Greetings Seniors!

Three weeks from today we will begin another exciting year at LBHS; however, this year you will be graduating high school and likely heading off to college. With that in mind, I would like you to consider taking time over the next three weeks to begin checking off items on your to do list:

1. Ask teachers for letters of recommendation now! As you know, your teachers are very busy, but they are more than happy to write a letter of recommendation for you. Asking your teacher to write a letter prior to the start of the school year is a good way to take advantage of most of your teachers having free time. Consider helping your teacher write the letter by first providing information on this LETTER-OF-RECOMMENDATION-REQUEST FORM
2. Begin writing a first draft of your UC personal statement, which is now called called the “personal insight questions.” You will have 8 questions to choose from. You must respond to only 4 of the 8 questions. Each response is limited to a maximum of 350 words. Which questions you choose to answer is entirely up to you:  But you should select questions that are most relevant to your experience and that best reflect your individual circumstances. To see the questions visit the UC application page, click here.
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3. The best scholarship that I am aware of are Questbridge, a non-profit organization, which finds talented high school students and matches them with our nation’s top colleges and universities. Questbridge will PAY FOR ALL OF YOUR COLLEGE EXPENSES! The deadline is September 27! so don’t delay! Click here for information on how to apply. For information about the Sacramento Physicians for Social Responsibility essay contest, click here. The 2017 essay prompt will be available in January.

I hope you all are well, and I look forward to another awesome year with you.

Kind Regards,

Mr. Coey