Common Application Goes Live August 1
August 1:
Start your Common App. Go to
www.commonapp.org
Use attachment to help answer CA questions.
Need help filling out the CA?
August 3 - 4 or August 6-7:
You can sign up for Summer Common App Help Sessions. Students can choose to participate via zoom meeting for the morning sessions or the afternoon sessions. Space is limited.
Deadline to sign up is July 30, 2020
August 17:
All counselors will be available to answer questions and for one-on-one help with filling out your application.
Common App Resource Class
: You will be enrolled in a PowerSchool Learning class called “Common App Resources.” You will find a variety of helpful videos and other materials here to help you with the Common App process. When your PowerSchool access is turned on for the 2020-2021 school year, you can access the course in PowerSchool Unified Classroom under
Quick Links
then learning my portal.
Want to know senior class size? Is your GPA weighted or unweighted? What is my counselor’s job title? Answers to these and many other questions can be found in the “Common App Resources” class: click on “Information Needed to Complete the Common App” and then look under “Common App FAQ.”
Need help with your college essay?
August 12:
We will host a College Essay Zoom Presentation, Tips and Strategies for Writing an Effective College Essay, presented by a former college admissions representative. Information from this presentation can help you make necessary adjustments to the college essay that you wrote last school year in your junior English class.
Deadline to sign up is July 30, 2020.
August 13:
Meet one-on-one with a college admissions representative to review your essay. Students must upload their essay when registering for this event. These 15 minute zoom meetings will be set up to occur in a morning or afternoon time block that you chose when registering. Then you will be invited to a zoom meeting at a certain time and be placed into a waiting room until the college rep is ready to meet with you. The college rep will have a copy of your essay to review with you.
Deadline to sign up is July 30, 2020
.
NCAA Eligibility Center
If your son or daughter wishes to participate in Division I and Division II athletics, he or she will need to be certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center. Go to
www.eligibilitycenter.org
to register. Remember to have ACT and/or SAT scores sent to the NCAA as well as a high school transcript.
Stay In The Know!
It is more important than ever to keep up on communications from our department.
Please read our news in Watterson Wednesday News OR read it under Guidance News on our website. Also follow us on Twitter (@BWHScounselors), Instagram (bwhscounselors) and Facebook (Bishop Watterson High School). Take the time to read email communications from our department with reminders and scholarship information.
