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Naviance & Common App

What is Naviance

Naviance is a comprehensive online program that is used by Mercer County Technical  High School students, parents and school counselors to assist in the college and career planning process.  It is a unique tool that enables students to gain in depth knowledge about personality type, learning, style, and career potential. Even more so, Naviance plays an essential role in the college search and application process for students. The College & Career Counseling Center strongly advises you to become familiar with the many resources available through Naviance.

How To See Your Naviance Account

  • Sign in to your MCTS Gmail student account

  • Click the 9 squares icon in the top right of the Google page
  • Scroll down to the bottom of your Google Apps
  • Click the Naviance App

When do I use Naviance?

  • Interest Inventory/Personality Assessment
  • Career Test
  • Information about Careers and Majors
  • Resume/Activity Builder
  • College Search
  • List of Colleges you are Considering
  • Information on Specific Colleges and Technical Schools
  • Admissions Statistics of Colleges
  • Scholarship List
  • College Visits

With Naviance you can...

  • Keep track of the process - Build a resume, complete online surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges and careers
  • Research colleges - Compare GPA, SAT scores, and other statistics to actual historical data from our school for students who have applied and been admitted in the past
  • Sign up for college visits - Find out which colleges are visiting our school and sign up to attend those sessions.
  • Contact the Guidance Office if you have any questions regarding using this resource.

College Rep Visits (For Students)

  • Log into your Naviance Account (if you need your login information, please see your team secretary or guidance counselor).
  • Click on the Colleges Tab.
  • Click on "view all upcoming college visits"
  • Sign Up for college visits...
  • Print a copy of your Naviance confirmation and have your teacher sign it.

What is The Common Application?

Simply - One Application for over 500 different colleges or universities. The Common Application is a not-for-profit organization that provides students with a uniform college admission application that may be use to apply to any of Common App partnered colleges or universities. This site will provide you with valuable resources and information designed to assist you in the college application process. Instead of a student needing to complete a separate college application for each of their fifteen institutions, student can complete one application and send copies to any of the other fourteen schools.

How do I log-in to my Naviance account?

Log into your MCTS gmail account and hit the waffle for a single click log in to Naviance

Step by Step Naviance E-Docs

  • The Guidance Office utilizes Naviance to submit the following documents to colleges electronically:
  • Official Transcript
  • Secondary School Report Form
  • Counselor Recommendation
  • School Profile
  • Special Program Profile (CGI, CSJ, Peer Leadership, etc)
  • Teacher Recommendations (must be submitted by teacher directly)
  • FERPA/Matching with the Common App
  • In order to submit documents to colleges, the student must complete the FERPA waiver in the Common App, and then match their information in Naviance. See your Team office for directions on completing the process.
  • In order to match, student must log into Naviance, click on the Colleges Tab, and then click the Colleges I’m Applying To link. Simply enter the e-mail address used for the Common App account and click match. This only needs to be done once.

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How To Match Your Common App with Naviance