAnn Kjorstad--

akjorstad@academyofholyangels.org

Thank You!