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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(255, 37, 0); font-size: 11pt;">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Mary Jacobs in CCC at
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For BCC Bound Students in Fall 2018:</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Become part of a community committed to your success at Berkeley City College and beyond. Get a head start on your application today for the Berkeley Promise, a college access and matriculation
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Berkeley Promise application is now live! Please click here to create an account and begin your application. The application deadline is Friday, September 28 at 9 PM PST.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">We have opened this year’s application early to give you the opportunity to ask for your recommendation BEFORE the end of the school year.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">We know it can be awkward to ask a teacher, counselor, or other adult for a recommendation. We want to reassure you that teachers and counselors want to help students succeed. Even if they don't know you really
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">BCF will be at the BHS Library Computer Lab the following dates and times to answer questions about the program and to assist you with starting your applications:</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You are eligible to apply if you meet the following criteria:</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">-A 2018 graduate of Berkeley High School or Berkeley Technology Academy</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">-Enrolled at BCC in the Fall for the 2018-2019 academic year with the goal of transferring to a 4-year college</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">-First-generation-to-college student, from a low-income family, and/or are from a group traditionally underrepresented in higher education.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">-AB540 students are eligible to apply. Students who take a gap year are not eligible to apply. All finalists for the BCF Promise scholarship will be contacted and interviewed in person before the awards are
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All applicants must:</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">-Demonstrate the ability to overcome obstacles to achieve academic and personal goals</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">-Be willing and interested in giving back to the BCF community by attending events, mentoring younger scholars, etc.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">-Demonstrate quality involvement with others through work, school, family and/or community</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">-Have documented financial need</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Useful CCC Links:</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">College &Career Center Resources: http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/resources/college-career-center/college-career-guide/</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">College & Career Calendar: http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/resources/college-career-center/college-and-career-center-calendar/</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Marguerite Fa-Kaji, Jenny Fosket, and Dylan Kaufman are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at
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