How students request counselor forms

Students use Xello to request their necessary application forms be sent. Necessary forms can include transcripts. How students request counselor forms for Common App colleges:

1. From their dashboard, under Quick links, students click College Planning.
   

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2. They click View my applications to see the full list of colleges they’re tracking.
3. They click on a college with the Common App logo to open a brief profile of that college.
4. Next to Counselor forms, they click Assign counselor to open the list of counselors at their school.
5. They choose their counselor and click Select.
• They have the option to deselect and Remove that counselor to select another.
6. The student clicks Send and is returned to the college page.
• A banner at the top of the page indicates success.

How students request teacher evaluations

Students use Xello to request teacher evaluations for Common App colleges. Teachers only need to fill this out once for it to be sent to every Common App college the student has saved. Make sure the letter is specific to the student’s accomplishments and not to the institution.

How students request teacher evaluations:

1. They navigate to the application profile for the college to which they want a teacher evaluation sent.
• For a reminder, follow steps 1 through 3 above.
2. Next to Teacher evaluations, they click Request to open the list of every educator at their school in Xello.
• They can also search for teachers at other schools in their district who also use Xello with Common App enabled. This search is useful for students who have transferred schools and want to request an evaluation from an out-of-school teacher.
3. They choose the referrer they'd like and click Select to begin filling out the Teacher Evaluation request.
4. Once finished, they click Send and are returned to the college page.
• A banner at the top of the page indicates success.

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