Naviance problem or incompetent GC?

snoozn
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:50:38 +0000

I do know that my daughter’s high school has an incompetent guidance counselor (thank goodness the rest of the faculty/staff are wonderful). But I’m not sure if this particular issue can be blamed on her or is me misunderstanding Naviance.

When d finished the common app, she needed to make sure her transcripts were sent. I looked around online and found info from a high school (apparently with a competent GC) with pictures and all that showed if the college list in Naviance shows a little “CA” icon, then the colleges will automatically be sent transcripts. Didn’t think about it again until today, when d told me that she needs to do everything manually. We need to pay two bucks per transcript and give the school the addresses of her colleges, etc. As if we were living in the primitive days when I went to college.

How has it worked for others using Naviance? Was it all magically automated? As Luddite as my experience? Somewhere in between?

On a side note, I am addicted to the little scattergrams and other school specific comparison info on Naviance. I’m so anxious since she did everything RD (will April ever arrive?), but now I can spend my time over-analyzing the scattergrams.