[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Monday, Dec. 3, 2007

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CONTACT:  Ilene Abrams  iabrams at berkeley.k12.ca.us  or 644-6805

College Advisor's Bulletin
Monday, December 3, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  MISAPPREHENSION – an error or misunderstanding.  
Despite the fact that all of the hand-outs from the College/Career 
Center stated clearly that the UC’s do not need a copy of a student’s 
official transcript, many students had the misapprehension that they 
needed to send one to each campus.

FOR ALL STUDENTS
*PSAT – We have not yet received the PSAT scores for students who took 
the test this fall.  We expect to receive them before winter break.  
There will be an announcement in this bulletin and the Daily Bulletin 
as soon as the scores are available.

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.

FOR SENIORS
Congratulations to all of you who turned in your UC and Cal State 
applications.  If you are still interested in applying to California 
public four year colleges, the following schools are still accepting 
applications:  UC campuses: Riverside and Merced.  Cal States: 
Bakersfield, Channel Islands, Chico, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno, 
Humboldt, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Northridge, San Bernardino, San 
Francisco, San Jose, Sonoma and Stanislaus. Not all majors are open at 
these campuses.  If you need help with your application, please see Ms. 
Abrams or Ms. Price.

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.

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.

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
Chevron - Black History Awareness Celebration (BHAC), Murray Jacobs 
Scholarship – Open to graduating seniors with a minimum unweighted GPA 
of 2.5 who plan to attend a 2 or 4 year college or university and 
demonstrate leadership ability, community involvement and 
extracurricular activities.  Must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.  
Essay and letter of recommendation required. Scholarships range from 
$2,500 to $4,000.  Deadline:  January 9.

National Dunbar Alumni Association – Open to African-American high 
school seniors in a high school in Oakland or Berkeley with a minimum 
GPA of 2.75 who plans to attend an accredited college or university 
full time and has financial need. Essay required. Applications 
available in D221.  Deadline:  March 1.

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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