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 unique universities in the world! UCB General Tour Information Itinerary Explore the different colleges Explore the different colleges Talk to students about their learning experiences Talk to students about their learning experiences Join a class and college lecture; become a UC Berkeley student Join a class and college lecture; become a UC Berkeley student Choose other courses to visit Choose other courses to visit Explore the campus and dorms with UC Berkeley students Explore the campus and dorms with UC Berkeley students Learn from students what makes Cal freshman year so unique Learn from students what makes Cal freshman year so unique Discover why your hard work now is so worth it!! Discover why your hard work now is so worth it!! Berkeley, California Click the bear. Watch the introductory video. ANSWER: List three cool things you learn about UCB.

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 2015, ANSWER: 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 school info. 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) Click the video link and watch the video. 2) Click the School Info. link and 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. BUT there are other things that they evaluate. Using the info. in 1-6 from the link, Answer: Why do they care about criteria 1-6? Click here to get to the video

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) When the places and their names come up. Click on the name bar to learn about each building. Not ALL places are clickable. Just select a few in order to answer the following questions. ANSWER: Write down two interesting facts you learned FROM EACH SECTION : two from LIVE, two from STUDY and two from CONNECT, six total. This means explore the campus, click on the name bars, read the info. that pops up and tell me what looks captivating. Each section has a Read More link at the end of the little info. paragraph. Click it and you will be able to learn about MANY other aspects of Berkeley. They are kind of like secret compartments!! ANSWER: Name one more spot from each section that you clicked the Read More button for and explain what you learned about this place. You will NOT get credit for this slide unless you complete BOTH answers. 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). LOOK!!!! 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? If you do not find what you want, scroll to the bottom and click on Majors & Minors and read more. 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, ANSWER: 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. ANSWER: 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 and will require of you and your brain and study habits. What AVID skills could you use?) Physics 8A Lecture 4Physics 8A Lecture 4 Biology 1A Lecture 9Biology 1A Lecture 9 Chemistry 1A Lecture 2Chemistry 1A Lecture 2 Astronomy C12 Lecture 22Astronomy C12 Lecture 22 Sociology 1 Lecture 6 Sociology 1 Lecture 6 Nuclear Engineering 101 Lecture 3Nuclear Engineering 101 Lecture 3 Computer Science 10 Computer Science 10 Multivariable Calculus Lecture 6Multivariable Calculus Lecture 6

8. Classes Interest Activity: ANSWER: 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!! You can ONLY take Lower Division courses 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 here to get to the class schedule 1) Click Course Classification ONLY and then click Lower division. Now click Begin Search. 2) Find the classes I asked for. 3) 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. 4) 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. 1) Click Course Classification ONLY and then click Lower division. Now click Begin Search. 2) Find the classes I asked for. 3) 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. 4) 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. Directions LINK

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. ANSWER: Name it and describe it. READ about it! Use the ABOUT US Tabs to find out enough information to completely describe what it is and what you would do in this organization. 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: 1) Click the link above and watch the ENTIRE VIDEO ANSWER: Do you think you would like to live in a dorm? Whatever your answer, prove you watched the video by giving reasons for your answer from what you saw in the video. 2) Now, watch the ENTIRE VIDEO ANSWER: Tell me what benefits there are to living in a residence hall, as discussed in the video. **Both answers need you to discuss actual things you saw in the videos. PROVE you watched them!! Click the college icon above to get to the different dorms and info. about residence hall experience. VIDEO 2:Click here too! VIDEO 1

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. ANSWER: 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). ANSWER: 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. This means you will be able to work in this field when you are finished! 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? You must read the entire page and figure this out. The first sentence is only a tiny part of the answer!! 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. Complete these to get the answer for this Question and then figure out what will be awesome! LINK 1

15. Will I Like It? Interest Activity: Read the entire page. There are FIVE different sections for you to find places that sound interesting: -Movie Theaters, -Coffee Shops, -Restaurants, -Museums, and -Good Places. Choose FOUR places that sound interesting and explain why. Click on each picture to get the info about the place. ANSWER: Write the name of EACH place and why it interests you. You may only choose ONE from each section, except Good Places. Choose as many as you like from that section. Only you can answer that question, but I wanted you to see some of the activities and opportunities available to you in the Bay Area. Click the College picture to get to the locations.

16. Sources University of California Berkeley. UC Regents, 2016. Web. 11 Jan. 2016. Links to the Information UCB General Tour Information https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtc1ZFNmkzY2FPVUU 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 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtLU9tZFgtWUQ5RFU https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtODZVTFJzTlFlemc https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtdFVJaEFXUGJUS3c https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtcTdfc0Z5aW13TUk https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtd1k2b2JjNlRoQ1k https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtdW5CM1FEVEtqWFU https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtaVdacFVGcURqekk https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtcE1zaWhmYVR2ajg Classes http://schedule.berkeley.edu/srchfall.html Housing https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtLXNkRjRkdUFrNlE https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0VzDWJacrOtZmhEZmZGc3NGQ3c 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://admissions.berkeley.edu/bayarea