Naviance problem or incompetent GC?

rockvillemom
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:23:09 +0000

A quick comment on schools mailing vs. sending transcripts and letters of rec electronically - my son’s large public hs still mails everything and I am glad they do so. We use Naviance - but just for information. Sending stuff electronically is more complicated than you think - there is one way to do it for schools that are common app and other ways for schools that are not. Then there is the issue of a student who applies to a common app school - but uses the schools own application or a priority app. Before major deadlines - November 1 for example - the system to send things electronically crashed several times.

I think as the bugs get worked out high schools will gradually move towards sending docs electronically - perhaps over the next 5 years - but for now - the system is far from perfect and I would choose snail mail any day.