[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Thurs., Nov. 15, 2007

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Contact:  Ilene  Abrams  iabrams at berkeley.k12.ca.us  or 644-6804


College Advisor's Bulletin
Thursday, November 15, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  INVECTIVE – an insult or abuse in speech.  Scott 
yelled an invective across the room at his teacher, resulting in an 
immediate trip to OCI.

FOR ALL STUDENTS
*Essay contest for Native American students.  Five first place winners 
will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. in June 2008 
to visit the National Museum of the American Indian, as well as a 
scholarship ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.  For more information, go to 
www.indian.hklaw.com or call 1-866-452-2737.  Deadline:  April 15.

*Do you need to brush up on your basic skills?  Laney College is 
offering bridge courses in writing (Mondays, 6-9pm) and math 
(Thursdays, 6-9 pm).  For more information, call 464-3411.

*JUNIORS AND SENIORS – UC Irvine offers a Stay-Over Program for 
students at least 16 years old.  Participants stay the night in the 
residence halls with a current UCI student, attend classes, eat in the 
dining commons and more.  Cost is $25 to pay for meals and a small 
number of scholarships are available.  Apply early as the program fills 
up.  Applications available at www.housing.uci.edu/sop/ .  For more 
information, call 949-824-5167 or email sop at uci.edu .

Is sustainability an important factor to you in choosing a college?  
The Sustainable Endowment Institute grades colleges on an A-F school on 
sustainable practices.  You can look at either the entire report by 
college or a summary.  Go to http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/ for 
more information.

People’s Test Preparation Service is offering a FREE mock SAT this 
Saturday, November 17, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm at UC Berkeley, 213 
Wheeler Hall.  This is great practice for the real thing without 
sharing your scores with colleges and at no cost to you.

SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS - Tuesday, November 20 at lunch, place to be 
announced, representatives from the Davis Scholarship Committee will be 
here to answer questions about the Davis Scholarship. The Davis 
Scholarship program is a full scholarship to attend a United World 
College at one of their 12 campuses world wide.  The United World 
Colleges are international schools where high school students from all 
over the world study for the full international baccalaureate.  The 
campuses are located in many countries including Swaziland, India, 
Norway, Hong Kong and Singapore. The scholarships cover tuition, room 
and board as well as most of the costs associated with attending a UWC 
and can even include airfare.  Come listen to the representatives, who 
are former students, discuss the program, their experiences and how to 
apply.  Sign up in the College/Career Center to attend. For more 
information on United World Colleges, go to www.uwc.org .

Soroptimist Award – Open to women ages 14-17 who have demonstrated 
initiative in both identifying a problem and trying to solve it, who is 
committed to making the world a better place, who has had significant 
and noteworthy accomplishments as a volunteer.  $1,000 award to 28 
winners.  Applications available in D221.  Received Deadline:  December 
1.

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.

JOBS
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is currently accepting 
applications for the Worker Trainee Program.  This program provides an 
opportunity to gain valuable work experience through part-time work in 
various District units, for entry-level jobs at the District or in 
other organizations and to provide students with income.  The part-time 
job will be located in downtown Oakland.  Applications available in 
D221.  Application deadline – November 30.  For more information, 
contact Ayanna Fields, 510-287-0724.

FOR SENIORS
Despite rumors floating around Berkeley High, the UC’s do not require 
official transcripts.  Please do not fill out Transcript Request Forms 
for any of the UC campuses.

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.
Thurs., 11/15, 3:30 pm   
*Tues., 11/20 – 7:30 am and 3:30 pm
*Mon., 11/26 – 3:30 pm
*Wed., 11/28 – 7:30 am
*Thurs., 11/29 – 3:30 pm

COUNSELOR RECOMMENDATION FORMS AND ENVELOPES – if you are applying to a 
school that requires a counselor recommendation, your counselor 
recommendation forms (Secondary School Report Forms), transcript 
request forms and envelopes (with $1.14 in postage stamps) are were due 
on November 8.  If you have not turned these in, please see one of us 
in the College/Career Center immediately.

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 15
9:30 Oregon State
12:20 British Council (representing many British colleges & 
universities)

*Tuesday, November 20
10:35 Yale student ambassador

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.

SAT/ACT TEST DATES – Thursday, November 15 is the late registration 
deadline for the December 8 ACT test. This is the last test which the 
UC’s and some CSU campuses will accept.  December 26 is the regular 
registration deadline for the January 26 SAT and SAT subject tests.  
Fee waivers for low income students are available in D221.

SCHOLARSHIPS
*Syracuse University's School of Architecture is seeking young men and 
women of color interested in pursuing a five year professional degree 
in Architecture. Ten scholarships covering all education costs are 
available.  Syracuse University 's School of Architecture has a great 
reputation and this is a terrific opportunity. For more information, 
contact: Mark Robbins, Dean School of Architecture, 315-443- 2255 or 
robbinsm at syr.edu .

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.

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 .

* New to the bulletin today.