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

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Wednesday, November 5, 2008

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  DERIDE -- to speak ill of.  Senator Dingleberry
derided his opponent as a "pill-popping, pot-smoking, dim-witted
person."  

FOR ALL STUDENTS
World Affairs Council is sponsoring the International Career Mentor
Night on Thursday, November 20, 6:00-8:00 pm.  This is an opportunity
to speak with Bay Area professionals in international development,
journalism, foreign service, education, law, business and global
health.  Space is limited.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling
basis.  Applications available in D221 and at
http://www.itsyourworld.org/images/wac/Images/Schools/2008%20Internati
onal%20Career%20Mentor%20Night%20Application.pdf .

Want to study abroad? Youth for Understanding and World Affairs
Council awards annual scholarships to high school students (only) who
want to study abroad for the summer, semester or year. Come to this
information session to learn more about the 2009-2010 YFU study abroad
programs and meet former Council scholarship winners. Tuesday,
December 2, 2008 6:00 PM. To register, contact Katie Walsh at
kwalsh at wacsf.org or call 415.293.4650. 

Violet Richardson Award of the Soroptimist Club -- Award of $1,000 to
a young woman currently between the ages of 14 and 17 who has
demonstrated initiative in both identifying a problem and trying to
solve it and who has had significant and noteworthy accomplishments as
a volunteer.  Application available in D221.  Received deadline:
December 1.  

FOR SENIORS
If you are applying to any colleges which require a counselor
recommendation, your envelopes, secondary school report forms and
transcript request forms are due in the College/Career Center no later
than November 7.  These are NOT needed by the UC's and Cal States. You
will need:

1. A signed Transcript Request Form (available in D173 and in the
College/Career Center) for each school.  If you are under 18, your
parent or guardian must sign it.  
2. Secondary School Report form for each school (this comes with your
college application).  These may also be called the Counselor
Recommendation form or the School Report form.  
3. Large envelope (9 x 12 inches) addressed to each school with
Berkeley High School as the return address.  Put 3 stamps on the
envelope. ($1.17)
4. Clip the forms for each school to the outside of each envelope.
5. Clip all of the above for all of the schools together with the
College Application Checklist (purple form, available in the
College/Career Center) on the front.

FREE SAT SUBJECT TEST PRACTICE -- The People's Test Preparation
Service is holding practice tests and instruction on two SAT subject
tests:
  November 8 - English Literature, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm, 234 Dwinelle Hall
at UC Berkeley
  November 9 - Math 2, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm, 234 Dwinelle Hall at UC
Berkeley.  
Please bring number 2 pencils and a calculator.  All other materials
will be provided.  

Did you miss the meeting, "Senior Parent College Night" on October
7th?  DVD's of the event are now available to borrow for up to two
nights.  Contact Ms. Breiter at firecat_breiter at berkeley.k12.ca.us to
borrow the DVD.  

Both the UC application (www.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply) and the
Cal State application (www.csumentor.edu) are available online. The
deadline for the UC application is November 30.  The priority deadline
for the Cal State applications is also November 30.  For many Cal
State campuses, this will be the final deadline.  Those campuses
definitely include:  Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Pomona, Sonoma
State, Fullerton, Long Beach, San Diego State.  However, many other
Cal State campuses may close applications on November 30 as well, so
consider this to be the final deadline.  We urge you to get your
applications in by November 30th, and preferably earlier as both
websites get extremely busy (and slow) at the end of November.  Check
the schedule for workshops on essay writing and completing these
applications. The schedule is available on both the Daily Bulletin and
the College Advisor's Bulletin, as well as on the College Advisor's
website. Both college advisors are also available to review your
applications before they are submitted, but will need a day or two of
turn-around time, so don't wait until the last minute.

ESSAY READERS -- Get feedback on your draft of your college
essay/personal statement from experienced essay readers.  Readers will
be available every day at 8:00-9:00 am, lunchtime and after school,
2:30-4:00.  First come, first served.

COLLEGE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS -- ALL HELD IN THE LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB
You must sign up in advance in the College/Career Center to attend.
15 person maximum per workshop.
Wednesday, November 5, 7:30 am - UC/CSU
Wednesday, November 5, 3:30 pm -- Common App
Thursday, November 6, 3:30 pm - UC/CSU
Thursday, November 13, 7:30 am -- Common App
MORE TO COME

COLLEGE VISITS
Over 100 college representatives visit Berkeley High's College/Career
Center every year.  Seniors may attend up to 10 of those meetings,
with the permission of the teacher whose class they are missing.  Sign
up in advance in the College/Career Center and pick up a permission
slip.  The complete October list is available at
http://bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=finding-a-college .

Thursday, November 6
12:20 Whitman (WA)

Wednesday, November 12
10:35 Morehouse (GA)

*SAT/ACT TEST DATES -- TODAY - November 5 is the regular registration
deadline for the December 6 SAT and SAT subject tests.  November 7 is
the regular registration deadline for the December 13 ACT.  THESE ARE
THE LAST TESTS ACCEPTED BY ALL UC CAMPUSES AND MANY CAL STATE
CAMPUSES.  Fee waivers for low income students are available in D221.


COLLEGE INFORMATION SESSIONS IN THE BAY AREA
1.	University of British Columbia -- Saturday, November 8,
2:00-4:00 pm, Hotel 480, 480 Sutter Street, San Francisco.  To
register, go to http://you.ubc.ca and create an account.  

SCHOLARSHIPS 
USDA National Scholars Program -- This scholarship provides full
tuition, room and board, employment, and more for 4 years to students
pursuing a bachelor's degree at one of 18 HBCU campuses.  Students
must major in any field of study in agriculture, food, natural
resource sciences or other related disciplines.  Students must be a US
citizen, have a combined SAT total of 1,500 or above (using all 3
sections) or a composite ACT of 21 or above, and have a GPA of 3.0 or
above.  Deadline:  February 1.  Applications available in D221.

Burger King Scholars Program -- Open to all seniors with a minimum GPA
of 2.5 who works an average of 15 hours per week or 40 weeks per year
who is actively involved in community service activities, demonstrates
financial need and plans to enroll in an accredited two or four year
college, university or vocational/technical school in the fall.
$1,000 scholarship.  Apply at www.bk.com/scholars .  Access Key:  BKS.
Deadline: February 2, 2009.   

Ron Brown Scholarship -- Open to African-American or Black high school
seniors who demonstrate academic achievement, leadership ability,
participate in community service activities and demonstrate financial
need who are US citizens or permanent residents.  Up to 20 students
will receive $10,000 per year for four years.  Two deadlines:
November 1 (considered for Ron Brown Scholarship and forwarded to
additional colleges and scholarship providers) and January 9
(considered for Ron Brown scholarship only).  Apply at
www.ronbrown.org . 
 
Gates Millennium Scholars Program -- Open to African American,
American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander American, and
Hispanic American students who are citizens, nationals or legal
permanent residents of the US, with a minimum cumulative unweighted
GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale who have demonstrated leadership abilities
through participation in community service, extracurricular or other
activities and meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria.
Deadline:  January 12, 2009. Applications available in D221 or at
www.gmsp.org . 

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