[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006

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CONTACT:  Ilene Abrams   iabrams at berkeley.k12.ca.us  or 644-6804

College Advisor's Bulletin
Thursday, October 19, 2006

SAT WORD OF THE DAY: CURSORY – hasty; showing little attention to  
detail.  After just a cursory glance at his vocabulary assignment, Bart  
Simpson failed his weekly quiz.

SENIOR PARENTS – Sue Kim’s presentation on financial aid, given at  
Berkeley High on October 3, is now available on DVD.  You may borrow it  
for up to two nights.  Please e-mail me if you are interested in  
borrowing the DVD and I will put you on the list.

FOR ALL STUDENTS
*Workshop for juniors – Do you think college is not for you?  Hear  
about all of the available options.  Presented by Laila Nossier, former  
BHS student, now a junior at UC Berkeley.  Wednesday, October 25, 3:30  
pm.  Sign up in D221.

*PSAT – For students who have already registered, the PSAT will be held  
this Saturday, October 21 at 8:00 am in the C Building.  Bring with you  
a picture ID, at least two number 2 pencils, a calculator, water, and a  
non-messy snack that you can eat during break.  If you have not picked  
up the PSAT booklet, you can do so from Ms. Williams room, C106, at  
lunch and after school.

*Young Engineers & Scientists Day at UC Berkeley.  Design competition,  
academic/major workshops, campus tours, prizes, free food.  November  
10, 9:00 am-4:00 pm.  Register at  
http://hes.berkeley.edu/YESDayRegistration.php.  For more information,  
contact yesday2006 at gmail.com.  Deadline to register:  October 31.

Bay Area Travel Writers Travel Writing Contest – open to Bay Area high  
school students.  Students must submit a 500 word essay concerning a  
travel destination, experience of activity.  Travel essays concern the  
idea and experience of travel – whether the writer has traveled to the  
other side of the world, down the block or anywhere in between.   
Postmark deadline:  October 31.  $200 first prize.  More information  
available in D221.

Bennington Young Writers Award - OPEN TO 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH GRADE  
STUDENTS. Students may submit poetry (a group of 3 poems), fiction (a  
short story or one-act play) or nonfiction (a personal or academic  
essay).  First place: $500; Second place: $250.  Submission forms are  
available in D221 or at www.bennington.edu under “News & Events.”  
Postmark deadline: November 1.

FOR SENIORS
*Mr. Saraceno and I will be putting up new appointment sign-up sheets  
at 8:00 am on Tuesday, October 24.  If you have not yet signed up for  
an appointment with one of us, come by the College/Career Center to  
make an appointment!

This is Spirit Week and we want you to have a good time.  However,  
remember that colleges are not sympathetic to seniors whose grades drop  
or who have suspensions on their record.  A recent article in the San  
Francisco Chronicle underscores this point. “[Jim Blackburn, a CSU  
enrollment director] said that the university rescinded about two dozen  
acceptance letters at each campus for this year, and sometimes more,  
including 63 at San Francisco State University and 43 at Cal Poly San  
Luis Obispo.  UC Berkeley canceled 37 offers of admission.  UCLA  
canceled 73 freshman offers.”    Go to  
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/10/ 
BAGL9LLT7J1.DTL to see what colleges have to say.

If you are applying Early Action or Early Decision to any colleges and  
have not yet turned in your envelopes so that we can mail your  
counselor recommendation, please see Ms. Abrams or Ms. Harris in the  
College/Career Center immediately.

Get help with your college essay or personal statement!  Beginning this  
week, there will be essay readers available in D221 every day from 8:00  
to 9:00 am and at lunch time and on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday  
after school.  These readers are a great help and give you a new  
perspective on your essay.

ESSAY WRITING WORKSHOPS:  You must sign up in D221 to attend.
Tuesday, October 24, 3:30 pm – Conference Room A
MORE TO COME IN NOVEMBER

UC/CSU APPLICATION WORKSHOPS: You must sign up in D221 to attend.  All  
workshops will be held in the Library Computer Lab.
Thursday, October 19, 7:30 am (changed from October 17)
Thursday, October 19, 3:30 pm
Wednesday, October 25, 7:30 am
MORE TO COME IN NOVEMBER

This weekend - free SAT subject test prep class taught by Cal students.  
  Saturday, October 21, 2-5 pm, Math 2; Sunday, October 22, 10 am-1pm,  
U.S. History.  Both classes at UC Berkeley Dwinelle Hall, Room 250.   
Sponsored by PTPS, www.ptps.org.

COLLEGE VISITS TO BERKELEY HIGH
SENIORS:  Sign up in D221 to attend college presentations.  You must  
also pick up an authorization form for your teacher to sign so that you  
may miss his or her class.  This is a great opportunity to find out  
more about individual colleges as well as meet one of the people who  
may be reading your college application.  Pick up a complete list in  
D221.

TODAY - Thursday, October 19
8:30 Tufts (MA)
9:30 St. Mary’s College of California
10:35 University of Chicago
12:20 San Francisco State
1:20 Williams (MA)
2:20 New York University

Tuesday, October 24
10:35 Kenyon (OH)
12:20 Columbia (NY)
1:20 Pomona (CA)
2:20 Rice (TX)

Wednesday, October 25
9:30 Colorado College
2:20 Hampshire (MA)

SAT/ACT TEST DATES – November 1 is the regular registration deadline  
for the December 2 SAT test.  Register at www.collegeboard.com.   
November 3 is the regular registration deadline for the December 9 ACT  
test.  Register at www.act.org.

UC FALL PREVIEW DAYS
UC Davis – Saturday, October 21, 7:00-4:00.   
http://admissions.ucdavis.edu/previewday. Pre-register online.
UC Riverside – Saturday, October 28, 10:00-3:00.   
http://preview.ucr.edu.  Reservations recommended.
UC San Diego – Saturday, October 21, 10:00-2:00.  For more info, call  
858-534-4831.
UC Santa Barbara – Mondays-Saturdays in October.   
www.admissions.ucsb.edu/openhouse.asp. No reservations required.
UC Santa Cruz – Saturday, October 21, 10:00-5:00.   
http://admissions.ucsc.edu/pday06.  Reservations preferred but not  
required.

COLLEGE INFORMATION SESSIONS IN THE BAY AREA
Sunday, October 22 – Pepperdine University, Embassy Suites Hotel, 150  
Anza Blvd., Burlingame, 3:00-5:00 pm  RSVP at  
http://wavelink.pepperdine.edu
Tuesday, October 24 – Rice University, Doubletree Hotel, 200 Marina  
Blvd., Berkeley, 7:30 pm.
Tuesday, October 24 – University of Virginia, San Francisco Public  
Library, 1833 Page St., SF, 6:30-8:30 pm.
*Wednesday, October 25 – Occidental College, Sheraton Hotel, 625 El  
Camino Real, Palo Alto, 7:30 pm.  RSVP at www.oxy.edu/BayReception.xml

SCHOLARSHIPS
Gates Millennium Scholarship – open to students who are African  
American, American Indian, Asian Pacific Islander or Hispanic American,  
are a US citizen or permanent resident, have a minimum unweighted GPA  
of 3.3, will be enrolling at a US college or university as a full time  
freshman student, demonstrated leadership, and is meets the federal  
eligibility requirements for a Pell grant.  The scholarship pays the  
entire cost of an undergraduate education.  Deadline:  January 12 – but  
start early as you must get a nomination and a recommendation and fill  
out a lengthy application.

SunTrust Off to College Scholarship Sweepstakes - $1,000 scholarship  
plus a $250 SunTrust Gift Card.  One winner every two weeks, from  
October-May.  Apply at http://offtocollege.info.

*New to the bulletin today.