[BHS etree] SENIORS: College Essay Readers, New Edition College Essay Book

[bhs at idiom.com]

Contact: Janet Huseby jhuseby at pacbell.net

1. Help for College Essays. Starting this week, through the end of
November essay "readers" will be in the College and Career Center
before school (M-F), lunch (M-F), sixth period (M, Tu, Thu), and After
School (M-Th) to help seniors with their college essays on a drop-in
basis.  Among the essay readers are seven professional writers,  four
private college counselors, and a number of professionals who use
writing in their careers'. The complete Essay Reader schedule is
posted in the center.   

2. New Edition College Essay Book. Last year The Berkeley High School
Development Fund published a collection of Berkeley High college
essays called True Admissions. All the essays were written by Berkeley
High seniors.  True Admissions  raised close to  $8,000 for the
College and Career Center-it also attracted the attention of Cody's
Books and Stone Bridge Press who together have brought out a second
edition under a new name: The Berkeley Book of College Essays.   The
book is appealing both to  students who are contemplating writing
their own college essays and to  adults  who are interested in the
stories behind a large urban high school.

There are still a few copies of True Admissions for sale in the CCC
and at the front desk.  The new book, The Berkeley Book of College
Essays which includes 12 new BHS essays is available at Cody's and on
line at Amazon.  

Janet Huseby
BHS Volunteer Coordinator
jhuseby at pacbell.net
(510) 527-1130