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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Janet
Huseby <a href="mailto:janethuseby@berkeley.net">janethuseby@berkeley.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>For the month of December, Essay Readers
will be in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Monday mornings
from 8 to 10, and every lunch hour Monday-Friday. Please note, there will be
no essay readers before school (except Monday) and no readers after school.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>We had an excellent team of essay
readers this year working with our seniors as they crafted their personal
statements for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and the
Common App. The UC deadline was last Friday. In December, many students are
working on supplements for private school applications, often by reshaping
their UC essays. Our readers, all versed in the intricacies of college essays, have
provided good advice and editorial input morning, noon, and night for the past
14 weeks. The parents of seniors will be interested to know the following:
Every year, we essay readers talk among ourselves for support, suggestions,
feedback, etc. This year, every reader I spoke to agreed, the seniors are
focused, writing exceptional essays, and using the school's resources--including
our essay readers--to a degree we have not seen in a long time. The Class of
2013 is a great class! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>We are grateful for our readers who are
listed below: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Linda Artel, Mike Bolgatz, Kathy Brown,
Carla Castillo, Steve Cohen, Vicky Elliott, Janet Huseby, Brenda Kahn, Jamie
Keller, Mollie McNeil, Elaine Ratner, Hilary Roberts, Sara Sanderson, Ellen
Singer-Vine, Marianne Smith, Tami Uecker, and Gail Weiner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Janet Huseby<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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