[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Monday, 5/5/2008

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Monday, May 5, 2008

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  UNDERSCORE – to emphasize.  To help underscore  
the importance of its message, the Surgeon General’s warning must be  
printed in large letters on cigarette ads.

FOR ALL GRADES
Novartis High School Summer Internship Program – Novartis Vaccines &  
Diagnostics in Emeryville is offering an 8-week paid summer  
internship program for students interested in gaining practical  
experience at a pharmaceutical company.  Students will work on a  
project, be paired with an intern supervisor and an intern mentor,  
participate in training sessions and learn and practice job hunting  
strategies.  Applications available in D221. Deadline:  May 9.

Meyer Sound Labs has 4-6, possibly 10 paid summer internships for  
high school students (must be 16 years old) in manufacturing  
operations, marketing, and document control doing assembly or data  
entry type work. Interns must commit to a minimum of 6-8 weeks for 30  
hours per week. Interested students can pick up an application in  
D221 or stop by Meyer Sound at 2832 San Pablo Ave. (near Ashby)  
between 8:30 AM and 5 PM to fill out an application, or send email  
hr at meyersound.com. To learn more about Meyer Sound Labs, visit  
www.meyersound.com. Deadline to apply is May 16, 2008. For more  
information, call (510) 486-1166, ext. 154 or hr at meyersound.com.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY – Thursday, May 22, Lake Temescal, East Bay  
Regional Park District hosts Special Kids Fishing Derbies for  
disabled elementary school children.  Every child needs an older  
“buddy” to escort them through the day’s activities.  Volunteers will  
attend an orientation before the elementary students arrive, receive  
a free t-shirt and breakfast and lunch.  For more information, call  
510-544-2205 or e-mail DChambers at ebparks.org .

Intern for Congresswoman Barbara Lee over the summer – Interns will  
be taught how to organize, empower and mobilize the voting public  
behind both Congresswoman Lee and the causes and candidates she  
endorses.  No experience is necessary.  To apply, send a resume and  
cover letter (outlining your commitment to progressive political  
action and what you hope to get from the experience) to:   
interns at leeforcongress.org or fax to 510-663-1573 or mail to Barbara  
Lee for Congress, Attn:  Internship, 1736 Franklin St., Suite 400,  
Oakland, CA  94612. For more information, call 510-663-1207.

Do you have a problem to solve?  MTV wants to help!  Contact them  
with your issue and they may hook you up with a mentor to help  
support and advise you how to solve it.  Open to students between the  
ages of 14-19 who need help with a problem you’re having with  
friends, self-esteem, parents, bullies, body image, etc.  Contact MTV  
at helpme at mtvstaff.com .  Include your contact info and try to be  
specific about your situation.

Immediate internship opportunity available with Indie-Pop Music, LLC,  
an independent record label with offices located in the Bay Area and  
New York City. Approximately 4 hours/week is required, where you will  
help in the development, distribution, and promotion of all Indie-Pop  
artists. Creativity, dedication, and the ability to work on a team is  
required. Included on Indie-Pop's roster is Berkeley High's own, "The  
Cataracs."  If interested, please contact Joshua Andriano, at  
917.420.0607, or by email at Josh at indie-pop.com .

Outward Bound Gay and Lesbian Youth Leadership Mountaineering Course,  
July 11-20, 2008
Saguache Range, Colorado.  This 10-day wilderness leadership course  
is designed for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered young  
adults (ages 16-25) from across the country. During these  
transformational mountaineering adventures, students have hands-on  
opportunities to challenge themselves both physically and mentally.  
They work to strengthen leadership skills and test problem-solving  
and risk-taking techniques both individually and as a community of  
LGBT people.
To learn more visit: http://outwardboundwilderness.org/lgbt.html or  
call: 888-837-5211.

STAGE DOOR CONSERVATORY will be hiring three students to work as  
apprentices from June 16 through August 25.  Apprentices will assist  
with the day-to-day operation of our musical theater camp and with  
rehearsals. They will also select and focus upon one specialty area  
and focus on this area during their apprenticeship.  Each apprentice  
will be paid a $1,000 stipend at the conclusion of the 10 week period  
and can be absent for one week during the season, with the exception  
of the weeks of August 2 and August 18. Program hours: 8:30 AM to  
4:00 PM, MON - FRI. Apprentices must also work at our shows on August  
8, 9 and 10 and 22, 23 and 24.  For more information and an  
application, please email us at stagedoor2005 at yahoo.com. Counselor-in- 
training opportunities are also available.

Free writing workshop, “Finding Your Voice,” sponsored by Youth  
Speaks, a national organization dedicated to Spoken Word performance,  
education and youth development programs.  Facilitators: Katri Foster  
and Lauren Whitehead.  Wednesdays 4-6pm in Room C327. This workshop  
will encourage you to rethink what you've been told and to question  
what you've assumed through creative exploration of the world around  
you. All Youth Speaks After School Writing Workshops are FREE for  
everyone and no registration is necessary.

FOR JUNIORS
College Information Night, Tuesday, May 13, Scottish Rite Center,  
1547 Lakeside Dr., Oakland.  Student/Parent sessions sponsored by  
Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Penn and Stanford.

SAT/ACT TEST DATES – May 6 is the regular registration deadline for  
the June 7 SAT and SAT subject tests.  May 9 is the regular  
registration deadline for the June 14 ACT test.  Fee waivers for low  
income students are available in D221.

FOR SENIORS
CAL GRANT – YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE.  If you did not turn in your Cal  
Grant Information Release Form before March 2, you have another  
chance to do so.  Pick up a “Late Cal Grant GPA Verification Form”  
from D173 and return it to Ms. Mellion no later than May 12.

Are you planning to attend UC Berkeley in the fall?  Applications for  
two scholarships for UC Berkeley students are available in the  
College/Career Center.  Stop by and pick one up as deadlines are  
coming up quickly!

Are you planning to attend a UC campus in the fall?  If so, you must  
take the Analytical Writing Placement Exam on May 10 unless you  
scored 30 or better on the Combined English/Writing test on the ACT;  
680 or better on the Writing section of the SAT reasoning test; or a  
3, 4 or 5 on either AP English test.  For more information, including  
practice test questions, go to http://www.ucop.edu/sas/awpe/index.html .

Hispanic/Latino students - win free tickets to and from your college  
campus.  Southwest Airlines and the Hispanic Association of Colleges  
and Universities (HACU) are sponsoring a travel award program.  If  
you are enrolled in a two or four year college, have at least a 2.5  
GPA and economic need, you can apply for up to four round-trip  
tickets on Southwest Airlines for yourself and/or your parent to use  
when traveling to or from your college.  For more information, go to  
www.hacu.net .  Deadline:  May 30.

SCHOLARSHIPS
For the complete list of applications available in the College/Career  
Center, go to http://www.bhs.berkeley.k12.ca.us/ , click on Services,  
then College/Career Center, then Scholarships.

*Salvadoran-American Leadership and Educational Fund (SALEF) – Open  
to graduating seniors with a minimum GPA of 2.5 who have a background  
of Salvadoran, Central American, Latino ethnicity, have financial  
need, and have a history of community service and involvement.   
recipients must be able to help other students through mentoring,  
community service, or tutoring after receiving the award.  The  
application is available at www.salef.org .  Scholarship:  $500- 
$2,500.  Deadline:  June 30.

Sallie Mae Unmet Need Scholarship Program – Open to U.S. citizens and  
permanent residents who are accepted or enrolled as full-time  
undergraduate students at approved, accredited institution, who have  
a minimum 2.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), whose combined  
family income is $30,000 or less and whose financial aid packages  
fall more than $1,000 short of students’ financial need. Recipients  
will be selected based on financial need. Unmet Need Scholarships  
range from $1,000 to $3,800.  Deadline:  May 31.  Apply at http:// 
www.thesalliemaefund.org/smfnew/scholarship/Unmet_need.html .

Check Center Scholarship – Open to graduating seniors from Berkeley  
High School with a minimum GPA of 2.5 who is planning to attend a  
vocational/training school or a two or four year college or  
university.  Applications available in D221. Deadline:  May 5.

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
Information on more programs is available in D221 and at the College/ 
Career Center website: http://bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=home-2 .

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