College Needs

Guidance Department College Application Process

The guidance office processes many college applications per student. Adherence to the following instructions is necessary to make the process work for all students.

1. In order for transcripts and/or letters of recommendation to be sent to colleges, they must be requested through In order to do this, you must connect your SchoolLinks and Common App accounts following these steps:
   1. Register on commonapp.org. 
   2. Enter high school information, add at least one college, and sign the FERPA Release Authorization on Commonapp.org.
   3. Complete the Common App Account Matching process. Matching Tutorial
2. There is a 2-week lead time on all applications. For example, if an application deadline is December 1 you must submit a request prior to November 17th so your counselor or teacher has ample amount of time to complete their end. Please remember that some deadlines may be two weeks after our November break and if that is the case, submit them THREE weeks prior as breaks are not part of your two weeks.  Teacher letters are to be requested via SchoolLinks only after you have personally spoken to the teacher and have confirmed their willingness to write one for you.  
3. Mid-year reports and final reports will automatically be sent to schools you indicate within SchoolLinks.
4. Once you receive a response from a school (i.e. accepted, denied, or waitlisted), enter it in SchoolLinks. When you commit to a school, go to the College section of SchoolLinks and mark it as the attending school.