[BHS etree] COLLEGE/CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for 10/20/04

Tue Oct 19 21:20:05 PDT 2004

College Advisor's Bulletin
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Ilene Abrams  iabrams at berkeley.k12.ca.us

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  EGALITARIAN  dedicated to the principle of equality.
Although many colleges used to be open only to a privileged few, most now
have more egalitarian policies.

SENIOR SECTION

UPCOMING COLLEGE VISITS -- SIGN UP IN THE COLLEGE CENTER

TODAY -- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20
9:30 a.m.   Rice University (TX)
10:35 a.m.  Washington University (MO)
12:20 p.m  University of Rochester (NY)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
8:30 a.m.  Dartmouth University (NH)
2:20 p.m.  Cornell University (NY)  DATE CHANGE DUE TO SPIRIT RALLY

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22
9:30 a.m.  Northeastern University (MA)

TONIGHT - SENIOR PARENT COLLEGE NIGHT  Hear information directly from
representatives of the UC¹s, California State Universities and private
colleges, hosted by Ilene Abrams.  Wednesday, October 20, 6:30-8:30.
Berkeley High Library.

SAT/ACT TEST DATES: - Friday, October 29 is the regular registration
deadline for the December 4 SAT I and II tests.  Friday, November 5 is the
regular registration deadline for the December 11 ACT test.  These are the
last recommended tests for the UC¹s and Cal States.

WRITING COMPETITION  Bennington College Young Writers Awards for fiction,
poetry and plays.  Entry forms available in the College Center or at
www.bennington.edu under News & Events.  Deadline:  December 1.

FREE LIMITED TIME OFFER TO PRACTICE FOR THE SAT ESSAY
>From October 21-23, Princeton Review is offering free feedback on an SAT
essay.  Go to 
http://interact.princetonreview.com/1680.30388.0.8651 and take a practice
SAT essay with their new LiveGraderSM technology. They¹ll grade it just like
the real essay and provide detailed feedback on how you can improve.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Gates Millennium Scholarship  This scholarship covers the cost of
attendance of an undergraduate education.  Students are eligible if they are
African American, American Indian, Asian Pacific Islander American or
Hispanic American, are a citizen or permanent resident, have a GPA of 3.3 or
above, have demonstrated leadership abilities and are low income.
Applications are available in the College Center or at www.gmsp.org.
Deadline  January 14, 2005.

Association of Africans and African-Americans - $1,000 scholarship.  Send a
letter of interest to Aduni Luckett, 564 S. 37th St., Richmond, CA 94804 or
call 510-235-1455 or 452-4180.  Deadline:  October 31.

Iota Phi Lambda Sorority Annual American Education Week Essay Contest.
Theme "Celebrating the American Dream."  Private $100 U.S. Savings Bond.
Due to P.O. Box 320463, San Francisco, CA  94132 by October 30.  More
information available in D221.

COLLEGE INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS
Wednesday, October 20
    Rice University  7:30 p.m., Doubletree Hotel Berkeley Marina.  For more
info, call 800-527-6957.

Saturday, October 23
    New York University  10:00 and 2:00, Grand Hyatt, 345 Stockton St., SF.
Call 212-998-4524 to reserve a space.
    Dominican University  8:30-1:00.  Undergraduate Campus Visit Day.  For
more information, 888-323-6763.

Sunday, October 24
    Dartmouth  4:00 p.m., Doubletree Hotel, 200 Marina Blvd., Berkeley
    Washington University (St. Louis)  7:30 p.m., Hyatt Regency SF Airport,
1333 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA.  For more information, call
800-638-0700.

Monday, October 25
    Brown University  7:00 p.m., Fort Mason  Center, Landmark Building A,
Golden Gate Room, SF

REPEAT SECTION

ONLINE HELP WITH YOUR UC PERSONAL STATEMENT  www.ucgateways.org.  Click on
"Apply to College" and then click on "Personal Statement."

CSU SAT CODE  If you are applying to any Cal State campuses, there is no
need to send your SAT scores to each one.  Instead, use the code 3594
(CSUMentor) and your scores will go to all of the CSU campuses.

APPLY TO 33 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES with the Black College Common
Application.  www.eduinconline.com.

ESSAY READERS  Essay readers will be here every day this week at 8:00 a.m.,
lunch and after school.  Stop by D-221 for the complete schedule.

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:
Friday, October 22, 7:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 27, 7:30 a.m.
More in November, but don¹t 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 UC¹s and private colleges.  Sign up in D221.
Tuesday, October 26  3:30 p.m.

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