[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for 10/12/07

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Friday, October 12, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  PRECURSOR – something that leads to a later 
development or idea.  It’s remarkable that the precursors of today’s 
personal computers were massive machines that filled an entire room.

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.

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 - 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
1:20 Morehouse (GA)

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

Wednesday, October 17
8:30 Harvey Mudd (CA)
9:30 UC Berkeley
10:35 Canadian colleges – U of British Columbia, U of Toronto, Queens
12:20 Emory (GA)
1:20 Pepperdine (CA)
2:20 Goucher (MD)

*Thursday, October 18
8:30 Johns Hopkins (MD)
9:30 Hamilton (NY)
12:20 Colorado College
1:20 West Point (MD)
2:20 Vassar (NY)

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 – Tuesday, October 30 is the regular registration 
deadline for the December 1 SAT and SAT subject tests.  Friday, 
November 2 is the late registration deadline for the December 8 ACT 
test. These are the last tests which the UC’s and some CSU campuses 
will accept.  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
*Gates Millennium Scholarship – open to low income, high achieving 
American American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific 
Islander American, and Hispanic American students who are a citizen, 
national or legal permanent resident of the US, have a minimum 
cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale and have demonstrated leadership 
abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular 
or other activities.  Scholarship covers all costs of a college 
education which are unmet through the financial aid package or other 
scholarships.  The scholarship also covers graduate school for selected 
majors.  Deadline:  December 31 if applying by mail, January 11 if 
applying online.  Applications are available in D221 and at 
www.gmsp.org .

*Burger King Scholars Program – Open to all seniors who have a minimum 
cumulative GPA of 2.5, work an average of 15 hours per week, 40 weeks 
per year, is actively involved in community service activities, has 
financial need and is enrolling in an accredited two or four year 
college or vocational or technical school in the fall.  Apply at 
www.bk.com/scholars beginning October 15.  Awards:  $1,000, up to 700 
scholarships will be awarded.

* New to the bulletin today.