UC Berkeley Essay
The field trip to UC Berkeley turned out to be a learning experience, but a fun one too. It was fun to be there with my friends and to learn about it at the same time. To tell the truth, I really didn’t have many expectations because I didn’t think about it too much before we went there. But, most of the things that I did expect, happened. I’ve been to the campus before, so I really didn’t think I’d be surprised about anything, but there were a lot of things that surprised me.
Some of the things that I expected was what the campus was going to look like, how we were going to get there, what we were going to do and what the weather was going to be like. Like I said, I had already been there, so I thought that I had an idea of what the campus looked like, but I guess I really didn’t walk around as much the last time. I knew we were going to take BART because Randy had already told us that, and he told us we were going to have a tour around the campus, too. But, I didn’t expect to have the freedom to walk around for about an hour by ourselves, so I thought that was really fun. I expected the weather to be just a little cold because the news said it would be, but it turned out to be really hot. I also learned a lot from our tour guide.
What I learned from our tour guide was about some of the buildings that they had over there, admissions, dorm life, and more that I can’t remember right now. One thing that I learned was that there were actual students ringing the bells at that huge tower, called Sather Tower. I also learned that the cost to go to school over there was about 20,000 to about 30,000 dollars depending on whether you lived there or at home. Another thing was that the dorms weren’t really on campus. There were other things I learned, but there was so much I really can’t remember.
Overall, I really like the field trip. It was a great experience, and I learned a lot. Most of the expectations I had were met, but I really wish it hadn’t been so hot. I was also surprised about a couple of things too. Not only that, but I’m pretty sure we all had a lot of fun because we were all able to be together.
