[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Fri., 10/26/07

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Friday, October 26, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  VACUOUS – lacking intelligence; devoid of  
expression; vacant.  The student’s vacuous expression revealed his  
failure to study for the test.

* Performing and Visual Arts College Fair, Nob Hill Masonic Center,  
1111 California Street, San Francisco, 4:00-6:00 pm.  For a list of the  
nearly 100 colleges attending, go to  
http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/Events/CollegeFairs/PVA/ 
ExhibitorSearchNCFPVA.htm This is a great opportunity to find out the  
many types of schools that offer visual and performing arts majors.   
You may also have the opportunity to have your portfolio reviewed.

Young Writers Award Competition – Open to students in grades 10, 11 and  
12.  Students may submit either a group of three poems, a short story  
or one-act play or a personal or academic essay.  All entries must be  
original work and sponsored by a high school teacher.  Applications are  
available in D221 or at www.bennington.edu/news_bennyoungwriter.asp .   
Postmark or submission deadline:  November 1.  First prize:  $500.

COLLEGE FAIR – 17th Annual Citywide College Night, November 1, 6-8:00  
pm, College of Alameda Gymnasium, Building G.  More than 30 college  
representatives from two and four year colleges will be available to  
speak with you.  There will also be workshops on admissions and  
financial aid, as well as transfer programs from community colleges.   
For more information, contact Sandra Pula at 510-337-2314.

AFTERSCHOOL JOBS – October 31 is the last day to submit applications  
for after school jobs through the City of Berkeley Youthworks Program.   
Pick up and submit applications at Youthworks, 1947 Center St.,  
basement level, Berkeley.  For more information, call 510-981-4970.

WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILIES
The Gooden Family Scholarship Fund is holding workshops as follows:
•	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
Berkeley Experience Program - The Berkeley Experience Program welcomes  
high school seniors onto the UC Berkeley campus. Each student will be  
paired with a current Alumni Scholar in his/her potential area of  
study. This program allows high school seniors to get a taste of life  
at Berkeley, ask any questions they might have, attend a college  
application workshop, sit in on classes and speak with alumni and  
faculty.  This year's BEP dates:  November 14 and November 21, 8:00  
am-8:00 pm.  Cost: $25 including meals.  For more information and to  
register, go to www.freewebs.com/asaoutreach .

If you missed the Senior Parent College Night on October 2, DVD’s are  
now available for you to borrow.  Contact Angela Price at  
angela_price at berkeley.k12.ca.us to

APPLY TO THE UC’S AND CAL STATES NOW! The UC application is now  
available online at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/ .  
  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.
Mon., 10/29, 3:30 pm 
Tues., 10/30, 7:30 am 
Fri., 11/2, 7:30 am     
Tues., 11/6,  7:30 am  
Tues., 11/13, 3:30 pm  
Wed., 11/14, 7:30 am   
Thurs., 11/15, 3:30 pm   

COUNSELOR RECOMMENDATION FORMS – your counselor recommendation forms  
(Secondary School Report Forms), transcript request forms and envelopes  
are due one month prior to your earliest deadline, but no later than  
November 8.  If you have questions about the format of these forms or  
what is needed, please see one of us in the College/Career Center.

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 .

Monday, October 29
8:30 University of Redlands (CA)
9:30 St. Mary’s College

Tuesday, October 30
8:30 Bryant University (RI)
9:30 Bates College (ME)

Wednesday, October 31
8:30 Connecticut College
9:30 USC

Thursday, November 1
8:30 UC San Diego
12:20 Syracuse University (NY)
1:20 Spelman (GA)

ESSAY READERS AND WORKSHOPS
ESSAY READER SCHEDULE - Essay readers will be available in the  
College/Career Center every day from 8:00 to 9:00 (NOTE NEW TIME), at  
lunch and after 3:15.  They will also be available during 6th periods  
on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.  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.
Thurs., 11/1, 3:30 pm  
Wed., 11/7, 7:30 am  

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.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Mahatma Rice Scholarship Program – Open to graduating seniors and write  
an essay of 150 to 250 words on the topic: How will your college  
education help you to achieve your lifetime goals? Essays will be  
judged on originality, conciseness, grammar and spelling.  For the  
entry form, go to www.mahatmarice.com/scholarship .  Five $2,000  
scholarships will be awarded.  Deadline: February 15.

Skidmore College offers a scholarship of $10,000 per year to talented  
music students interested in majoring in any academic area.  For more  
information, go to www.skidmore.edu/filenescholarship or contact  
Michele Koskinen at 518-580-5320 or mkoskine at skidmore.edu . Scholarship  
winners will be chosen by audition.  Up to four scholarships will be  
awarded.

Metro PCS Community Scholars – Open to graduating seniors who plan to  
enroll full time in a two or four year college, have exceptional  
involvement in volunteerism and community service and a minimum  
unweighted GPA of 3.0.  Financial need is not considered.  15  
scholarships of $1,000 each will be awarded in the SF Bay Area.   
Applications available in D221 and at www.metropcs.com/scholarship    
Deadline: November 29.

Gates Millennium Scholarship – open to low income, high achieving  
African 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 .

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