FAQs/How To Videos
How to:
IB Courses for Fall 2027 Applicants
How-To Videos:
Naviance
How to Request a Transcript for a College, Scholarship or Program on Naviance (9-12th Grades) Updated Fall 2023
How to Sign up for a College Visit at Sequoia
How to add "Colleges I'm Applying To" and Which Colleges Need Transcript Requests and Which Do Not (12th Grade) Updated Fall 2026
- SHS Sending Test Scores and Transcripts to the Different Types of Colleges
How to Update your Résumé on Naviance Updated Fall 2026
How to Access - Surveys From Your School (Counselor School Report, Teacher LOR, Upload Personal Statement, etc) Updated Fall 2026
How to Access Scholarships on Naviance (9-12th Grades) Updated Fall 2026 - same as video in the General section below
How to Apply for the Class of 2027 Sequoia Senior Scholarship (available in January)
FAFSA:
- How to make a FAFSA ID (9-12th Grades)
SR/LOR Form:
- How to Complete the Teacher LOR Survey & Counselor SR/LOR Survey on Naviance (12th Grade)
- How to fill out side 2 of the SR/LOR Form & General Overview of the SR/LOR Form (12th Grade)
General:
- How to look up Monthly Scholarship and Student Opportunities List (9-12th Grades) Updated Fall 2024
Common Application:
- How to Create a Common Application Account & Matching your Naviance Account (Includes FERPA Information)
- How to add Current High School Courses at Sequoia
- FROM COMMON APP WEBSITE: That is correct, only classes that award high school credit should be inputted in the "Current Classes" section. The student may elaborate on non-high school credit courses in the "Additional Information" prompt within the "Writing" section of the Common App tab.
- How to add in IB exams and Should I add my SAT or ACT tests here? If you add your SAT/ACT, you need to send them through College Board and/or ACT
- How to add in Courses & Grades on Common App (updated 2024)
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- FROM COMMON APP WEBSITE: When high school students simultaneously take college courses through a college or university, this is known as dual enrollment. For Courses & Grades, only courses receiving high school credit (i.e. appearing on your high school transcript) should be reported in this section. If you are not receiving high school credit for the course, you do not need to report this course in Courses & Grades.
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- How to report a college course on the Common App (updated Fall 2023)
- How to add a summer school or middle school math course (updated Sept 2022)
- How to request "Other Recommender" Letter on Common App and Naviance
- Should I apply Early Action/Early Decision (updated Fall 2023)
California State University Application (CSUApply):
- using Californiacolleges.edu to launch: Video #1 and Video #2
- Part 1: How to Enter Sequoia High School (Especially if you took a dance class)
- Part 2: How to Enter High School Coursework Section: Basic
- Part 3: How to Enter High School Coursework Section: Summer School and D/F grades
- Part 4: How to Enter High School Coursework Section: Adding 8th Grade Foreign Language and/or Math
- Part 5: How to Check your Coursework in A-G Matching
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Where do I find information about volunteer opportunities for students?
A: In the College & Career weekly newsletter in the Scholarship & Student Opportunities page
Q: Where can I find scholarship information?
A: In the weekly email, in the Scholarship Page
Q: How do I sign up for College Application Workshops and/or Visits?
A: Check out the Naviance Page for step-by-step instructions