A Virtual Field Trip to
UC Berkeley
General Tour Information
You have decided to challenge yourselves
with difficult classes and additional work in
AVID!!  While I can tell you about how it
will pay off for you in the future, I want to
show you instead! You will need to pack
for cool weather and lots of walking to
explore one of the most beautiful
universities in the world!
Berkeley, California
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UC Berkeley was founded in
1868.
It was the first UC campus.
Itinerary
• Explore the different colleges
• Talk to students about their learning
experiences
• Join a class and college lecture;
become a UC Berkeley student
• Choose other courses to visit
• Explore the campus and dorms with
UC Berkeley students
• Learn from students what makes
Cal freshman year so unique
• Discover why your hard work now is
so worth it!! 
About UC Berkeley
This part of our tour takes you to information about the university and the
student body. The University of California was chartered in 1868 and its
flagship campus — envisioned as a "City of Learning" — was established at
Berkeley, on San Francisco Bay. Today the world's premier public university
and a wellspring of innovation, UC Berkeley occupies a 1,232 acre campus
with a sylvan 178-acre central core. From this home its academic community
makes key contributions to the economic and social well-being of the Bay
Area, California, and the nation.
Interest Activity:
As you peruse the facts about
the school, find the following
information about Admitted
Freshmen for 2014,
1) Average GPA:
2) SAT scores out of 800
Math SAT score: /800
Reading SAT score: /800
Writing SAT score: /800
3) % admitted:
Click on the college icon
to get to the information.
Freshmen Academic Performance
Berkeley is one of the toughest UC’s to get into. Learn here
what they look at beyond the basic requirements.
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Your weighted and unweighted UC grade point average (calculated using 10th and 11th grade
UC-approved courses only)
Your planned 12th grade courses
Your pattern of grades over time
The number of college preparatory, Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate
(IB), honors and transferable college courses you have completed
Your level of achievement in those courses relative to other UC applicants at your school
Your scores on AP or IB exams
Your scores on the ACT Assessment Plus Writing or the SAT Reasoning Test.
If you're applying for fall, be sure to complete these tests by December. SAT Subject Tests are no
longer required. However, they are recommended for the College of Engineering and College of
Chemistry: Math Level 2 and a science test (Biology E/M, Chemistry, or Physics) closely related to
your intended major. Include the scores in your application. UC uses the highest scores from a single
test administration.
Along with the info. above there is a holistic review process that looks at
other things about you. Click the link to learn about this.
Interest Activity: 1) Watch the video. 2) Read the Holistic Review
section. 3) Answer: Tell me what they say a virtual hug is. Answer:
Explain what criteria 1-6 say. (Look up, or ask me, concepts you do not
understand.) Obviously, academics are the most important thing. Look
again at the bullets above. Discuss the other things they evaluate.
Answer: Why do they care about criteria 1-6?
Click above to get to the
information.
See the Campus
Interest Activity:
1) Look at the directions for clicking and moving
at the top, center of the map, in the black box. 2) Click the LIVE, STUDY and
CONNECT boxes on the left to show you all of the different places on campus. 3) Write down
two interesting facts you learned FROM EACH SECTION, six total. This means explore the
campus, click on the buildings, read the info. that pops up and tell me what looks captivating.
Click link
to get to
map and
BE
PATIENT!!
LINK
Colleges
UC Berkeley’s academic enterprise is organized by of 14 colleges and schools,
mostly subdivided into departments. BUT only five of them are for
undergraduates (you).
Interest Activity: Click on each college or school and
READ the Overview or “About” section to learn what
each offers. Freshmen (you) cannot apply to the Haas
School of Business, Pre-Med or Pre-Law. If you want to
end up in Medical School or Law School then click on
Pre-Med or Law and READ what it says. You will need
to choose one of the five undergraduate colleges for
your major. 
Answer: 1)Which college or school would
you apply to? 2) What does it specifically offer that
interests you?
Click to access the schools
Learning at UCBerkeley
One of the most amazing things about college is the
opportunity to learn about things that you are
interested in and curious about. You get to decide
what you study and what you do with that knowledge.
Come join me as we participate in a very interesting
topic and discussion. I am so excited to hear what
you think of college!!
Physics 8A Lecture 4
Biology 1A Lecture 3
Chemistry 1A Lecture 2
Economics 1 Lecture 2
Sociology 1 Lecture 1
Electrical Engineering 140
Computer Science 61A
Multivariable Calculus Lecture 7
I want you to experience
some of the classes
offered at this topranked university. Click
on the title of the course
to get to the class.
Interest Activity: -Choose a course title that sounds
interesting and click it. WATCH A MINIMUM OF FOUR
lectures AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
1) As you watch the lecture, participate in your mind.
Answer the questions the professor and students pose for yourselves
and join the discussion in your head as though you were there.
Answer on your own paper , What was the lecture about?
2) When the lecture is over answer the following on your own paper
for a grade, What did you think of “being a student” in this
lecture? Be very specific about what you liked, what surprised you,
what you remember, what you learned. Describe what STUDY
SKILLS you would need to be successful in this class. (I want to
see that you actually participated, watched, and made note of what a
college lecture at UC Berkeley consists of.)
Classes
Click above to get to the class schedule
1) Click Department Name
ONLY and choose the
department you need (see
below). Then click Begin
Search.
2) Find a class you can take.
Some have restrictions. If
it says FR you can take it or if
there are no restrictions you may
take it.
3) Now find all of the
information I am asking about
for EACH class and make
your schedule. Make sure
your classes all fit in your day
with no overlapping times.
Interest Activity: Create a four (4) class schedule that includes English, Math, and two
classes of interest to you. These may be courses in your intended major, or just courses that
sound intriguing. Look at the directions below the link for how to search with it.
**Pay attention to RESTRICTIONS for each class, because some you cannot take as freshmen
or there may be prerequisites (classes you must take before the one you are looking at). ASK
ME IF THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!!
Your schedule needs to be written on your paper as follows,
Course Title Catalog Des Course Control #
EXAMPLE: English R1BP 008 LEC
Reading & Composition
Training in writing
writing about literature.
28201
Location: Day(s) and time
225 WHEELER, Tues/Thurs 3:30-5:00 pm
Units/Credit
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Thinking Runs Through Berkeley… but so does Fun!!
This California institution has become a change-maker— the place where vitamin E was discovered, a
lost Scarlatti opera found, the flu virus identified, and the nation's first no-fault divorce law drafted.
Scholars at Berkeley have conducted groundbreaking research on urban street gangs and on basic
human nutritional requirements, identified why wartime supply ships were failing at sea, invented
technologies to build faster and cheaper computer chips, and imaged the infant universe.
But, along with all of the stellar academics there is a Berkeley spirit that you
experience when you become a CAL Bear. Come experience some of that
with me! 
Interest Activity: Click the Organization Link picture to the right below. When
you get to the new page, click on at least five of the Student Organizations in the list
and see what they are about. Now select one, and tell me what about it interests
you. Name it and describe it.
Organization Link
Housing
Take a tour of the housing, and decide where you would want to live! When you live
in the residence halls, you have a meal plan, Academic Services Centers, security monitor
programs, live-in health workers, computing centers, tutoring, advising, in-room data lines,
and a community that cares about you and your academic success!
Click the college
icon above to get
to the information
and watch the
videos in the
upper-right
corner.
Interest Activity: Click on
the TWO spots above and
watch all videos.
Where do you think you
would want to live? Why? Be
specific to what you saw in
the videos.
Roommates!!!
During your time at Cal, you are likely to learn more about
yourself and others than at any other time in your life. The
students you are living with are students who, like you,
are committed to succeeding academically, personally,
and professionally. Can you imagine that? Everyone
focused on learning and growing. Everyone out to be
successful.
Interest Activity:
1) Sit with your assigned roommate.
Click above to get to
the roommate
information
2) Click on Getting to Know Your Roommate. Begin a conversation with your new
roommate by using two of the open-ended statements! 
3) Click on Skills for Effective…. ANSWER ON YOUR PAPER: Which of these skills do
you feel can make the most positive communication? Why?
4) Ask me for a Roommate Personal Assessment and Agreement. Fill out the
assessment and let me know when you are finished.
Berkeley is concerned with the physical world as
well as the intellectual. Research shows that
most freshman suffer from “The Freshman 15”,
the 15 pounds that most students gain when
they go away to college! The meal options at Cal
can help you stay, or become, healthy eaters.
Dining
Interest Activity:
CHART
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
1)Food items for each meal
2)Calories for each item
3)TOTAL for each meal: Fat, Sodium and Calories
Click the
icon to the right. Choose a place to eat
by clicking on the names. Click the food
item to get the Nutritional info for each
thing (everything is clickable). Create
a menu for a day that looks like
the chart on this slide. Create your
menu with all of the labels given on the Click above
left here, in black and red .
for menus.
Fees
Obviously, a big consideration when you are trying to choose a university
is the cost. Come learn about what it will cost you for classes.
Interest Activity:
ANSWER: Determine how much it
will cost you to attend Berkeley per
year. The amounts they give you
are per SEMESTER.
ANSWER: What is a campus fee
(click on the link to tell you)?
**Now look at the Graduate
Professional programs below the
Graduate Academic section.
Choose a program you think you
might be interested in.
ANSWER: How much will it cost
you to get your Professional
degree, per year?
ANSWER: From what you have
seen so far, why would it be worth
it to pay this amount of money to
attend UCB?
Click the picture
above to get to
the Fees page.
LINK 2
One of the most unique things about attending a UC
school is the ability to study in other countries. At Cal
you will have that opportunity if you desire it.
Interest Activity:
1) Click LINK 1:
and read about the Study Abroad program.
ANSWER: What is study abroad?
LINK 3
3) Click LINK 3 above and build your Study
Abroad. For Destination select ONLY one or two.
For Term decide how long you would want to study
abroad. For Subject Areas select ONLY one or two.
These will be your majors, what you study.
ANSWER: Write down your program choice:
destination, term, subject, and what makes your
program awesome! Get these answers after you read
all of the options that will come up after you click
SEARCH.
2) Click LINK 2 above and when you
get to the next page, watch the Study
Abroad Alumni in New Video. When
you finish, ANSWER: What can studying
abroad teach you or show you? Give
three things.
Will I Like It?
Only you can answer that question, but I wanted you to hear
from several students about what they enjoy and where they
love to hang out on the Cal campus.
Interest Activity: Watch the videos. Choose one of those
five places and tell me why it sounds interesting or like
somewhere you would like to hang out.
Click the
College
picture to
the right to
watch the
videos.
Hanging Out in Berkeley
One of the things that is the most fun is getting to know your new city and the
place where you will spend the next four years of your lives. An alumni of
Berkeley suggested the area we are going to now visit. He said he used to
eat lunch here and hang out.
Come and enjoy Telegraph Avenue. Click on the icon to get there.
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Interest Activity: Once
you get to Telegraph Avenue,
go into a few stores, get
something to eat, and find a
place to hang out by clicking
on the links. Tell me where you
would eat and where you
would shop and why. Where
might you want to hang out?
Sources
University of California Berkeley. UC Regents, 2015. Web. 19 Mar. 2015.
Links to the Information
About UC Berkeley
http://admissions.berkeley.edu/studentprofile
See the Campus
http://admissions.berkeley.edu/map/
Colleges
http://admissions.berkeley.edu/colleges
Learning at UC Berkeley
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/
Classes
http://schedule.berkeley.edu/srchfall.html
Housing
http://housing2.berkeley.edu/undergraduate
Roommates
http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/roommate.html
Dining
http://services.housing.berkeley.edu/FoodPro/dining/static/todaysentrees.asp
Fees
http://registrar.berkeley.edu/feesched.html
Study Abroad
http://eap.ucop.edu/
http://studyabroad.berkeley.edu/videos
http://uc.eap.ucop.edu/builder?_ga=1.43922914.619217377.1426196859
Will I Like It?
http://www.berkeley.edu/campus-life/student-organizations
Hanging Out in Berkeley
http://www.telegraphshop.com/index.html