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face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold; ">College Advisor's Bulletin: Week of Sep. 20 - 24,
2011</span></font></b></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
">College/Career Center website: <a
href="http://www.bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=home-2" title="This
external link will open in a new window"
target="_blank">http://www.bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=home-2</a>
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face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">*
Indicates new or updated information since previous
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color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Arial; color: black; "> </span></font></p> <p
class="MsoPlainText"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;
">*News:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p> <p
class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;
"><font size="2" color="black" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: black; "><span>·<font size="1"
face="Times New Roman"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal
'Times New Roman'; "> </span></font></span></span></font><font
size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
">The College and Career Center would like to welcome Ms. Marquez, who,
along with Ms. Price, will assist students with their college and career
options.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:
0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font size="2" color="black"
face="Symbol"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color:
black; "><span>·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:
normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">
</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Sophomore, Junior &
Senior College Application Handbooks have been updated and are available
online at <a
href="http://www.bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=college-application-handbook"
title="This external link will open in a new window"
target="_blank">http://www.bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=college-application-handbook</a>
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</span></font></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold; ">1. FOR SENIORS</span></font></b></p> <p
class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Senior
Profiles:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> If you are applying to
private colleges that need a counselor recommendation, your Senior
Profiles are due now. Turn profiles into Ms. Price in the College
Center, D221. This is especially important for anyone applying early
decision/action. You do NOT need to fill these out if you are applying
only to the UCs, Cal State Universities or community
colleges.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="black"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color:
black; font-weight: bold; ">College Essay Readers Available:
</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; ">College essay
readers are available in the College/Career Center (D221) during
lunchtime for BHS Seniors to meet with on a drop-in
basis.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold; "> </span></font></b></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">*College
Visits</span></font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">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. The current September
college visit list and permission slips are available at the front desk
of the administration building and online at <a
href="http://www.bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=finding-a-college"
title="This external link will open in a new window"
target="_blank">http://www.bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=finding-a-college</a>
. Senior English teachers also have copies of the College Visit list and
permission slips.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
">Thursday, September 22</span></font></u></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">8:27 - 1st Period Wellesley College
(MA)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Monday,
September 26</span></font></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">11:40 -
3rd Period Skidmore College (NY)</span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">1:09 - 4th Period U of Connecticut
(CT)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">1:58 -
5th Period Western Oregon University (OR)</span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Tuesday, September 27</span></font></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">1:28 - 5th Period U of Vermont
(VT)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">2:32 -
6th Period Western Washington University (WA)</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wednesday, September 28</span></font></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">8:27 - 1st Period St. Lawrence
University (NY)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">9:31 -
2nd Period Vassar College (NY)</span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">12:24 - 4th Period Tufts University
(MA)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">1:28 -
5th Period Bard College (NY)</span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">2:32 - 6th Period Technion - Israel
Institute of Technology, International School of
Engineering</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
">Thursday, September 29</span></font></u></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">8:27 - 1st Period Brown University
(RI)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">9:31 -
2nd Period U of Puget Sound (WA)</span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">10:40 - 3rd Period U of British
Columbia (Canada)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">12:24 -
4th Period U of Washington (Seattle)</span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">1:28 - 5th Period Whittier College
(CA)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">2:32 -
6th Period Northeastern University (MA)</span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Friday, September 30</span></font></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; ">2:47 – 6th Period Williams
College</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
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face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
</span></font></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold; ">2. FOR JUNIORS/SENIORS</span></font></b></p> <p
class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p> <p
class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">SAT/ACT Practice Test,
September 24: </span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Take an SAT or ACT practice
test at Berkeley High School Saturday, September 24, 2011,
8:30am-1:30p.m. To sign up, bring $20 cash (<u>only</u>) to the College
Center, D221, before and after school. <b>Registration deadline:
Thursday, September 22 at 4p.m.</b> All proceeds benefit Berkeley High
College/Career Center. Registration forms were handed out in Senior
English classes. NOTE: this is not the PSAT - this is a full SAT exam
that is for practice only. The results are not sent on to any
colleges.</span></font></p></div></div><div class="bodyclass"><div
class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold; ">*SAT/ACT Test Dates</span></font></b><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> – The
next SAT test is November 5 (the registration has passed for the October
1 SAT). Registration deadline is October 7. Go to <a
href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-dates" title="This
external link will open in a new window"
target="_blank">http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-dates</a> to
register. The October 22 ACT is taking late registration until September
30 (with extra fee). The next ACT is on December 10, 2011, with a
registration date of November 4. Go to <a
href="http://www.actstudent.org/" title="This external link will open in
a new window" target="_blank">http://www.actstudent.org/</a> to register.
<i><span style="font-style: italic; ">Fee waivers for low income
students are available in D221.</span></i></span></font></p> <p
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11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span style="text-decoration: none; ">
</span></span></font></u></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold; ">*College Information Sessions in the Bay
Area</span></font></b></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">UCLA School of the Arts and
Architecture Event: Prospective students, parents, counselors and
educators are invited to attend a presentation and meet with
representatives of UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. This is a
great opportunity to learn about our unique majors, admissions
information, financial aid, audition and portfolio requirements, and
student life. Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 07:00 PM, Hilton Garden
Inn, 1800 Powell Street, Emeryville, CA 94608. RSVP at <a
href="http://www.arts.ucla.edu/rsvp?cboUclaEvents=9938" title="This
external link will open in a new window"
target="_blank">http://www.arts.ucla.edu/rsvp?cboUclaEvents=9938</a>
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face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Performing and Visual Arts
College Fair – Sunday, October 23, 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Nob Hill Masonic
Center, San Francisco, CA. This is an excellent opportunity to find out
about schools from across the country that offers excellent programs in
the arts.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">
</span></font></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><font size="2"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold; ">3. FOR SOPHOMORES/JUNIORS</span></font></b></p> <p
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11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p> <p
class="MsoPlainText"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;
">PSAT:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> Berkeley High School is
offering the PSAT on Saturday, October 15. Sign ups will take place at
the Donahue Gym ticket windows during lunch and after school until 4 p.m.
Juniors register between September 26 and September 30, and sophomores
register between October 3 and October 7. The cost is $22 payable in
cash or check or money order payable to Berkeley High School. All tenth
and eleventh graders are encouraged to take the PSAT. Juniors who score
well may qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program. As a
practice for the SAT, students get back their test booklet and a printout
of their answers and the correct answers and feedback about critical
academic skills.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><font
size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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