Juniors:

Log into CFNC (www.CFNC.org) and create an account.

College representative visits are scheduled at Vance sit in on those
presentations and ask questions.
Complete the resume over the summer. This information is for
counselor/teacher and will be used throughout parts of your counselor &
teacher letter of recommendation to personalize the letter and help you
stand out to college admission representatives. This does not need to be
done if your colleges do not require a letter of recommendation.
If you already know who you would like to ask to complete a letter of
recommendation, go ahead and ask them prior to leaving for the
summer and ask what information they need from you. Unless you are
looking for two letters that may sound similar, do not share the same
information with the teachers you have asked to write letters.
Plan ahead- I need 20 business days to complete letters of
recommendation, transcript requests and college forms. Be mindful of
your application deadlines and be sure to give me enough time to
complete these documents from the date you request them.
If you are applying to Common Application schools, use the common
application (www.commonapp.org ). If you have two or more schools
that use the Common Application. Essay questions for the 2017-2018
Common Application are already available and your account will be
rolled over to next year. Therefore, you can begin working on this now,
prior to the start of next school year.
Senior appointments will begin after the first couple of weeks of school
and run throughout the first semester. I will be following the same
process as this year where I will be outside of your English class talking
with students. Because of the high volume of appointments I have, this
will be a student/counselor meeting only but your parents can email or
call with additional questions.
If you register to take the ACT, be sure to register for the test with the
writing portion. Both the SAT and ACT will allow you to select up to 4
schools, for free, to which to send your scores. All test scores must be
sent directly from ACT.org or Collegeboard.org (SAT) to the
college/university to which you are applying. Vance does not send test
scores and colleges cannot view your test scores in unless you send
them. If you plan on submitting your ACT score from the administration

at Vance in March, be sure to hold onto your student score report

because you will need the student code listed on the report.
Be sure to check the Student Services website regularly for scholarship
information and register for Remind 101.
GPA and rank can be viewed in Power School. This is confidential
information and cannot be given out over the phone or by email.