(from Naviance email sent May 3, 2021, subject: Final Transcript Requests via the FCPS Senior Survey: Due Date 05/17/2021)
Hello Class of 2021 Students and Parents!
Happy May! Please read the notification below about the FCPS Senior Survey followed by the student instructions to access and complete the survey in Naviance Student. This survey is the only method by which students request their FINAL TRANSCRIPT to be sent to the college they’ve selected to attend next year. Students need to complete the survey by May 17, 2021. Complete the survey with the information you have to date.
We know that many colleges start requesting materials from attending students soon and for your information, students will receive an unofficial copy of their final transcript as well as a copy of immunizations that have been entered in our database when they receive their diplomas on June 5, 2021. Please plan to make copies and scan these documents to have in your records for college/university and beyond.
Thank you in advance for reading this very long but important email! Wishing you all the best as we finish the year! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Kind regards,
Ms. Samantha Wolf (sswolf@fcps.edu)
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SENIOR SURVEY NOTIFICATION
All Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) 12th grade students are asked to complete a brief Senior Survey at the end of their 12th grade year. Postsecondary plan information gathered from the Senior Survey is one of the pieces of required information that is annually reported to the Virginia Department of Education.
The survey is eight questions and asks students about their postsecondary plans, college admission decisions and financial aid questions (if applicable), and work-based learning experiences during school. Additionally, the survey asks an optional question where students may provide a non-FCPS email address to be used for official TJHSST/FCPS alumni purposes.
Question 2 of this survey asks students to add the college to which your student would like their final transcript to be sent. This will include the college to which they have accepted an offer of admission as well as colleges where the student has accepted a place on the waitlist and would like to receive their final transcript. The final transcript will be sent to the school in the same manner in which the student applied (so Common App, eDocs or by mail). Please note that final transcripts will be sent to these schools after graduation and should arrive by July 1, 2021.
Completion of the Senior Survey is expected by all graduating seniors. It is important that all information is reported accurately and honestly. This information is used to assist future TJHSST students in their college search and planning process – just as previous survey information assisted many of you!
For questions regarding the Senior Survey, please contact Ms. Wolf or your student’s counselor.
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HOW TO COMPLETE THE FCPS SENIOR SURVEY
1. Login to FCPS 24-7 Learning (Blackboard)
2. Navigate to the Naviance Student module.
3. Click the About me tab
4. See Surveys→Surveys not yet started
5. Click FCPS Senior Survey→Class of 2021
We have created a video presentation here that goes through each question–but my reliable Class of 2021 sources tell me that most of you will not open it! So please read below and do not press submit on your survey until you’ve answered everything correctly as you can only submit once. If you make an error, please email Ms. Wolf to reset your survey. I have to review all surveys so PLEASE reach out if you aren’t sure about a question before you submit the survey. You can also join a Google Meet (Google Workplace for Education Login required) using the join code Wolf-CCC every lunch period until May 17, 2021 to have questions answered.
THE 8 QUESTIONS BRIEFLY:
Question 1: What’s your post TJ plan? Undetermined is not an option. Year off is only if you have requested a year deferral (GAP) from your attending college.
Question 2: What are your college application results? Click ADD and select the college you will be attending and where you want your FINAL TRANSCRIPT to be sent. You can also send a final transcript to a college where you have accepted a place on the waitlist so click ADD to select that college as well. If you’d like, you can also add the other colleges to which you applied and tell us the results of those applications. (If you applied to non-Common App schools and requested a transcript, you will see those already listed. Please tell us the results if you’d like.) If you never applied–choose the NEVER APPLIED box. If you were waitlisted or deferred, please choose that option and then choose NO DECISION if you still haven’t heard a final decision or if you have heard, please list the final decision.
VERY IMPORTANT–check the ATTENDING and SEND FINAL TRANSCRIPT boxes for the college to which you’ve accepted the offer of admission and sent your deposit. You can click SEND FINAL TRANSCRIPT to a waitlist college where you have accepted the waitlist spot however, all students have only one ATTENDING school.
Question 3: FAFSA submitted–yes or no?
Question 4: Did you receive any federal government financial aid as a result of the FAFSA?
Question 5: Have you been offered any merit based scholarships?
Question 6: Optional-– List the amount of scholarship money you have accepted and will use at your attending school. Leave blank if none.
Question 7: Check the boxes about experiences during high school in which you’ve participated.
Question 8: Optional–list a personal email address for TJHSST/FCPS alumni purposes.
**A quick four minute video of what you will see in Naviance Student is here.
Samantha Wolf
College and Career Specialist
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Phone: 703-750-8377 | Fax: 703-750-7057
TJHSST Website