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Northern Valley Regional School Counseling Program & The College Process

November, 2018

Matthew Spatz District Director of Guidance

Northern Valley Mission Statement We at Northern Valley Regional High School District, provide an environment in which each student seeks answers to questions, challenges assumptions and develops self-worth. Our high schools encourage individual academic excellence, aesthetic appreciation and moral integrity. Recognition of academic and culture diversity promotes mutual respect and acceptance. We provide a framework for the immediate and future concerns of our students. Such provisions require a constantly critical reevaluation of curriculum and course design to keep abreast of global research and new techniques within our respective disciplines. We promote students respect for learning and their desire to acquire knowledge through traditional as well as appropriate technological means. Education requires a shared commitment. Therefore, the responsibility of the community is to support and complement the schools' philosophy and goals. This joint commitment of students, professional staff, Board of Education and community forms the basis for a challenging and effective program.

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Professional School Counseling Program

— Aligned to Professional Standards — Guided by best practices in Professional Associations and Organizations ◦ American School Counseling Association (ASCA) ◦ National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) ◦ NJ School Counseling Association (NJSCA) ◦ NJ Association of College Admissions Counselors ◦ CollegeBoard

ASCA Comprehensive Program — ASCA Model ◦ Foundation ◦ Management ◦ Delivery ◦ Accountability — Three Student Domains: ◦ Academic Development ◦ College & Career Readiness ◦ Social/Emotional Development

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ASCA Comprehensive Program — Mindset Standards ◦ Psycho-social attitudes or beliefs students have about themselves in relation to academic work ◦ Make up students’ belief system as exhibited through behaviors — Behavior Standards ◦ Learning Strategies ◦ Self Management Skills ◦ Social Skills

ASCA School Counseling Services

— Direct Services — School Counseling Core Curriculum — Individual Student Planning — Responsive Services — Indirect Services — Consultation — Collaboration — Referrals

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Personal / Social Development Research supports link between social- emotional well being and student success ◦ Raise self-awareness and identify strengths ◦ Support and reinforce life skills for student well being ◦ Help students seek balance - in course planning and elsewhere ◦ including helping students identify stress and develop coping skills

Role of School Counselor

• 9th through 12th grade. • Meets regularly to review progress, set goals and develop future plans. • Schedules courses in accordance with requirements, interests & future plans. • Assists in completing and interpreting learning style and career inventories. • Interprets assessments

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Role of School Counselor

— Assists college search & application process. — Acts as intermediary with teachers and administration. — Assists students and families to resolve issues. — Referrals to SAC, outside professionals, I&RST and CST.

Four-Year, Developmentally- Appropriate Program — (8th Grade) — 9th Grade — 10th Grade — 11th Grade — 12th Grade

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8th Grade to 9th Grade Transition

— 8th Grade Parent and Student visits. — 8th Grade Students visit during day. — Individual Meeting - student, parents and counselors review recommendations and create appropriate 9th grade schedule. — Peer Mentors host Spring Social and Summer 9th grade Orientations.

9th Grade Experience

— 9th Grade Parent Orientation Night — Students meet with counselor individually: ◦ Review transition issues ◦ Check on academic status ◦ Encourage co-curricular involvement — 9th Grade Parent Program — Freshman class meetings - Get Engaged / Everything Counts

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9th Grade Experience

— Health Lab - with SACs — Introduction to Naviance ◦ Learning Style Inventory ◦ Multiple Intelligences Inventory ◦ Career Interest Profiler ◦ Strengths Explorer ◦ (All link to career clusters, majors and colleges) — Individually review academic progress, 4-yr plan and future goals. — Plan 10th Grade courses — Opportunity to take SAT Biology Subject test

10th Grade Experience

— Continue Naviance program ◦ “Do What You Are” inventory ◦ Identifies personality traits ◦ Links to career clusters, majors and colleges ◦ Update resume — Individual meetings - review academic progress, 4-year academic plan and future goals. — Plan 11th Grade courses

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10th Grade Experience

— Sophomore Parent Night - December — Opportunity for PSAT in October. — Review PSAT results - may sign up for BigFuture through CollegeBoard — College Night (College Fair) - October — Financial Aid Night - Fall — College Admissions Panel - May

11th Grade Experience

— PSAT - October — College Night (College Fair) - October — Financial Aid Night - Fall — Review PSAT results - sign up for MyRoad through CollegeBoard — Junior Parent Nights - Fall & Spring — Alumni Return Day - January — Student workshops - Fall & Spring — College Representative meetings - all year — College Admissions Panel - May

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11th Grade Experience

— Individual Student meetings ◦ Review academic progress ◦ Identify future goals & review academic plan ◦ Plan12th Grade courses — Take AP, ACT, SAT and SAT Subject tests — Individual Junior Parent Conference ◦ Discuss college search process ◦ Review application process — Continue with Naviance ◦ Career Search / College Match ◦ Game Plan / Scattergrams

12th Grade Experience — Take AP, ACT, SAT and Subject tests. — Senior Parent Presentation - September — Senior Class Meeting - September — Individual conferences ◦ College application process ◦ Review academic progress — Early Decision meeting - Fall — Apply with Naviance ◦ FERPA ◦ eDocs manages application material ◦ Students complete Senior Questionnaire ◦ Parents complete Brag Sheet

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12th Grade Experience

— Application Workshops ◦ Late August - Application Bootcamp ◦ Wednesdays — Transcript Review — Financial Aid Night - Fall — College Fair - Oct. — Alumni Return Day - Jan. — Transition to College program — Graduation Exit Survey - May

Admission Criteria

— Grades in ‘College’ Prep courses ◦ (Honors, AP, Dual Enrollment) — Grades in all courses — Strength of Curriculum (Rigor) — Standardized Test Scores

— Personal Essays / Written Statements

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Admission Criteria

— Counselor Recommendation — Demonstrated Interest — Teacher Recommendations — Rank, Subject Scores, Extra Curricular — Interview

Importance of Various Factors in the Admission Decision: First-Time Freshmen

Percentage of Colleges Rating As: Considerably Moderately Limited Not Important Important Importance Important Grades in All Courses 80.9 10.4 5.8 2.9 Grades in College Prep Courses 70.8 17.5 8.8 2.9 Admission Test Scores (SAT, ACT) 52.3 30.8 14.5 2.3 Strength of Curriculum 51.2 29.4 12.9 6.5 Essay or Writing Sample 16.7 36.9 20.8 25.6 Counselor Recommendation 10.8 46.1 28.7 14.4 Student’s Demonstrated Interest 15.5 21.4 34.5 28.6 Teacher Recommendation 7.1 46.4 29.2 17.3 Class Rank 9.3 27.9 36.0 26.7 Extracurricular Activities 3.6 34.9 40.8 20.7 Subject Test Scores (AP, IB) 4.2 28.9 28.3 38.6 Portfolio 5.4 7.2 27.5 59.9 Interview 3.6 14.3 29.2 53.0 Work 1.8 17.8 41.4 39.1 SAT II Scores 6.6 3.0 19.9 70.5 State Graduation Exam Scores 1.8 8.3 17.9 72.0

Source: NACAC Admission Trends Survey, 2017-18

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Trends In College Admissions

— Applications remain strong - total number of student dropped; applications per student increased. — Enrollment remains fairly constant. — More focus on ‘First Generation’ ‘underrepresented’ & ‘International’ — Still emphasizes grades & test scores, but colleges appreciate grit and resilience. — More students accessing 2-year colleges.

Trends In College Admissions

— Acknowledged increase in number of emotional-related issues delaying or interrupting matriculation. — Clientele seek value, fit, job placement, opportunities — Look ‘Beyond the Obvious’ — Colleges emphasizing future skill development, value, internships, research opportunities, advisement, placement. — Colleges That Change Lives — Where you Go is Not Who You’ll Be

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College Outreach — Counselor Visits to College Campuses ◦ Counselors see campus first hand and experience official tour and presentation. ◦ Counselors share information about college visits with fellow counselors and student upon their return. — College Night (Hosted with Pascack Valley) ◦ Over 160 schools represented each year. ◦ Counselors meet with college representatives to share and update information. — College Admissions Representatives ◦ All Counselors have up-to-date contact information for representatives. ◦ Representatives and counselors maintain communication.

Colleges Counselors Visited

— American University — Florida Institute of — — Siena College Technology — Amherst College — Muhlenberg — Smith College — Florida Southern College — Barry University — New England College — Southern New — Florida State University Hampshire University — Bergen Community — New Hampshire Institute College — Franklin Pierce University of Art — St. Thomas Aquinas College — Berkeley College — Furman University — New Jersey Institute of Technology — Stetson University — Bryn Mawr College — George Mason University — North Carolina State — SUNY Stonybrook — Champlain College — Georgia Institute of Technology — Nova Southeastern — SUNY Binghamton — Christopher Newport University University — Granite State College — Swarthmore College — Pace University — Colby-Sawyer College — George Washington — Syracuse University University — Pace University at — Colgate University Westchester — The college of New — Hamilton College Jersey — Concordia - Montreal — Plymouth State University — Hampshire College — University of Alabama — Dartmouth College — Quinnipiac University — Haverford College — University of Florida — Dominican College — Ramapo College — Jacksonville University — University of Georgia — Drexel University — Richmond University — James Madison University — University of Maine — Duke University — Rider University — Keene State College — University of — Eckerd College — Rivier University Massachusetts at Amherst — Keiser University — Embry-Riddle — Roger Williams University — University of New Aeronautical University — Lynn University Hampshire — Rollins College — Emory University — Marist College — University of Notre — Sacred Heart University — Fairfield University — Mary Washington Dame — Saint Anselm College — Felician College — McGill University — University of Tampa — Saint Leo University — Flagler College — Montclair State — University of Vermont University — Scranton University

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College Connections Over 140 colleges visit Northern Valley each year ◦ Juniors and Seniors attend. ◦ School counselor attends visit, takes notes, and shares information within department. ◦ Representative often read for our area. ◦ Students view/register through Naviance. ◦ Email invitation sent to student if college is on ‘prospective’ list. ◦ All visits are posted.

Colleges Who Visited Us

— Adelphi University — Clark University — Haverford College — Alfred University — Clarkson University — High Point University — Babson College — Colgate University — Hobart and William Smith Colleges — Ball State University — College of Mount Saint Vincent — IDC-Herzliya Israel — Ball State University — College of Saint Elizabeth — Indiana University at Bloomington — Barnard College — College of the Holy Cross — Ithaca College — Bates College — Curry College — James Madison University — Bennington College — DeSales University — Johnson & Wales University — Bentley University — Dover Business College (Paramus) — Juniata College — Bergen Community College — Drew University — Kean University — Berkeley College — Duke University — Kent State University — Binghamton University — East Carolina University — King's College — Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania — East Stroudsburg University of — Lafayette College Pennsylvania — Boston College — Lasell College — Emerson College — Boston University — Lehigh University — Fairleigh Dickinson University — — Lesley University — Fashion Institute of Design and — Bryant University Merchandising, Los Angeles — Lincoln Culinary Institute — Caldwell College — Fashion Institute of Technology — Lynn University — — Case Western Reserve University — Felician College Manhattan College — — Castleton State College — Franklin and Marshall College Manhattanville College — Centenary College — George Mason University — Marist College — — Champlain College — George Washington University Marymount Manhattan College — City University of New York — Gettysburg College — Mercy College — — City University of New York — Hampshire College Michigan State University

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Colleges Who Visited Us

— Monmouth University — Skidmore College — University of Connecticut — Montclair State University — Southern New Hampshire University — University of Florida — Moravian College — St. Francis College — University of Hartford — Mount Holyoke College — St. John's University - Queens Campus — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — Muhlenberg College — St. John's University - Staten Island Campus — University of Massachusetts, Amherst — New York University — St. Thomas Aquinas College — University of Massachusetts, Lowell — Northeastern University — State University of New York at Albany — University of Michigan — Northwestern University — Stevens Institute of Technology — University of New Hampshire — Nova Southeastern University — Stonehill College — University of New Haven — Ohio State University — Stony Brook University — University of Rhode Island — Pepperdine University — SUNY College at Geneseo — University of Rochester — Plymouth State University — The College of New Jersey — University of South Carolina — Pomona College — The George Washington University — University of Southern California — Providence College — The Ohio State University — University of Vermont — Purchase College — The University of Akron — Ursinus College — Radford University — The University of Arizona — Utica College — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — The University of Scranton — Vanderbilt University — Richard Stockton College of New Jersey — The University of Tampa — Washington University in St. Louis — Roger Williams University — Towson University — — Rowan University — Tufts University — West Chester University of Pennsylvania — Sacred Heart University — Tulane University — Western New England University — Saint Anselm College — University of Akron — Wheaton College MA — Saint Joseph's University — University at Buffalo The State University of — Widener University New York — Saint Michael's College — William Paterson University of New Jersey — University of Chicago — Seton Hall University — Worcester Polytechnic Institute — University of Colorado at Boulder — Siena College — York College of Pennsylvania

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The School Profile

— Updated and published yearly. — Shared with all representatives who visit Northern Valley. — Posted on Northern Valley website. — Sent to each school along with each student application. — Includes school information & updates; highlights student achievements.

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School Profile Information

— Mission Statement and School information — Special highlights and recognitions — Post Secondary Education Statistics — PSAT, SAT, Subject, ACT, AP Scores — Honors, Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment offerings — GPA statistics and information — District Graduation Requirements — College attendance all students-past 3 years

Profile - Curriculum Details

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Profile - Curriculum Details

Profile - GPA Details

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Profile - Class Statistics

Colleges Attending - past 3 years

— Albright College — Clemson University — Hofstra University — Mitchell College

— Allegheny College — Colgate University — Indiana University — Monmouth University

— American University — College of Charleston — Iona College — Montclair State University

— Arcadia University — College of Mount Saint Vincent — Ithaca College — Muhlenberg College

— Arizona State University — — John Jay College-CUNY — Nassau Community College

— Babson College — Cornell University — Johns Hopkins University — New England Conservatory of Music — Baldwin Wallace University — DeSales University — Johnson & Wales University — New Jersey Institute of Technology — Barnard College — Drexel University — Keio University — New York Institute of Technology — Bates College — Elmira College — King's College — New York University — Bennington College — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical — Lafayette College University — Northeastern University — Bentley University — Lehigh University — Emerson College — Northwestern University — Bergen Community College — Lewis & Clark College — Emory University — Pace University — Berklee College of Music — LIM (Laboratory Institute of — Fairfield University Merchandising) — Pennsylvania State University — Binghamton University — Fairleigh Dickinson University — Long Island University — Plymouth State University — Bloomsburg University — Fashion Institute of Technology — Louisiana State University — Pratt Institute — Boston College — Florida Atlantic University — Loyola University Chicago — Princeton University — Boston University — Florida State University — Loyola University Maryland — Purdue University — Bowdoin College — Fordham University — Loyola University New Orleans — Quinnipiac University — Brandeis University — Full Sail University — Lynn University — Ramapo College of New Jersey — — Georgetown University — Manhattan College — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Bucknell University — Gettysburg College — Marist College — Rhode Island School of Design — Caldwell University — Hamilton College — McGill University — Ringling College of Art & Design — Carnegie Mellon University — — Mercy College — Rochester Institute of Technology — Case Western Reserve University — High Point University — Michigan State University — Champlain College

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Colleges Attending - past 3 years

— Roger Williams University — Stony Brook University — Tulane University — University of Rhode Island

— Rowan University — Syracuse University — Union College — University of Rochester

— Rutgers University – New — Tallahassee Community College — United Stated Coast Guard — University of San Francisco Brunswick Academy — Tel Aviv University — University of South Carolina — Rutgers University – Newark — University of Buffalo SUNY — Temple University University of Chicago — University of Southern California — Sacred Heart University — Texas A&M University — University of the Sciences in — University of Colorado — Saint John’s University Philadelphia — Texas Southern University — University of Connecticut — Saint Peter's University — University of Vermont — The Capri Institute — University of Delaware — San Diego State University — University of Victoria — The College of New Jersey — University of Florida — Santa Barbara City College — University of Wisconsin — The Cooper Union for the — University of Hartford — Savannah College of Art & Design Advancement of Science & Art — Vanderbilt University — University of Illinois — School of Visual Arts — The Culinary Institute of America — Vassar College — University of Maryland — Seton Hall University — The Curtis Institute of Music — Vaughn College of Aeronautics & — University of Massachusetts Technology — Siena College — The George Washington University — University of Miami — Villanova University — Smith College — The New School — University of Michigan — Virginia Tech — St. Lawrence University — The Ohio State University — University of New Hampshire — Washington University in St. Louis — St. Thomas Aquinas College — The University of Alabama — University of New Haven — Wellesley College — Stanford University — The University of Arizona — University of New Orleans — Wentworth Institute of Technology — SUNY at Albany — The University of Scranton — University of North Carolina at — West Virginia University — SUNY at New Paltz — The University of Tampa Wilmington — Wheaton College MA — SUNY College at Geneseo — The University of the Arts — University of Notre Dame — Wilkes University — SUNY Maritime College — Towson University — University of Oregon — William Paterson University of — Stevens Institute of Technology — Trinity College — University of Pennsylvania New Jersey — Stockton University — Tufts University — University of Pittsburgh — Worcester Polytechnic Institute

College Attendance

— Diversity of pathways ◦ Two-year schools have increased ◦ Gap year, career, military have increased — Diversity of college placements ◦ 220 -250 different colleges ◦ 35 different states ◦ 4 different countries

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College Satisfaction (’14 - ’18)

— Were you admitted into one of your top college choices? (86%) — Are you attending to one of your top college choices? (85%) — Overall, are you satisfied with your final college or post-secondary choice? (96%) ◦ (Matches ‘Happiness Score’ from Princeton Review’s College Advisement Service)

Student Satisfaction (’14 - ’18)

— 41% - Extremely Satisfied — 48% - Satisfied — 7.8% - Somewhat Satisfied

— 2.6% - Neither Satisfied Nor Dissatisfied — 0.2% - Somewhat Dissatisfied — 0.1% - Dissatisfied — 0.1% - Extremely Dissatisfied

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Feedback - Evolving our Program

— Survey students and parent throughout 4 years — Provide more guidance to students in self- assessment and research — Increase face time — Integrate the application workshops — Parent and Student Presentations - Break Outs (smaller groups)

Feedback – Evolving our Program

— More clearly identify reach, target, safety ◦ (3 + 3 + 3) — ‘Love Your Likelies’ — ‘Match to be made not Prize to be won’ — Identify traits & qualities of colleges before identifying names — Draw a picture (literally) of how you view yourself in college

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Naviance

— Strengths Explorer — College Visits — MI Advantage — Scholarships — Learning Style — Scattergrams Inventory — Majors — Career Interest — Careers Profiler — Application — Do What You Are Management — Road Trip Nation — Goal Setting — Resume — College Events — Supermatch — College Lists — Enrichment — Recommendations

Frank Bruni - Parent Letter to Child Dear Matt,

On the night before you receive your first college response, we wanted to let you know that we could not be any prouder of you than we are today. Whether or not you get accepted does not determine how proud we are of everything you have accomplished and the wonderful person you have become. That will not change based on what admissions officers decide about your future. We will celebrate with joy wherever you get accepted - and the happier you are with those responses, the happier we will be. But your worth as a person, a student and our son is not diminished or influenced in the least by what these colleges have decided.

If it does not go your way, you’ll take a different route to get where you want. There is not a single college in this country that would not be lucky to have you, and you are capable of succeeding at any of them.

We love you as deep as the ocean, as high as the sky, all the way around the world and back again - and to wherever you are headed.

Mom and Dad

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