[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Thurs., 11/1/07

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Thursday, November 1, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  ARBITER – a person with the ability to resolve a 
disagreement; a judge.  The counselor ended the conflict by acting as 
an arbiter between the two angry students.

FOR ALL STUDENTS
*Are you interested in studying abroad?  The World Affairs Council is 
offering three scholarships of approximately $4,000 each for high 
school students to study abroad for a semester, an academic year or for 
the summer in one of 32 participating countries.  The scholarship is 
open to all high school students in Northern California with an 
unweighted 3.0 GPA or above whose birthdays fall between April 1989 and 
July 1993.  An informational meeting will be held on Thursday, December 
6 at 5:00 pm at the World Affairs Council office, 312 Sutter St., Suite 
200, San Francisco.  For more information and an application, go to 
www.itsyourworld.org/schools or www.yfu-usa.org or call (415) 293-4650. 
  Application deadline:  January 8.

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.

WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILIES
The Gooden Family Scholarship Fund is holding workshops as follows:
•	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
*FREE SAT US History Subject Test Workshop – Saturday, November 3, 
10:00 am-1:00 pm, 160 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley.  Teachers will 
describe the test format and give out a practice test.  No registration 
is necessary.

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 presentation on Financial Aid, Part 1 by Sue Kim, 
DVD’s are now available for you to borrow.  Contact Angela Price at 
angela_price at berkeley.k12.ca.us to borrow the DVD.

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.
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 October and November college visits is 
available at http://bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=finding-a-college .

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

Friday, November 2
1:20 University of the Pacific (CA)

Monday, November 5
10:35 Harvard (MA)

*Tuesday, November 6
10:35 Simmons (MA)

*Thursday, November 8
8:30 School of the Museum of Fine Arts (MA)
9:30 Swarthmore (PA)
2:20 San Francisco State

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 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:
Students must sign up to attend.
Thurs., 11/1, 3:30 pm – Conference Room B
Wed., 11/7, 7:30 am  – College Career Center

SAT/ACT TEST DATES – Friday, November 2 is the regular registration 
deadline for the December 8 ACT test. Thursday, November 8 is the late 
registration deadline for the December 1 SAT and SAT subject tests.  
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.

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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