[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Wed., June 13, 2007

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY: HYPERBOLE – exaggeration.  It is no hyperbole that 
the class of 2007 is one of the best to ever graduate from Berkeley 
High.

I will be away from school after noon today to attend a funeral out of 
state.  Seniors, please stop by to see me before then and keep in 
touch.  I’d love to hear how you are doing next year.  Current juniors 
and seniors, I will be checking my e-mail during the summer when I am 
in town.  If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail 
me.

If you have borrowed books from the College/Career Center, please 
return them as soon as possible.  They are all marked with 
“College/Career Center” on the top and sides.  Please check around your 
house to see if any are hidden away.  Parents/guardians, if you have 
college guides or SAT/ACT prep books that your children no longer need, 
we would love to have them.

JOBS/VOLUNTEER
Summer internship – Novartis has a number of full-time internships open 
to high school students.  Salary starts at $8.00 per hour.  Students 
must be at least 16 years old and available starting June 25.  
Applications and job descriptions are available in D221.  Apply 
immediately!

Camp Kee Tov, a Jewish Berkeley day camp, has Counselor in Training 
positions available. You do not need to be Jewish to work there.  They 
are looking for counselors in training who have just completed 9th 
grade and can commit the whole summer to the camp experience.  Although 
many CIT programs charge for the training, if hired you will be paid an 
honorarium of $250. To interview please Contact Camp Director Adam 
Ganes call 510-848-2372 or email  Adam at campkeetov.org . For more 
information, go to www.campketov.org .

FOR SENIORS
The Potential Graduation List is now posted in the College/Career 
Center.  Come by to confirm that you are on it.  If there is an error, 
see Ms. Mellion in D173 at lunch or after school ONLY.

UC campuses strongly recommend that admitted students attend  
ORIENTATION 2007 a campus orientation session, where you will find the  
answers to many questions about what life will be like at the 
University.  The schedule provides orientation dates, fees, campus 
contact information and more.  
http://www.ucop.edu/pathways/ucnotes/May07/orientation.html

FINAL TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORMS – These were due on June 1.  If you have 
not turned this form in to Ms. Mellion in D173, YOU MUST DO SO 
IMMEDIATELY so that we can send your final official transcript to the 
school you will be attending in the fall.  Write “FINAL TRANSCRIPT” in 
capital letters across the top of the form and paperclip it to a 
stamped business size envelope addressed to the college, with Berkeley 
High School (1980 Allston Way, Berkeley 94704) as the return address.  
If you are under 18, please remember to have your parent or guardian 
sign the request form.  All colleges require that students send them a 
final transcript confirming their senior year grades. Failure to do so 
could result in the college you plan to attend rescinding your 
admission.

FOR JUNIORS
*Mark your calendars for the Colleges That Change Lives information 
session and college fair in the Bay Area.  Monday, August 6 from 
7:00-9:30 pm at the South San Francisco Airport Conference Center, 255 
South Airport Blvd., South SF.  For more information, go to 
http://www.ctcl.com/ .

Do you want to practice for the SAT this summer?  Princeton Review is 
offering two FREE events in Berkeley:  July 7 at 9:00 am – practice 
test; July 10 at 6:30 pm – strategy session.  To register or for more 
information, go to www.princereview.com or call 1-800-2REVIEW.

The Junior Summer To Do List and the Senior Profile are now available 
in the College/Career Center.  Students are required to fill out the 
Senior Profile if they are applying to any private schools or 
scholarships which require a counselor recommendation or School Report. 
  I strongly recommend that students complete the profile during the 
summer, as the fall semester is extremely busy.  There is also a 
section of the Senior Profile which parents/guardians must complete.

Thinking of applying to a UC campus?  The new Introducing the 
University is now available in the College/Career Center.  This 
information packed-booklet is a great resource on each UC campus, 
including majors and admissions, as well as the UC system as a whole.  
Don’t forget to pick yours up!

FOR ALL GRADES
Bring Europe into your home this summer with an exchange student who 
will have planned activities everyday!  ECI, Edu-Culture International, 
comes to BHS this summer with a wonderful foreign exchange program for 
high school students.  Classes and activities start at BHS Monday thru 
Friday and go all over the Bay Area and California.  They include 
visits to Alcatraz, Chinatown, University of California at Berkeley, 
Universal Film Studios, Disneyland, cavern rappels, river rafting, and 
western riding.  If you would like your kids to enjoy and experience 
what European culture is like right in your home and give them fun 
supervised activities during the day please e-mail 
andrew_austin41 at yahoo.com , ECI's host family coordinator for the BHS 
summer exchange program, or call 415-793-3858.

SCHOLARSHIPS
*Ida L. Jackson Housing and Education Foundation – open to graduating 
senior or full-time student majoring in the performing arts with a 
minimum GPA of 3.0.  Applications available in D221.  Deadline August 
1.  For more information, call Mrs. Eddie Scruggs Smith at 815-0292.

Canon Jones Memorial Scholarship – students must have been in either 
the Berkeley Boosters/Police Activities League, CAS at Berkeley High or 
a member of the Southside Church of Christ in Richmond and accepted at 
a four year college or university.  Two scholarships of $1,000 each 
will be awarded and are renewable.  Recommendations and essays 
required.  Applications available in D221.  Deadline:  June 22.

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