1. ✦what area you intend to major in at a 4-year institution.

  2. ✦why you are interested in this major.

  3. ✦your cumulative GPA.

  4. ✦a list of all courses and grades from your Community College(s).

  5. ✦financial information for your household.

  6. ✦names, addresses, phone numbers and emails for up to three references from your community college.

  7. ✦information about your parents’ and sibling’s education level.

Environmental Leadership Pathway Application

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2010 ELP Online Application Formhttp://nature.berkeley.edu/cnrelp/application.php

  1. ✦Have at least a cumulative 3.2 GPA for your college courses.

  2. ✦Be interested in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major and have completed or are currently enrolled in transfer courses that reflect this interest.

  3. ✦Have positive recommendations from a faculty member, program coordinator, or counselor from your community college.

  4. ✦Have financial need (fee wavier at your CC or meet the need based requirements for Federal Financial Aid at UC Berkeley).

  5. ✦Come from an underrepresented university or college group.

  6. ✦Be submitting your transfer application to a 4-year college during the Fall 2010 application timeframe for attendance of a university or college beginning in Fall 2011.

  7. ✦Be a US Citizen or documented permanent resident.

  8. ✦Be 18 years or older by Jan. 1, 2010.

  9. ✦Be willing to commute to the UC Berkeley campus and fully participate in all 4 components of the ELP program (January – December 2010).

  10. 1.Spring 2010 semester - participate in a 3 unit Research Methods course on the UC Berkeley campus that meets once a week for three hours.

  11. 2.Summer 2010 Internship – participate in a 40 hour a week internship on the UC Berkeley Campus for 2 months.

  12. 3.Fall 2010 semester - participate in a 3 unit Environmental Science Education course that meets once a week on the UC Berkeley campus for three hours and requires a service learning component in a K-8 school in your local area for 15 hours.

  13. 4.Research – answer questions about your own experiences attending community college and transferring to a 4-year college/university, your participation in the ELP program now and in the future.

Environmental Leadership Pathway Program Eligibility:

To complete the application you will need to know the following information:

You should be prepared to complete the following brief essays and short answer responses:

Statement of Interest

Please explain why you wish to participate in the Environmental Leadership Pathway Program and how this relates to your overall academic interests and goals. Please be specific about how you think this opportunity will benefit you. (300 – 500 words)


Challenges

Please describe any challenges you have faced and how they have affected your path toward a formal education. (300 – 500 words)


Short Answer

What areas of science are you particularly interested in?


What do you anticipate doing after you complete a science major at a 4-year university?