Seniors: Remember that school will be closed over the break, so our staff will not be available to respond to emails during that time. Use these next two weeks wisely; if you want help with finalizing your RD list, your Common App, financial aid apps, or anything else before the break, make sure to make an appointment with your assigned college counselor using the links already provided to you earlier this fall.
Also, remember that Dr. Shere is available to help any senior in any caseload: cshere@stuy.edu
You can also drop in to see a college counselor during our open q & a periods: 1st period, 5th period, 9th period, 10th period, and often after school until 4:00.
We thought it might ease your mind to remind you that school documents can be submitted after RD deadlines as needed. This includes things like transcripts, rec letters, fee waivers, counselor signing of ED II agreements etc. So, if you notice something was not submitted for your RD colleges before break, or, if you add colleges to your list or apply ED II somewhere during the vacation, don't worry. We will begin to submit any outstanding documents, approve fee waivers/ED II agreements, etc., as soon as school reopens on January 2. Again, this is perfectly acceptable for colleges and universities with early January deadlines; deadlines are for student application submission, not document submission by high schools.
Just make sure that all of your RD applications are listed in your “colleges I’m applying to” list in Naviance by the time we get back to school on January 2.
Lastly, for those students who made specific, rather than general, teacher recommendation requests in Naviance, remember that you will need to make additional specific requests for each college you add to your "colleges I'm applying to" list in Naviance. Otherwise, these recs cannot be submitted. If you don't remember how to make these requests, see the instructions in the Document Resources section of your Naviance account in the College Office folder. Make sure to check this over your vacation.
And please do make sure to take some time for yourself over the break...you have earned that!
