I assumed if a kid were to use common apps, his/her HS would know whether he/she is admitted, right?
But I noticed some colleges do not use common apps, say U of Alabama and Pitt, and only require HS to send the transcript (in the case of Pitt, the grades can be self-reported), therefore how can the HS know that a kid was admitted? Just wondering…
At my son’s HS, all Seniors filled out a college acceptance sheet for the counselor.
At my kiddo’s school it is self reported in Naviance…and many kids are not diligent about reporting…therefore I don’t really trust the school’s Naviance numbers.
thanks. I thought by some magic that the HS just knew…LOL
At our high school, updating Naviance is taken very seriously, which is great because it means the stats are very reliable. Common App and non common app schools are included. Every senior updates Naviance then meets with advisor to go over updates/status and get them signed off (and to talk about their college choice, etc). It’s good info for the advisors to see trends as well. If not done, they cannot graduate.
thanks. I don’t even know the kids can update Naviance…
Not to get into the specifics, but yes, once they have entered a school as one they have applied to, they can go to a page where they are allowed to “edit” status from pending to admitted, declined, or waitlisted.
Students shouldn’t have to share details about the results of their college search if they choose to keep them private. I doubt the state education regulations say that public high schools can hold a student’s diploma hostage until they provide the information. Private schools probably can, but students should be able to opt out.
At our school, the CCS are very involved in the process. (Each one has 30 seniors.) The kids share their results with the CC and Naviance is updated by the CCs. I think everyone appreciates how helpful the good database was to them and wants to return the favor.
The school is private, and parents and students value having professional CCs, which of course is part of what we pay for. We also understand that having good data on previous applicants allows these people to do a good job. Yes, information in Naviance is anonymous and in some cases, due to small numbers, unavailable to parents and students, but the counselors have it.
At a school where there is less a sense of community snd less of a commitment to the college counseling process, the information in Naviance may be less reliable and helpful.
The school has to send final transcripts to every student’s final choice. So the school just keeps track. They know where you choose to go. I think the school updates our Naviance, not sure. In any case, our school puts a college pennant in a display case for every student’s college, so they definitely know where everyone is going. I would think that every school knows, simply because final transcripts have to be sent. Our school clearly keeps track.
In my state, public universities can access transcripts from public high schools online, so the high school doesn’t have to send them.
Students should have to tell their guidance counselor or cc whether they were admitted or not. How can the counselor effectively counsel other students without that information? Unless the HS is very small and someone is watching naviance daily, it seems highly unlikely they could figure out the results of one particular student. I am not quite sure why admission results should be treated like something to be ashamed of. Everyone knows that the tippy top schools have such low admission rates that nobody is assured of a seat even with perfect stats.
OP here… my original question was on whether the HS knows where the kid is admitted when the college does not use common apps*… after reading the responses (and thank you)… I wonder whether the HS knew even if the college uses common apps… i.e. will the college automatically feed the information back to naviance ? or is everything manual with kids telling the HS?
There are some schools that will send the high school the list of students from their school who applied and the final decision
@annamom To answer your specific question. No, as far as I know, the colleges’ decisions do not go back into the Common App system. Acceptances to colleges come via email to the student or by logging onto a website portal provides by the college. (Or paper mail in a few cases still.)