Future Attorney’s Don’t Miss Out!

June 25, 2008 at 12:01 pm by ryan

Hello Future Attorneys!

Finals have ended and the Orange County Kaplan Staff knows that it’s been a long school year for many of you, but summer has finally arrived! This is a perfect time to begin preparing your application to Law School as well as studying to get a great score on the LSAT.

We have a variety of events coming up for the month of June, which are very beneficial and geared towards helping you on your journey to Law School!

Here are the events coming up at the Orange County Kaplan Center near you!

Tuesday, June 24^th/6pm: Law School Personal Statement Workshop: This workshop will allow you to learn how to create a personal statement and application that will grab the admissions officers’ attention and set you apart from the rest!

Thursday, June 26^th/6pm: Law School Admissions & Strategy Workshop: Hear about exactly what you need to gear up and prepare to get into the Law School of your choice! We will go over very important admissions factors and score raising strategies that you will need in order to get the LSAT test score that you want.

Tuesday, July 1^st/6pm: LSAT Sample Class: Get a sample of our LSAT program as our LSAT Expert Instructor will be teaching content, strategy, and test tips to attack the LSAT.

Wednesday, July 23^rd/6pm: Law School Insider: Get a jump-start on the admissions process by attending a free Law School Insider Event. A panel of law school experts will answer your questions and provide an insider view on gaining acceptance to your program of choice, law school student life, and career opportunities for future J.D.s. You’ll also receive tips on crafting a stellar law school application and strategies crucial to LSAT Test Day success.

We also have free LSAT practice tests! Come take a free practice test at the Orange County Kaplan Center and see how you do, and then assess how you will need to study for your LSAT:

Monday, July 28^th/5:30pm

Thursday, August 21^st/5:30pm

If you want to register for any of these LSAT events or practice tests and if you have questions, please feel free to contact me directly at (949) 756-2955 OR contact one of our pre-law advisors at 1-800-KAP-TEST or visit us at kaptest.com/lsat.  

ALSO… Enroll in June and get up to $750 of free one-on-one tutoring.

Lock in your summer LSAT prep. Purchase any LSAT Private Tutoring package by June 30 and get additional hours of one-on-one tutoring free!

• Buy 15-hours of private tutoring and get 2 additional hours free (a $250 value).
• Buy 25-hours of private tutoring and get 4 additional hours free (a $500 value).
• Buy 35-hours of private tutoring and get 6 additional hours free (a $750 value).

No matter which option you choose, you will work with an experienced LSAT instructor who will provide expert guidance and a personalized syllabus, based on your individual needs and score goals — and all at a time that best works for you.

Prep smarter. Score higher. Guaranteed - or your money back!  We can make this promise because we can provide three advantages to students that no other company can match:

• Our LSAT prep is the most personalized.   Effective LSAT prep is not “one size fits all.” Kaplan is the only company that assesses each student’s goals and needs and then prescribes just the right LSAT course for him/her.
• Our LSAT prep is the most focused.  Our students’ time is precious.  Through our incredible instructors, comprehensive pedagogy, and cutting-edge Smart Reports technology, Kaplan is the only company that optimizes students’ time and focuses them on the precise content, questions, and strategies that will maximize their score.
• Our LSAT prep is the most effective.  More people get into law school with a Kaplan LSAT course than all other major courses combined. Those proven results are the reason we’re the market leader and the reason we promise students will score higher on the LSAT — guaranteed or their money back!

I look forward to hearing from you soon! Thank you and have a wonderful day!

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Help for CHP advising/info sessions before SPOP 1 & 2

June 24, 2008 at 4:27 pm by ryan

I know Ryan sent out a request earlier this month, asking for student volunteers to help with the CHP advising/info sessions, as well as the school advising sessions (where students will be registering for their classes).  But the notice went out during finals week, so I don’t know how many people saw it.  I did get a few volunteers, and thank you to those who responded.  Here’s what we need:

SPOP 1 is July 8-9; SPOP 2 is July 12-13.  The CHP advising sessions will be at 8-8:50 am, on the first day of each SPOP (so July 8 and July 12), and we will need a few students to help with registration at 7:45 am.

We’d also like to have 1-2 students who are willing share their honors Humanities Core experience (with at least one from this year, who had the new theme) and 1-2 who took the honors Chemistry sequence during the last few years (but these doesn’t have to be a freshmen).  New freshmen always have questions, so it’s VERY helpful to have continuing students there to meet them and share their experiences/perspectives.  We won’t have time for a student panel, but this would be a great opportunity for peer mentors to meet some of the new freshmen!!

In addition, the following schools asked if some of our students would be willing to help out with the school advising sessions that take place later that same day.  The schools who asked for CHP volunteers were:  Bio Sci, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Undecided/Undeclared, Arts (maybe), and the Merage School of Business.

Even though none of you are in the new Business Administration major, your help would be welcomed, since this is their first go around with summer advising, helping students register, etc.  If you are willing/able to help at SPOP 1 or SPOP 2 (or both); with the CHP advising session in the early morning, and/or a school advising session later on, please let me know ASAP.  If you can only help during the morning or afternoon, put your available time block in your message as well.

I will be on vacation next week, but please email me if you can do this.  If you have any questions, Ryan will be here next week too.

Thanks, in advance, for any help you can give here.

Susan Csikesz, Senior Honors Advisor

CHP

scsikesz@uci.edu

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Say Goodbye to Ryan!

June 10, 2008 at 12:31 pm by ryan

Hi everyone -

So … Ryan will be leaving us in 3 weeks!  *tear* But never fear, he’s not gone yet so you should come say goodbye, bid him farewell, and send him off on Wednesday, June 11th from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Locus.

Come take a break from finals and give Ryan the love he wants to take with him!

[this has been composed & paid for  by Jess Wagner and Tanya Villegas on behalf of the CHP Office]

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MANDATORY Peer Mentor Training

June 3, 2008 at 5:02 pm by ryan

If you signed up to be a peer mentor for next year, you must attend one of the following meetings:

This Thursday (Jun 5) at 5 PM in the Locus or This Friday (Jun 6) at 4 PM in the Locus

You will be receiving your mentees and their contact information at this meeting.

If you cannot attend one of the meetings, you must contact either Diane Ko (kode@uci.edu) or Michelle Tsai (mctsai@uci.edu) with a valid excuse and we will arrange for a time for you to come and pick up the materials you will be receiving at the meeting.

Also, please join the Facebook group: CHP Peer Mentors 2008-2009

We will be reminding you of upcoming events through Facebook as well as email.

Thank you!

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CHP Finals Study Breaks in Arroyo Vista

June 3, 2008 at 5:01 pm by ryan

Saturday through Tuesday nights in AV at 9pm, each CHP house will host a snack-themed study break! 

So take a break from that cramming and grab some food and commiserate with your friends: who has left the most off ‘til the night before? =P

OPEN TO EVERYONE; NOT JUST AV RESIDENTS

Study Breaks! (9:00PM each night)
Sat 06/07 in 1010: Baked Potatoes

Sun 06/08 in 1012: Soft Pretzels

Mon 06/09 in 1008: Orange Julius & Banana Splits

Tues 06/10 in 1006: Cinnamon Rolls

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Attention Graduating CHP Seniors!

June 3, 2008 at 4:52 pm by ryan

–The CHP Exit Interview & Research Survey are now ONLINE!

If you are graduating this year, you should have already received a link to the web based senior exit interview and research survey.  We value your opinions and insight into the CHP, and urge you to fill out the exit interview as soon as possible, before things get too busy with finals and graduation. This is one of your final requirements for the CHP.

Thank you in advance for your feedback and advice. We use the exit interview to continually improve the CHP.

– Senior Thesis Checklist

To complete all components of your senior thesis, you MUST submit the following items to the honors office:

1.  Thesis Approval Form – signed by your faculty mentor

2.  Paper copy of your Final Approved Thesis WITH Abstract

3.  Electronic version of your thesis (burned to a CD or emailed to honors@uci.edu)

4.  CHP Research Survey & Senior Exit Interview (both triple E surveys)

5.  Protective Folder for these items 

We have paper copies of the Thesis Approval Form in the office or you can download a form from the Senior Year Research/Thesis Handbook on the honors website.

The final deadline for these materials is the last working day of June, which is Monday, June 30 this year.

Good luck!

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CHSC Appointed Positions – APPLY TODAY!

June 3, 2008 at 4:52 pm by ryan

Now accepting applications for the following CHSC Appointed Positions:  Webmaster & Historian

Applications are available on the CHSC website (http://spirit.dos.uci.edu/chsc/) and in the Honors office.  Submit them to Sarah Barber (sbarber@uci.edu) or at the Honors office. 

>>Due by Friday, June 6 at 5PM

Position Descriptions:

Historian

• Takes pictures at major CHSC events
• Ensures pictures are being taken at other CHSC events by either personally  taking them or coordinating someone who will
• Collects and retains all programming evaluations with the goal of moving towards a records archive on the website
• Recruits for and assists in the creation in the End of the Year Slideshow for Banquet
• Solicits CHP-related pictures from other photographers and filters them for appropriate content
• Submits appropriate pictures to the website/webmaster

The historian is in charge of photographic records and programming records for CHSC.  S/he should be an active participant in many CHSC events, and enjoy taking pictures of CHP’ers having fun.  Keeping a list of known photographers to contact, monitoring facebook uploads, and memory stick solicitation may be some ways to make collecting pictures an easier task.  Additionally, we were considering moving towards editable PDF files for funding requests and program evaluations to make access to these files easier for programmers and the treasurer.  Also, since we have had issues with the appropriateness of the content of our pictures, screening for inappropriate gestures, activities, etc. is necessary since our pictures are a representation of CHSC and CHP as a whole.

Webmaster

• Keeps all sections of the website up to date with current information, pictures, and CHSC news
• Strives to present information in a clear and easily accessible way, which may sometimes include additional programming, applications, etc.
• Communicates frequently with the Secretary and co-authors information from meetings and meeting minutes to post on the website.

The Webmaster is responsible for updating the website following each CHSC meeting (at least every two weeks).  The President, Vice-Presidents, Social Chairs, and Advisor will send the webmaster the majority of update requests with other officers making their own suggestions/additions.  The webmaster also has full creative control over the aesthetic look and organization of website content.  S/he should offer suggestions for improvement in both functionality and presentation of the site.  Minutes of each CHSC meeting, sent by the Secretary, will be posted by the webmaster as well as pictures of events and activities from the Historian. 

Basic HTML & Photoshop (or equivalent graphics program) experience preferred.  Knowledge of other programming languages and previous experience creating, updating, and/or maintaining a website is highly encouraged, but not required. 

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CHP Yearbook Orders – Last Chance!!

June 3, 2008 at 4:51 pm by ryan

Last Chance to Reserve a 2007-08 CHP Yearbook! 

FINAL DEADLINE: Wednesday, June 4, 10 am in the Honors Office or by emailing Patricia Bauler (pbauler@uci.edu).  No further orders will be accepted after this date and time.

The CHP Yearbook features: 

-          Graduating Senior Profiles

-          Event picture collages

-          House/hall photos

-     Letters from CHP Office staff, CHSC, and PAAs

-          Photos of every CHP student (freshmen through seniors)

-     More color pages than ever before

-          …and other highlights from the year 

Cost is only $5.00!  Payment is due when you pick up your yearbook.  Please do not order one if you don’t intend to pay for it! 

If you have any questions, please contact Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, Nam Ho (dnho@uci.edu).  

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Last Coffee Hour of the Year!! Bring your Yearbook!

June 3, 2008 at 4:51 pm by ryan

Coffee Hour, Friday, June 6, 9-11 am, the Locus

Join us for the last coffee hour of the year and bring your CHP yearbook!  That’s right — this is a signing party and your last chance to grab some of those bagels, donuts, coffee, and juice that you love so much before summer hits!  

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Lost & Found – Sunglasses & Keys

June 3, 2008 at 4:50 pm by ryan

We have two items at the front desk in the honors office that were found in the Locus.  If you are missing a pair of sunglasses or a keychain (with keys on them), please come to the office and be able to describe either item.

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