[BHS etree] COLLEGE/CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for 06-15-05

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:   DEBUNK – to show the falsehood of something.  
Galileo was the first prominent European intellectual to debunk the 
notion that the Earth was the center of the Universe.

BHS ALUMNI AND CURRENT STUDENTS – If you won a Governor’s Scholars 
Award in 2000, 2001 or 2002, you must claim the award or you may lose 
it.  The deadline to claim an award won in 2000 is June 30, 2005.  
However, if you won an award in 2001 or 2002, don’t delay claiming it!  
Once an award is claimed, students can use the scholarships to pay 
higher education expenses at vocational, technical and trade schools, 
two- and four-year colleges, and graduate school until they reach 30 
years of age.  Students can claim awards online at 
www.scholarshare.com.  If you have lost your PIN number, please e-mail 
me or stop by and I can give it to you.  I will not be available after 
June 17th.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Job Corps – If you are over 16 and from a low income home, you may be 
eligible to participate in Job Corps.  Get paid while you get free 
career, academic and social skills training.  For more information, 
call 310-670-0711 or pick up a flyer in the College/Career Center.

FOR JUNIORS
Stevens Institute of Technology is offering online summer classes in 
pre-calculus, calculus, physics and computer science, June 20-August 
18.  For more information, go to 
http://www.stevens.edu/undergrad/euclid.html.

If you are considering applying to a private college, pick up the 
Senior Profile in the College/Career Center so that you can complete it 
over the summer.  The information you provide will be used by your 
counselor to write your recommendation.

The “Junior Summer To Do List” is now available in the College/Career 
Center.  Pick up your copy so that you can get some of your college 
preparation done over the summer, which will make your senior year much 
easier.

SENIOR SECTION.
Turn in a Transcript Request Form to Ms. Mellion in D173 so that we can 
send an official transcript to the school you will be attending in the 
fall.  This is required for all four year colleges. Write in capital 
letters across the top “FINAL TRANSCRIPT” and paperclip it to a stamped 
business size envelope addressed to the college.  Use Berkeley High 
School as the return address (1980 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA  94704), 
not your home address.  If you are under 18, please remember to have 
your parent or guardian sign the request form. Deadline was June 3rd – 
so if you haven’t done it already, don’t delay!

If you are getting below a C in a class and are planning to attend a 
four year school in the fall, you MUST contact the school and discuss 
your options with them.  Otherwise the school may rescind your 
admission or take other disciplinary action when they receive your 
official transcript during the summer.  If you have any questions or 
want to discuss your grades and options, please come by at lunch or 
after school.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Below are samples of the many scholarships available in the 
College/Career Center.  Don’t miss this opportunity for free money!

Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Scholarship – Children of Chamber of 
Commerce members or their employees are eligible to apply for this 
$1,000 cash scholarship.  Criteria are: scholastic achievement, 
financial need, citizenship, leadership, service and employment.  
Completed applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 
24.  Applications are available at www.berkeleychamber.com or by 
calling 510-549-7003.

Pac-West Scholarship – California resident with a cumulative unweighted 
GPA of 3.5 or higher, minimum SAT score of 1100 or ACT score of 24 
planning to attend a 4 year college in the fall.  $5,000 scholarship.  
Students planning to attend University of the Pacific or Santa Clara 
are eligible for additional monies. Deadline:  June 30.

Charlie Cords Memorial Scholarship – Male students planning to attend 
UC Berkeley .  Up to $2,500 awarded.  Applications available at 
http://ducalifornia.org/scholarships.  E-mail Derick Koo Sohn at 
DKSohn at berkeley.edu if you have any questions.  Deadline:  August 13, 
but apply ASAP.

*New to the list today.

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
Work/Study internship opportunity at CBS for high school juniors, 
seniors and college freshmen.  Must be a minority student with a 
cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above who is interested in pursuing a career 
in the media/communications industry and plans to attend a four year 
accredited college or university.  Internships will start this summer 
and last throughout the student’s college years.  Selected students 
will earn an hourly salary and be given matching scholarship dollars 
funds to help pay college expenses, as well as develop a resume.  
Applications available in the College Center or at 
http://www.emmabowenfoundation.com/main.html .



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