What Does Downloaded By College Mean On The Common App

Hey Loftier School Seniors (2020)!!

Many of you have likely already submitted one or more than of your higher applications on the Common App 2019-20. If y'all're an Early Action/Early Decision bidder- you are well aware of Oct 15 and November 1 due dates. One time you submit your awarding-you lot've seen the screen – confetti!! Congratulations!!

If you are totally lost as to what to do — where to starting time- this contempo blog (COLLEGE APPLICATIONS – HS SENIORS 2020 – LAST Call – Common APP 2019-twenty TIPS) will go yous up to speed fast -and I encourage you to reach out to your high school counselor or connect with me to discuss your educational goals and college admissions process ASAP.

What's Next in Your College Awarding Process?

There's a few things that need to occur- but the most notable is to check for confirmation. Outset, head over to the dashboard of the Mutual Application and confirm that your Common Application was submitted. If information technology isn't displaying right after your confetti– something isn't right. Inside 24 to 48 hours, the icon showing the submission will switch over to an icon showing that the college has actually downloaded your application. That's the easy office– now y'all have to manage and runway your college application status and ensure that all the externally moving parts get in into your file past the due date.

In my recent blog, I talked about when and how to submit your high school transcripts, instructor recommendations and whatsoever test scores. I too discussed the difference betwixt Score Pick and Super Score. Delight familiarize yourself with each college's requirements to ensure you are sending the official scores where required. You lot Do NOT SEND AP scores- this question surfaces often- please speak to your GC or give me a shout out to hash out how and if your AP scores will support or harm your chances of acceptance. Each circumstance is unique.

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??? Subsequently yous've practical—……Do they have my file??!!

The about immediately noticeable confirmation will appear on the Common and Coalition applications showing a time/date stamp when you've submitted. Within a few days, you'll likewise observe when a college has actually downloaded your awarding. ***This is important data for students who are planning to change/personalize their core essay for each college. Don't make any changes until we know that the higher-specific information has been downloaded by College X allowing you to modify things when submitting to College Y.

IS YOUR ADMISSIONS FILE COMPLETE? (That is not the same question as "Did You Send Everything?!")

Despite many email and newsletter reminders, every year at that place are a handful of students notified about a missing component of their awarding file. In previous years, information technology was a transcript (she had received the email confirmation that it had been sent (this is different from an email confirmation of receipt); and for another student, Dec SATII subject test scores weren't received. Ane time, a student viewed some other'southward examination scores in his file (and they weren't college!!). Sadly, many students learn that instructor recommendations are "missing".

Please check, check and recheck all emails received from colleges to ensure your file is complete. Each college has its own unique features and not all colleges will notify y'all that your file is incomplete.You are responsible for verifying that everything was received (as opposed to sent). Don't overlook transcripts, test scores and recommendations. I too highlight that at this fourth dimension of year, FAFSA and CSS Profiles are also due.

DAILY e-mail Check!! Don't ignore any emails from any of your colleges as you may overlook time sensitive requests .

*** A fourth dimension sensitive request may exist an invitation to employ for Honors College or a competitive scholarships! These are firm due dates – no exceptions.

If you haven't received confirmation and/or your file is incomplete– contact admissions past phone to clarify and send a follow-up electronic mail to an actual person.

???? I made a fault on my awarding – what do I do?

If it is a minor mistake, allow it go rather than calling attention to the situation. If you lot have concerns on what is defined as "minor" – give me a telephone call ASAP and we can determine if notification is helpful or harmful. All your essays and activities are proofread by me. You lot are responsible for the accuracy of your demographic/personal information, classes etc. If y'all made a typo- official scores and transcripts will be received. Proceed in mind, your reader volition spend v to ten minutes on your file == outside of a glaring spelling error, non likely to be a headache.

Practiced NEWS – BAD NEWS – ! COLLEGE ADMISSION FILE UPDATES (Timing is Jan)

Nearly all colleges require applicants to submit Mid-Twelvemonth class reports (please bank check individual college webpages and admissions checklists). Don't contract senioritis—your grades continue to matter!

This is the perfect opportunity to update your file and to express connected interest. Commencement and foremost, regardless of whether you were deferred from the ED pool or if you are a RD applicant, this is the fourth dimension to share any noteworthy accomplishments since submitting your application.

If you need assistance preparing your "update letter", delight contact me on advisable tone and what to include. Some examples of achievements to share: earning certifications, advancing to state or national competitions in whatsoever of your extracurricular activities, new competitions (essay, science, dance, sports?), completion of an private projection (wrote an APP, finished a story, participated in a Maker Faire, attended a poesy SLAM?) or achieved/sustained a high GPA (especially for students with 'rough start' GPAs.)

Ideally, I encourage students to ask their H.S. Guidance Counselor to share noteworthy information for y'all direct.

You will besides receive login information on where to check youradmissions decisions on a specific date. Mark your agenda!
Scholarships

Read all emails from all colleges every bit y'all may be notified of selection for an internal scholarship that requires additional essays and other supporting materials.

*** Every yr 1 to two very sad students phones me to say they missed an email and can they achieve out to the college and still be considered for a scholarship. NO!

Review the admissions and financial assistance website to locate and employ for any competitive scholarships for which y'all are a solid candidate. Contact me to strategize essay content. Nearly every college has "competitive" scholarships.
For example – Here are a range of colleges offering highly competitive merit based scholarships unrelated to financial aid
CLICK: Vanderbilt Internal Merit Based Scholarship
CLICK Boston University Merit Based Scholarships
CLICK WUSTL Merit Based Scholarships
CLICK EMORY Scholars Program
CLICK Drexel Merit Based Scholarships
CLICK University of Maryland Presidential Scholarship

Last Infinitesimal College Choices

Some of yous may be concerned nearly choices and becoming stressed about the procedure and the wait. My first advice is to distance yourself from conversations taking place at school and avoid making comparisons to other students.
That said, as noted to a higher place, if you want to revisit your listing of colleges and talk over adding some other 1-2 safety colleges, please accomplish out to me. Whatsoever college on your list – safety or accomplish must be one you would exist thrilled to attend. Don't settle for the wrong "fit" in either academics or social opportunity. We can still add colleges and I am guide you to revisiting the procedure of college choice fifty-fifty at this late date.

*** Everyone is still invited to continue working closely with me to larn more about your major and potential related fields. Even if your applications are done, delight run into with me to continue bookish exploration .

GRADES:

Please ensure you are still maxing out your high school GPA. A significant decline can event in being admitted on academic probation as a freshman! (I'm sure none of my students needs this alert!!).

AP EXAMS : Reminder, if you lot haven't already been engaged in regular practice for the AP exams, let me motivate yous farther: ED applicants are typically accepted to very competitive colleges for which but a "5" will exist accustomed for credit. What does that mean? If y'all don't earn the needed AP score- you'll echo Calculus and/or Chemistry, etc.
It's also more than fun to place out of freshman writing (AP Lang or AP Literature are accepted nearly everywhere equally substitutes for Freshman Writing) and be able to take a more interesting English constituent of your choosing. Even if you earn a "5" you might decide to retake the class at your higher and we will discuss the merits of retaking some STEM classes sometime prior to your freshman advising later this summertime.
Exercise YOU NEED A LINKED IN Profile?

My initial thoughts- information technology cannot hurt. One time of the advantages to yous as a high school pupil is the opportunity to view the full contour of alumni interviewers.
Once yous are admitted to college and pay your deposit, you'll immediately have access to a huge alumni base- and that's where the real exposure begins. It's hard to imagine but this time side by side twelvemonth- (yes really)- you will be attending your first on-campus summer-internship job fair ! I can help y'all build your first draft of a Linked In profile and demonstrate how to use the internship search features to your advantage. Yous may even find a smashing internship this summer right in your own lawn!
CLICK: LINKED IN Guidelines for High School Students

CLICK NY Times: Linked In and College Admissions

To all of the Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors– It'due south NEVER too early to build our College Plan- Let'south talk!

FINAL THOUGHTS:

SUCCESS and JOY in 2019-twenty!!

As noted, your student'south GPA and transcript are the most meaning determinant of admissions and academic success. High school is a fourth dimension for academic and personal discovery. Developing andsustaining a passion for learning cannot be overstated. Sometimes that discovery is sparked by coursework and other times information technology is through an extracurricular experience.

In that location's very petty variation in curriculum options across loftier schools in that all students volition complete four years of english, four years of social studies, complete a foreign language and enroll in the math and science classes at a level they can manage.

The differences across high schools and beyond students are in the electives taken and in whether students enroll in Honors or AP/IB/AICE levels of classes.

Don't waste product your electives ! Accept a challenge you can comfortably manage. Delight don't follow the crowd!

Students who are successful not but in college admissions, but as bodily undergraduate students, are those who have well defined interests, nurtured every bit early on equally middle schoolhouse and farther developed throughout high school.

Having an bookish niche or a personal passion outside the classroom builds motivation, focus and academic success.

What inspires your student?

It is indeed never besides early to begin Educational and College Admissions Planning!

College Admissions Planning- Start Early- Increase Your Chances of Higher Acceptance

Whether you're ready to write your college essays or just beginning to research colleges and majors, or maybe y'all want to create a customized reading, learning and time management plan to explore or deepen an academic/personal interest, I invite you lot to contact me to schedule yourEducational and College Planning Assessmentavailable for current seniors and all middle and loftier school students.

Best wishes for an absolutely meaningful and enriching 2019-20.

Bonnie

Bonnie R. Rabin, Ph.D.

Educational & College Admissions Consultant

brabin@collegecareerconsulting.com

561.509.0021