Campus tours

After having just completed my first year here at UC Berkeley, there’s so much I could say about the various adjustments, challenges, and questions that stood before me that were unprecedented. Coming from a high school with a magnificent humanities writing program that fostered my ability to write, think critically, and find liberation through communication and literature, I felt nervous entering the STEM-oriented nature of the College of Chemistry as a Chemical Biology major. At first, it all felt like a dream, being able to study at such a prestigious college that is...

As a Campus Ambassador at Cal, a major part of my job working at the Campanile and giving tours is answering all the questions that our visiting guests, alumni, and students have to offer. That being said, having just worked my 18th tour and 18th campanile shift, I’ve started to notice that with each shift comes very similar patterns in the questions being asked. And because of that, I wanted to discuss the five most frequently asked questions that I have received (with some responses of which may make Berkeley an even more appealing school to you:)).

“Is it true that Cal...

If you’ve been on one of our guided campus tours, you’ve heard our tour guides talk about all the facts and statistics and superstitions of Berkeley. But how do they get to the polished final product that they are? Let me walk you through the journey of a campus tour script.

When we’re brand new campus ambassadors, our first step is to read a thousand-page textbook on the history of Berkeley. Just kidding…kind of. We do get a manual with all the information about campus, and we draw from it to write our tour...