[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for May 8, 2009

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Friday, May 8, 2009

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  FITFUL -- inconsistent; sporadic.  Three consecutive
nights of fitful sleep left me feeling completely exhausted.  

FOR ALL STUDENTS
World Affairs Council Summer Institute on International Affairs - The
program meets once a week from 3-7 PM beginning the week of June 15 through
the week of August 3. Students complete assigned readings and writing
assignments, then meet to discuss the evening's topic and may meet with that
day's speaker. Following this discussion, students attend a public lecture.
Participants must commit to attending all meetings. Upon successful
completion, students will receive a one-year membership to the World Affairs
Council enabling them to attend programs. Summer Institute speakers include:
General David Petraeus, Commander of US Central Command, Former President of
Mexico Vicente Fox, and Michael Pollan, Author, In Defense of Food: An
Eater's Manifesto and The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four
Meals.  For more information, contact the Schools Program Officer at
SchoolsProgram at wacsf.org  or 415.293.4650. Further info at:
www.itsyourworld.org/schools . Upon acceptance into the program, a $50 fee
is required; scholarships may be available for students who demonstrate
financial need. Applications available in D221 or at the website above.
Deadline:  May 15.

FOR JUNIORS
SAT/ACT TEST DATES -- May 8 is the regular registration deadline for the
June 13 ACT.  May 15 is the late registration deadline for the June 6 SAT
and SAT subject tests. These are the last tests offered before September
2009.  Fee waivers for low income students are available in D221.  

SUMMER PROGRAMS
SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS -- Cal Trans is sponsoring a two-week Summer
Engineering Institute at San Francisco State from July 19-31.  Cost -- FREE.
Students live on campus to explore engineering.  For more information, go to
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/sei2009/ or call 510-286-6108.  Applications
available in D221.  Deadline:  May 22.  

UCLA World Music Summer Institute -- This week-long intensive music study
program (June 21-27) is available in one of four areas: Chinese, Mexican,
Korean and African-American.  The program is open to students/musicians ages
high school through adult.  Supervised housing is available for high school
students.  Students can earn 2 UC credits.  For more information, go to
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/WorldMusic/overview.htm or e-mail
uclawmsi at gmail.com 

A list of summer programs is available by going to the College/Career Center
website - http://bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=home-2 -- then clicking on
"Summer Programs 2009."

FOR SENIORS
Southwest Airlines and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
(HACU) open travel program for college students -- Dandole Alas a Tu
Exito/Giving Flight to Your Success.  A panel of judges comprised of college
professors and education advocates from coast to coast will gather in the
summer to select the students who will receive free travel to their colleges
and universities.  Each student is eligible to receive from one to four
tickets that the student or an immediate family member can use in the Fall
2009 to travel to/from a college or university.  The travel tickets are
awarded to undergraduate and graduate Hispanic students with socio-economic
need who journey away from home to pursue higher education.  Essay required.
To view the criteria for the 2009 award program, www.southwest.com .
Applications available at
http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Lanzate_EN.asp?SnID=33099403 . Deadline: Friday,
June 5, 2009.

NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR COLLEGE CHOICES?  Your college advisor has a list of
schools that are still accepting applications.  

*STUDENTS PLANNING TO ATTEND A UC CAMPUS -- If you are planning to attend a
UC campus, you must take the Analytical Writing Placement Exam on Saturday,
May 9 unless you meet one of the following criteria:  30 or better on the
ACT Combined English/Writing test; or 680 or better on the SAT-II Writing
Test; or 680 or better on the SAT Reasoning Test, Writing section; or 3, 4
or 5 on either Advanced Placement (AP) Examination in English; or completing
with a C or better an acceptable college course in English composition (for
example, English 1A at a community college). The test will be offered at
Berkeley High School.  You do not need to register to take the test.  COST
IS $65.00 IF YOU PAY PRIOR TO THE TEST, $75 ON TEST DAY.

SCHOLARSHIPS 
For a complete list of scholarship applications available in the
College/Career Center, go to
http://bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=scholarships .  

*Univision Exito Escolar -- Open to current Latino seniors who reside in
Alameda, Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San
Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano or Sonoma County
Essays in English and Spanish are required.  Scholarship amounts vary from
$500 to $2,000.
US CITIZENSHIP OR PERMANENT RESIDENCY IS NOT REQUIRED.  Applications
available in D221.  Applications must be received at the Univision office by
5:00 pm on July 31. 

*Latino College Dollars -- list of scholarships open to Latino students with
at least a 2.5 GPA.  Deadlines vary.  Pick up the list in D221.  

Fullwood Scholarship -- Open to seniors who are planning to attend UC
Berkeley next year.  Applications available in D221. Deadline:  May 14.  

Bay Area Gardeners Foundation -- Open to seniors with a minimum GPA of 2.5
who have financial need who are willing to do 20 hours or more of community
service each semester and who live in one of the 9 Bay Area counties.
Applications available in D221. Deadline:  May 17.  

Check Center Scholarship -- Open to graduating senior from Berkeley High
School with a minimum 2.5 GPA who will attend a vocational/training school,
2 year or 4 year college or university in the fall.  Two scholarships of
$500 each.  Applications available in D221. Deadline:  May 11.

Los Hermanos de Stanford -- Open to outstanding Latino seniors who plan to
attend a two or four year college in the fall and has financial need.
Students are NOT REQUIRED to attend Stanford.  
Two $800 scholarships will be awarded Applications available at
www.stanford.edu/group/hermanos/scholarships.html and in D221. Deadline:
May 15.

LAHF Dise/Gardere/Smith Scholarship Fund --Open to any low-income high
school senior going to college fall 2009.  There will be two scholarships
awarded, $1,000 each. Deadline: May 15.
Applications available in D221.

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