[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Mon., Nov 26 2007

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

College Advisor's Bulletin
Monday, November 26, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  EQUANIMITY – calmness of temperament; evenness of 
mind especially under stress.  Although Josephine gets very upset in 
stressful situations, her sister handles them with equanimity, staying 
calm even under the most difficult conditions.

FOR ALL STUDENTS
Paid internship opportunity - Zirana ( http://www.zirana.com), a Web 
2.0 company based in Cupertino, focuses on developing online 
communities for mid-sized cities across the US. They provide local 
news, events, reviews on local merchants, information about local 
schools and local groups.  They are looking for interns to work from 
home as school correspondents and photo journalists to write articles 
and/or take pictures about the activities in their school and local 
events. The interns should have good communication and writing skills 
and have interest in reporting and journalism.  Prior experience in 
writing for school magazine/newspaper or yearbook is desired.   This 
opportunity will help students improve their reporting skills and 
website design skills. In addition, they will learn skills in different 
aspects of marketing (content creation, messaging and promotion).  For 
more information, contact: Erik Reyes, Zirana, Inc., (408)-366-9000, 
or  eric at zirana.com

JUNIORS - Summer Internship at UCSF.  If you are interested in a 
research-intensive summer internship, the Department of Pediatrics at 
UCSF has an excellent program to introduce you to the world of science. 
  You will work in a laboratory and assigned a designated research 
project while working with a mentor, attend seminars, tour UCSF and 
other universities.  UCSF is looking for motivated and responsible 
students and are particularly encouraging applications from women, 
underrepresented minorities and talented and motivated students who 
have experienced economic or other challenges that might limit their 
ability to achieve these academic and career goals.  Applications are 
available in D221.  An information session on the program will be held 
on Saturday, December 8 at 1:00 pm at UCSF, 3333 California St., SF.  
Application deadline:  January 28.

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 .

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.

FOR SENIORS
*FIVE  MORE DAYS UNTIL THE UC APPLICATION DEADLINE AND THE PRIORITY 
DEADLINE FOR THE CAL STATES.  THIS IS THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR MANY CAL 
STATE CAMPUSES.

Financial Aid Part 2 – Tuesday, December 4, 6:30-8:30 pm, Berkeley High 
library (English) and College/Career Center (Spanish).  Representatives 
from the UC Berkeley financial aid office will explain how to fill out 
the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is required 
to apply for financial aid by all U.S. colleges and universities.  This 
is a Cash for College event, so if more than 25 seniors are present, 
one will win a $1,000 scholarship.  Because this meeting will be very 
crowded, we ask that only senior families attend.

APPLY TO THE UC’S AND CAL STATES NOW! The UC application is available 
online at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/ .  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., 11/26 – 3:30 pm
Wed., 11/28 – 7:30 am
Thurs., 11/29 – 3:30 pm

*SENDING TEST SCORES
1.  If you are finished taking SAT’s and/or ACT’s and haven’t told 
College Board or ACT to send your test scores to each UC and Cal State 
campus where you are applying, do so ASAP.  To send your SAT scores to 
Cal State campuses, use the code 3594 (CSU Mentor) and you will only 
have to pay once to make your scores available to each Cal State 
campus.  This service is not available through ACT.
2.  If you’re taking the SAT and/or the ACT in December, make sure that 
you have listed all of the UC’s and CSU’s on your registration form 
(you can use the code 3594 to send all of your SAT scores to each CSU 
campus) so that they will receive your scores.  If you wait until you 
get your scores and then tell the testing agency to send them, it will 
be too late.

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.

Friday, November 30
8:30 Western Washington University – a hidden gem of a school, located 
near the Canadian border on Puget Sound.   This is a large university 
for those who like lots of people and big classes, and a small school 
(Fairhaven) within it where you can attend seminars and get to know 
your teachers well. If you are admitted to Fairhaven, you can still 
take classes in the big school.

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 – December 26 is the regular registration deadline 
for the January 26 SAT and SAT subject tests. Friday, January 4 is the 
regular registration deadline for the February 9 ACT test.  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 .

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