• Families will receive the Student Response Form and Parent Response Form to complete in advance of meeting with the High School Placement Counselor. Please fill out the forms and email the High School Placement Counselor to set up your one-hour appointment to begin the high school application process. We set aside time in June and August for these meetings with families. We will use the response forms to discuss an appropriate list of schools for you to consider.
• Students should begin to check websites and call the schools they are interested in and request application forms, open house dates and schedule visits, if possible. All schools have information online, and students may be able to get a sense of the schools and gather information they need this way. Find school websites.
  
• Create a timeline grid for your family to manage all the important dates in this process.  Include open houses, test dates, and visit dates as well as application deadlines. You might also include family events, holidays and major school assignments.

• Admission Checklist and Timeline
  • Attend open houses.
  • Visit schools, and begin working on applications.
  • Submit necessary forms to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
    
  • November 2, 2008
    • Recommendation Forms due. Two signed sets, do NOT complete checkboxes.
  • December 14, 2008
    • In writing, parents must inform Nueva of the schools to which their child is applying.
    • Signed Transcript Release for each school due. Do NOT complete checkboxes.

• Submit application and financial aid materials to schools. Most independent school deadlines are in early January, but check the school's website to confirm exact dates.
• Nueva will hold a group meeting with parents after the application deadline to debrief them on the process and take a look at what will happen in March, e.g., acceptances, wait lists, etc...

• In general, day schools notify applicants of decisions by early March and families have one week to notify schools of their decisions.
• Boarding schools will notify families slightly earlier, and allow a longer time for making a decision.

For more information about The Nueva School's High School Placement Program please contact Cynthia Kosut.