MVHS College and Career Center
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Laurel Brock, Coordinator, 650-940-4616
laurel.brock@mvla.net
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
All important information & documents now online in Naviance Family Connection Document Library.
The Mountain View-Los Altos district now offers Naviance Family Connection to all students and their parents. Family Connection is a web-based college & career planning service that students use throughout their 4 years at Mountain View High. To encourage use of these accounts, all college-prep documents are now available through the student's Naviance Family Connection site.
If you are looking for CSF forms, a list of scholarships or a copy of an evening presentation, please access your Family Connection account. Click on "Naviance Family Connection" on the navigation bar on this page. A sign-in page will come up. Enter the student's e-mail address, then the student's password. On their home page is a link to the document library, where we will post documents you may wish to access.
Freshman and freshman parents: you will receive access to NFC during College Awareness Day in mid-October.
** Looking for info about the next MVHS/The Edge SAT Prep class? That's on the Tutorial Center pages, because Mr. St.Clair organizes this very helpful program.
Here's a Plan for your 4 years of high school:
College Prep at MVHS
How to Get the Most Out of 4 Years
9th graders
- Learn about the UC / CSU "a-g" requirements
- Get involved in clubs, sports, community service
- Keep grades high
- Register for your Naviance Family Connection account during College Awareness Day in October. Explore its capabilities, take a career interest survey, get ready to make the most of your 4 years in high school!
10th graders
- Take challenging courses and keep grades high
- Take the PSAT just for practice during College Awareness Day
- Consider what you want in a college; use Family Connection to find good candidates for further investigation; visit colleges & websites
- Investigate possible careers; find out what preparation you need
- Discuss finances with your parents; plan how to afford college
- Apply for scholarships through essay contests, others
11th graders
- Continue to take challenging courses and do well in them
- Take PSAT again during College Awareness Day in October
- Register and take SATs in Spring, AFTER you have prepared through classes or independent work
- Find opportunities to "test" career and college ideas: get a job; volunteer or intern in your field; visit college campuses
- Develop your college list; use Family Connection scattergrams to assess your chances
- Continue with financial planning
- Apply for "Not for Seniors Only" scholarships while also watching for scholarships you will apply for as a Senior
- line up teachers and others to write your letters of recommendation during Senior year
12th graders
- Continue to take challenging courses and do well in them
- Take the SATs and ACT if you haven't finished them already
- Get organized for admissions and scholarship applications; use Family Connection to track applications and due dates
- Apply to your selected colleges on time
- Apply for scholarships throughout the year (not just after your college apps are done)