[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Wed., 10/10/07

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  TRUNCATE – to shorten by cutting.  Because I 
waited until the last minute to finish my college essay, when I 
realized that it was 100 words over the limit, I had no time to edit it 
and instead truncated it by cutting off the last paragraph.

UPCOMING SENIOR PARENT NIGHTS
TONIGHT - FINANCIAL AID PART ONE – Wednesday, October 10, 6:30 pm in 
the Berkeley High library.  Sue Kim, a financial aid expert, will 
explain how financial aid is calculated for both public and private 
schools and answer your questions.  She will also provide information 
on merit aid.

FOR SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS
PSAT - This year's PSAT will be held Saturday, October 20 at 8am in the 
C Building.  Sign-ups will be October 1 through 10 at lunch and after 
school (3:15 until 4:00 pm) at the D-building ticket windows on Allston 
Way. The test fee is $22 cash or money order payable to Berkeley High 
School.  This is an excellent practice for the SAT and for Juniors the 
test to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship programs.  Do NOT 
wait to sign up on the last days.  The line will be LONG!

COLLEGE INFORMATION DAY – Saturday, October 20, Wheeler Hall, UC 
Berkeley, 8:30-1:00 pm.  Over 60 public and private college and 
university representatives will be present.  There will also be 
workshops in English and Spanish on admission requirements, financial 
aid, scholarships, college preparation and more.  For more information: 
  510-238-9450.  Pre-register online at www.eastbayconsortium.org .

WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILIES
The Gooden Family Scholarship Fund is holding workshops as follows:
•	Sundays, October 14 and 21, 1:00-3:00 pm.  Writing a Winning Essay.  
This two part series will be held at St. Peter CME Church, 5324 Cypress 
Ave., El Cerrito for 11th and 12th grade families. RESERVATIONS ARE 
REQUIRED
•	Sunday October 28 – College 101 in Spanish, for 10th and 11th grade 
families, 1:00-3:00 pm at Iglesia Catolica de San Pablo, 1825 Church 
St., San Pablo
•	Sunday, November 4 – College 101 in English, for 10th and 11th grade 
families, Easter Hill United Methodist Church, 3911 Cutting Blvd., 
Richmond.
For more information, contact Joann Steck-Bayat at 510-524-9464 or at 
jsbayat at comcast.net .

FOR SENIORS
*The African American Theme Program at UC Berkeley invites you to their 
open house weekend at 2650 Durant Avenue.
Friday, October 12, 6:00 pm, Social Justice community discussion, 6th 
floor lounge
Saturday, October 13, 9-11 am, Pancake breakfast.  Tickets: $5
Saturday, October 13, 9 pm-1 am, Black Masquerade Ball, APR Unit One
Sunday, October 14, 4-7 pm, Open House, 5th and 6th floors of 
Christian.  Free refreshments and entertainment.

APPLY TO THE UC’S AND CAL STATES NOW! The UC application is now 
available online at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/ . 
  You can start your application and work on it now.  The first day to 
submit your application is November 1. The Cal State application is 
available at www.csumentor.edu .  You can start the applications and 
save them as you go.  Sign up to attend the application workshops where 
you can get one-on-one help with both applications.  All workshops will 
be held in the BHS library.
Thurs., 10/18, 7:30 am 
Tues., 10/23, 3:30 pm    
Fri., 10/26, 7:30 am 
Mon., 10/29, 3:30 pm 
Tues., 10/30, 7:30 am 
More in November

FOR SENIORS APPLYING EARLY – your counselor recommendation forms 
(Secondary School Report Forms), transcript request forms and envelopes 
are due one month prior to your earliest deadline.  If you have not yet 
turned in your forms, please see Ms. Harris, Ms. Abrams or Ms. Price as 
soon as possible.

If you missed the Senior Parent meeting on September 10, you may borrow 
a DVD of the meeting.  You may keep it for up to two evenings.  Please 
e-mail Angela Price at angela_price at berkeley.k12.ca.us to get on the 
list to borrow it.

COLLEGE VISITS
Seniors, sign up in D221 to attend college presentations.  All 
presentations will be held in the College/Career Center.  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 what individual colleges have to offer as well as to meet the 
admission officer who may be reading your application.   Students may 
not attend more than 10 college visits during the school year.   A 
complete listing of the September and October college visits is 
available at http://bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=finding-a-college .

TODAY - Wednesday, October 10
8:30 Williams (MA)
9:30 McGill (Montreal, Canada)
12:20 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
2:20 College of Wooster (OH)

Thursday, October 11
8:30 UCLA
10:35 American University of Rome
12:20 Carleton (MN)
1:20 University of Pennsylvania
2:20 Yale (CT)

Friday, October 12
8:30 Howard (DC)
9:30 California College of the Arts (CCA)
10:35 Clark Atlanta (GA)
1:20 Skidmore (NY)

Monday, October 15
8:30 Bowdoin (ME)
9:30 Arizona State
12:20 American University of Paris

Tuesday, October 16
8:30 Haverford (PA)
9:35 Pitzer (CA)
10:35 Occidental (CA)
2:20 Smith (MA)

ESSAY READERS AND WORKSHOPS
Essay readers will be available in the College/Career Center at lunch 
time this week.  No sign-ups are necessary; just bring your essay 
draft.

Essay writing workshops:
Morning workshops will be held in the College/Career Center.  Afternoon 
workshops in either Conference Room A or B.  Students must sign up to 
attend.
Mon., 10/15, 3:30 pm
Thurs., 10/25, 7:30 am
More to come – for a complete list of all workshops, go to 
http://bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=workshops

SAT/ACT TEST DATES –Thursday, October 11 is the late registration 
deadline for the November 3 SAT and SAT subject tests.  Friday, 
November 2 is the late registration deadline for the December 8 ACT 
test.  Fee waivers for low income students are available in D221.

For free test prep, go to www.number2.com .  This site offers free prep 
for both the SAT and the ACT.

COLLEGE INFORMATION SESSIONS IN THE BAY AREA
Tues., Oct. 16,  7:00 pm - Bowdoin College at the Home of Greg Scharff, 
445 Seale Avenue , Palo Alto.  RSVP:  
http://www.bowdoin.edu/admissions/forms/bowdoinnights
Wed., Oct. 17, 7:30-9:00 pm -  Duke University at The Bentley School 
(Lafayette Campus), 1000 Upper Happy Valley Rd., Lafayette
  Wednesday, Oct. 17, 6 -8:00pm - University of Puget Sound at Berkeley 
City Club.  For more information and to reserve a spot, please call 
800/396-7191 or email kshaugen at ups.com
Thurs., October 18, 7-9:00 pm – Pepperdine University at Sheraton 
Gateway Hotel, 600 Airport Blvd., Burlingame, 650-340-8500.  RSVP at 
http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/admission/rsvp/ .
  Friday, Oct. 19, 7:00pm-8:30 pm - UCLA Arts at the Hilton Garden Inn, 
1800 Powell Street , Emeryville.  RSVP:  (310) 825-8981 or 
rcrtasst at arts.ucla.edu
Thurs., October 25, 7:00 pm – Tulane University at Oakland Marriott 
City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland.  RSVP at 1-800-873-WAVE.

SCHOLARSHIPS
AXA Achievement Scholarship – Open to all seniors who are US citizens 
or legal residents, who plan to enroll full-time in an accredited two 
or four year college in the U.S. by fall 2008, who demonstrate ambition 
and self-drive as evidenced by outstanding achievement in an activity 
in school, the community or workplace and who is recommended by an 
unrelated adult.  One student from each state will be awarded $10,000.  
For more information, go to www.axa-achievement.com .  Deadline:  
December 15.

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