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Free Online Editing Programs

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Check out these helpful online editing programs for your writing:

Before you turn in  your essay to your teacher, run your essay through these websites for feedback in the following areas:

  • Spelling
  • Grammar
  • Word Choice
  • Active vs. passive voice
  • “Hard to read” sentences
  • Plagiarism
  • Academic Vocabulary
  • Style
  • Capitalization

Scholarships and other Opportunities

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Hispanic Heritage Foundation Youth Awards:

  • Application due Thursday, October 15th
  • For Seniors, graduating in the Spring of 2016
  • Planning to enroll in college in 2016-2017
  • Of Hispanic/Latino descent (at least one parent)
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale)

Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund:

  • For graduating Seniors
  • Opens September 1, 2015
  • Application due January 8, 2016

Gates Millenium Scholars:

  • For graduating Seniors
  • Opens August 1, 2015
  • Application due January 13, 2016

TELACU Scholarship:

  • Application due February 27, 2015

College Readiness Program 2015-2016: CARECEN

  • For graduating Seniors
  • Free 10-month college preparation program
  • Includes college planning, test prep, application support, and financial aid assistance
  • Location: CARECEN Romero Hall 2845 West 7th Street Los Angeles CA 90005
  • Application due September 23, 2015

YMCA College Bridge Program

  • Tuesday, September 8, 6:00-7:30pm
  • Thursday, September 10, 4:00-5:30pm
  • Where: Ketchum-Downtown YMCA, MPR 1, 401 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles 90071

Earthwatch: Student Fellowship Program:

  • For Sophomores/Juniors during Summer 2016
  • All expenses paid scientific expedition
  • Sign up here to be on their email list
  • Application Deadline December 14, 2015

Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest:

  • For Sophomore/Junior female students
  • College scholarships and cash prizes available
  • Application deadline October 30, 2015

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School of Rock Guitar Club

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guitarInterested in playing music?  Join the “School of Rock” Guitar Club for a chance to learn how to play guitar and jam out with fellow musicians.  We will learn together, perform, and record.  All skill levels welcomed, from beginner to virtuoso.

  • When: Thursdays, 3:00-4:30pm
  • Where: Miguel Contreras LC, Room 4012

Click for more information on ALC Leadership Development.

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UC Personal Statement Essay

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All Juniors must complete a draft of the UC Personal Statement essay in May 2015. Students will revise these for their College Applications in the Fall.

The Prompts:

  1. Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.
  2. Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?
  3. Transfer Prompt: What is your intended major? Discuss how your interest in the subject developed and describe any experience you have had in the field — such as volunteer work, internships and employment, participation in student organizations and activities — and what you have gained from your involvement.

Here are some helpful resources for writing your UC Personal Statement.

Don’t procrastinate! The key is to revise, revise, revise…