[BHS etree] COLLEGE/CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for 9/24/04

[bhs at idiom.com]

College Advisor's Bulletin
Friday, September 24, 2004

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  CONJECTURE – an educated guess; a hypothesis.  
The quiz results confirmed my conjecture that nobody would study 
vocabulary during Prom Week.

SENIOR SECTION

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES – Are you interested?  Fresno State has a new 
unique joint program with UC Riverside leading to a B.S. in 
Environmental Science.  For more information, go to 
www.csufresno.edu/geology.

Some California State University (CSU) campuses will accept all 
students who have met the minimum entrance requirements.  Other 
campuses do not accept all CSU eligible students.  These campuses are 
called impacted.  The impacted CSU campuses are:  Chico, Fullerton, 
Long Beach, Cal Poly Pomona, San Diego State, San Marcos, Cal Poly San 
Luis Obispo, and Sonoma State.  Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Sonoma 
State strongly encourage applicants to take the October or November SAT 
or ACT.  I encourage students who are applying to impacted campuses to 
also apply to at least one non-impacted campus.  In addition, some 
majors at non-impacted campuses are impacted, meaning that more 
students apply to that major than there is space for.

TUFTS – Meeting for prospective students and parents.  Wednesday, 
September 29, 7:00 p.m., Piedmont High School, 800 Magnolai Avenue, 
Piedmont, in the library.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA – Meeting with the Associate Dean of 
Admissions, Wednesday, October 6, 7:30 p.m.  Crown Plaza Hotel, Union 
Square, 480 Sutter Street, San Francisco.

UPCOMING COLLEGE VISITS -- SIGN UP IN THE COLLEGE CENTER
TODAY - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
1:20 p.m.    UC San Diego – meet in the library

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
8:30 a.m.   Middlebury (VT)
9:30 a.m.   Mills (CA)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBE R 28
8:30 a.m.  Willamette (OR)
9:30 a.m.   Williams (MA)
10:35 a.m.  Georgetown (DC)
1:20 p.m.    UC Davis (CA)
2:20 p.m.    Boston University (MA)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
10:40 a.m.   Wellesley (MA)
12:20 p.m.   UC Santa Barbara – meet in the library
2:20 p.m.     Princeton

UPCOMING EVENTS - in the College/Career Center unless otherwise noted
TODAY - September 24       Senior Profile due if you are applying to 
any private colleges needing counselor recommendations.
 
September 27, 3:30 p.m.  Early Decision/Early Action Workshop

October 2, 8:30-1:00
College Information Day, UC Berkeley, Wheeler Auditorium (See more 
information in Repeat Section below)  for all grades.

UC/CSU Application Workshops: All workshops will be in the library 
computer lab. You must sign up in advance in D221 as there are a 
limited number of computers available.  The schedule is as follows:
Monday, October 18, 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday, October 19, 3:30 p.m.
Friday, October 22, 7:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 27, 7:30 a.m.
More in November, but don’t wait until the last minute!

To attend the workshops, you must have a Berkeley High user name and 
password. If you have not signed into the BHS computer system this year 
with your user name and password, come to D221 for more information at 
least two days before the workshop.

Essay Writing Workshops for the UC’s and private colleges.  Sign up in 
D221.
Wednesday, October 6 – 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday, October 12 – 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 13 – 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 14 – 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday, October 26 – 3:30 p.m.

SAT/ACT TEST DATES: - Friday, October 1 is the late registration 
deadline for the October 23 ACT test.  Friday, October 1 is the regular 
registration deadline for the November 6 SAT I and II tests.

SCHOLARSHIPS:- Sinkler Miller Medical Association High School 
Scholarship
Application.  Scholarship for African-American students.  Pick up an
application in the College/Career Center. Deadline:  September 27.

FOR JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES
PSAT - The PSAT is a practice test for the SAT. For juniors, the PSAT is
also the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship.  It will be
given at Berkeley High on Saturday, October 16th .  Sign-ups will begin 
on
Wednesday, September 22 and will continue through Wednesday, October 6.
Monies will be collected during lunch at the D building ticket windows 
on
Allston Way. The cost of the test is $22 (cash only).

REPEAT SECTION

VASSAR COLLEGE will be holding an information session on Tuesday, 
October 5
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Hilton San Francisco and Towers, Union 
Square
Rooms 5&6 in San Francisco.  RSVP to Anita Trautwein with the number of
guests and whether you will need parking validation.  
antrautwein at vassar.edu
or 800-827-7270.

Trinity University (Texas) offers individual meetings with students.
Tuesday, October 5, 2:30-5:30 at the Starbucks, 2 Theatre Square 106 in
Orinda.  Call (800) TRINITY or e-mail aspen.heckmann at trinity.edu for an
appointment.

ESSAY READERS will be available in the College/Career Center on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at lunchtime during the month of September.  Start 
your
essay early and get feedback from experienced readers.

FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS - Saturday, October 2, College Information Day 
at UC
Berkeley, Wheeler Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Over 60 public and 
private
college and university representatives will participate. Workshops in
English and Spanish.  For more information, www.eastbayconsortium.org or
call 879-8367.


__________________________________________________________________
Janet Huseby and Kathryn Capps are the facilitators of the etree; 
please direct any questions or concerns to them at 
<bhs-owner at idiom.com>

—To subscribe to the etree, write bhs-request at idiom.com with one word 
only in the subject line: subscribe.
—To unsubscribe, write bhs-request at idiom.com with one word only in the 
subject line: unsubscribe.