1. A Virtual Field Trip to UC Berkeley

2. 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! General Tour Information 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!! UC Berkeley was founded in 1868. It was the first UC campus. Berkeley, California

3. 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.

4. Freshmen Academic Performance Berkeley is one of the toughest UC’s to get into. Learn here what they look at beyond the basic requirements. 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. ACT Assessment Plus Writing or the SAT Reasoning Test Click above to get to the information. 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?

5. 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

6. 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? Colleges Click to access the schools

7. 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!! I want you to experience some of the classes offered at this top- ranked 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.) Physics 8A Lecture 4Physics 8A Lecture 4 Biology 1A Lecture 3Biology 1A Lecture 3 Chemistry 1A Lecture 2Chemistry 1A Lecture 2 Economics 1 Lecture 2Economics 1 Lecture 2 Sociology 1 Lecture 1 Sociology 1 Lecture 1 Electrical Engineering 140Electrical Engineering 140 Computer Science 61A Computer Science 61A Multivariable Calculus Lecture 7Multivariable Calculus Lecture 7

8. Classes 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 # Location: Day(s) and time Units/Credit EXAMPLE: English R1BP 008 LEC Training in writing 28201 225 WHEELER, Tues/Thurs 3:30-5:00 pm 4 Reading & Composition writing about literature. 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.

9. 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

10. 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! 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. Click the college icon above to get to the information and watch the videos in the upper-right corner. Click here also to see a longer video.

11. 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. 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. Click above to get to the roommate information

12. Dining CHART Breakfast Lunch Dinner 1)Food items for each meal 2)Calories for each item 3) TOTAL for each meal: Fat, Sodium and Calories Interest Activity: 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 left here, in black and red. Click above for menus. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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? 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. LINK 2 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.

15. Will I Like It? 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. 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. Click the College picture to the right to watch the videos.

16. 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. 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? ICON

17. 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