UCSB - Campus Tour + Q&A
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- HELLO MY LOVELIES!
Since I am graduating college in 1 day I thought I should make a campus tour video for any of you that might be interested in going to UCSB! (I also dragged Cam along for it haha) I tried to make it as thorough as possible and that is why it’s so dang long but at the end there is a campus Q&A, which hopefully can answer almost any question you might have about our school. If not though, feel free to leave yor questions down below and I’ll do my best to answer them!
P.S. Timestamps are below so that you can easily find what you’re looking for!
XO,
Annika
Instagrams:
Me: / annika_helmer
Cam: / cam.gul
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CAMPUS LOCATIONS
0:41 DP House
1:55 IV beach access
3:02 Manzanita Village (continued later)
4:10 Manzanita Village beach access
6:07 Labyrinth
6:25 Campus Point
6:50 Manzanita Village continued
7:18 Carillo dining commons and pool
9:09 Manzanita gym
10:27 San Rafael
11:23 Lagoon
12:50 Art building
13:03 University Center
25:09 Storke Tower + kcsb
28:47 Ortega dining common
29:09 Freshman dorm area
29:56 DLG dining common
32:50 Inside a freshman dorm
33:12 Dorm bathrooms
34:00 Inside dorm rooms
36:15 Freshman dorm ocean access
36:37 the REEF and various lecture buildings
39:27 Campus Gate
40:22 More various lecture buildings
44:41 Career counseling
45:24 Student affairs and administrative services offices
45:49 Arbor
46:54 Library
47:33 More various lecture buildings
49:57 Water polo pool
50:20 Bus loop
51:01 Sports buildings
51:44 Recreation Center
52:33 Track and Field
52:50 Softball
53:16 Baseball
53:43 Soccer
54:26 Health Center
55:08 Various lecture buildings continued
15:14 Basketball
COLLEGE TOWN
57:41 Pardall tunnel
58:10 Isla Vista
QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
1:06:13 Q and A
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Thank you so much for this!! Im an incoming freshman and this was sooo helpful!
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Amazingly thorough tour. I haven't been on campus since I was a student there in 1970. It was wonderful to be able to revisit it through this video. The campus appears to have expanded but not changed in character. It was nice to have Cam along for the company. The inserts and the q&a at the end were appreciated. Your future in film production looks bright!
Thank you this was a very helpful tour! I’m going to UCSB this fall and the level of detail in this vlog is very much appreciated.
Malina Adams congratulations!! I hope you have an amazing time there 💕 I’m so glad the video was helpful 🥰
same omg!
Thank you for this video! I was accepted to a couple of schools, but I have been debating between UCSB and UCSD for a couple of reasons. Not sure why, but I started tearing up with in the first five minutes and I feel like it is a sign for me to decide on Santa Barbara :)
Alaniz Macias awwww 💕 I was also debating between those two schools for a while! It was after I took a tour of both that I decided UCSB was the place for me, so it makes me really happy to know that my little attempt at a virtual tour gave you that same feeling 🥰 Either way, I hope you have an amazing experience at whichever school you end up attending ❤️
Yes I love this! Thank you for this, especially not being able to see the campus myself during this pandemic.
I’m so glad it was helpful for you! That’s the whole reason why I made it 😊 so that students who don’t get a chance to visit the campus can take a virtual tour
Our daughter will be a freshman this fall and this is SO SO helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! I really appreciate it! I hope your friend Cam had a great time in Europe and that you and her are doing really well!
thank you so much for this video! I was accepted into a few different UC's and, since none of them are having tours this year, this is SUPER helpful! thanks again!
You’re welcome! (And congrats on the acceptances!! 💕) This is exactly why I wanted to make this video in the first place so I’m really glad it’s coming in handy ☺️
This is BEST, most social/personal school tour I’ve ever seen. Awesome job.🙌🏼✨✨✨✨✨
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it ☺️
@@annika_helmer I did.🙏🏼🙂
Thank you for making this video! I was accepted, and I really wanted to know the details about UCSB campus life. You were really thorough, and I really appreciate that!
alwashallyizfiz congratulations!! 🎉 and thank you 💕I’m so glad my video was helpful! If you’re interested in knowing more about what it’s like to go to UCSB I have another video about my experience there 😊 ua-cam.com/video/SPG56BbHb9M/v-deo.html
wow you literally covered every side of the campus, haven't seen a campous tour this deteialed before😮
I like to be thorough lol
this video made me want to apply to ucsb and now i'm going there in the fall :) thank you for this tour!
Awww! CONGRATS!!! 🎉🍾🥂You just made my day 🥰 I hope you have an amazing time there 🌴💕
Thank you so much for this, I've decided almost fully in UCI, but I wanted to tour my top 3 UCs I was accepted at and my tour at UCLA is tomorrow morning. Berkeley and Santa Cruz are just too far otherwise I'd have done my top 4, but this is an amazing tour and I'm glad I got to see my 3rd choice before submitting my decision (just a little ways in still have to finish your wonderful tour), but this is the best online tour I've seen for any of the campuses so I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates you doing this. In two years when I'm a senior at UCI I think I'll do the same.
Thank you so much! It took a lot of time and effort so I’m glad to hear it’s been useful ☺️ Also, congrats on all your acceptances!! 🥳🎉
@@annika_helmer Thank you, ended up picking UCI, partially due to getting to see my other options more fully!
@@mattm2451 Awesome!! I’m so happy for you ☺️
I really want to go study at ucsb! make a video about your experience plz
feel free to check out our channel if you're looking for any more UCSB/college life videos! wishing you the best of luck this application season:)
This was so enjoyable and informative. You guys are funny! Thank you!!
Aww thank you! I’m so glad it was helpful ☺️
OMG thank you for this vid btw! Its super helpful ESPECIALLY during the pandemic with everything closed
You’re welcome! I’m so glad it’s helpful ☺️
can u do an incoming freshman at sbcc tips vid? like the best places to stay, things we should know, where to go, etc?:)
Mia Valentina unfortunately I am not familiar with SBCC at all! I had a handful of friends who went there but I myself was never around that area. As far as I know there are living spaces near CC as well but the people that I did know who went there spent a lot of time in isla vista (some even lived in isla vista) and came to a lot of UCSB’s events!
Annika Helmer okay thank you so much for the information, I really appreciate it girl! I am going to sbcc as an incoming freshman straight out of high school this next year. I won’t know anyone at all there, do you have any recommendations on how to find roommates ?! like apps, etc?
Mia Valentina no problem! And yes there’s a handful of Facebook pages that are a great way to find people to live with! The roomie posts I’ve seen are usually on “free & for sale” pages
wait i totally agree with the lack of football being a downside! I loved football in high school and I would cheerlead on the sidelines. when I was picking a school one of my factors were that a football team had to be there, however, I did end up picking ucsb. I'll miss the football
Same!! At my high school football wasn’t a huge deal so I was hoping that I’d get to experience some bigger football games in college but unfortunately that was not the case 😕 The good news though is that UCSB is still very sport heavy so there’s always a game of some kind that you can go to and soccer at UCSB is almost as big as football at other schools so if you want that big game vibe then def go to some soccer games!
I really enjoyed this tour
thank u so much for this! i wish i was able to visit campus but I'm sooooo excited for next year :(
You’re welcome! I‘m glad to hear this video is coming in handy for people who aren’t able to visit campus 😊 I hope you have an amazing time next year!! 💕
Annika Helmer thank u!!!
Thank you for this!!!! Class of 2014 ❤️ Best memories!
Awww I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! 🥰
Today just now I got accepted for a fully-funded research project by my supervisor at UCSB ....very excited to join over there for pursuing my Ph.D. program.
Wow that’s amazing!!! I don’t even know you and I’m proud of you 😂💕 I hope you have a wonderful time ☺️ Congrats!! 🎉
@@annika_helmer Thank you so much.
“These fish wack as hell” 😂 was laughing so hard
Beautiful campus and girls
Thank you! ☺️
is there a laundromat on campus for the freshmans?
I never lived in the freshman dorms but I’m pretty sure they have at least one laundry room per building. In Manzanita Village (where I lived) I know for sure that there’s one per building!
who has seen the whole video?
Not able to have a tour due to covid so this helped
I’m so glad it was helpful! It must be frustrating not being able to see campus’s in person 😕 I can only imagine that makes the process of choosing a school even harder
thank you for this tour! i was wondering do you know what mailing address to use for big packages? does each dorm/ residence hall have its own mailing room for students who live there and their mail?
You’re welcome! ☺️ Yes you actually still use your PO box address for bigger packages. The package will be held in the mailroom and all you have to do is go up to the counter and give them your PO number. They’ll find your package for you and then all you have to do is sign for it!
@@annika_helmer thank you so much
love the empty vodka bottles in the bedroom lmao
Thanks
I heard you say that you’re a film major, I’m trying to decide if I’m going to go here and would love it if you could tell me how you liked that major? Thanks!
Lindsay Skrabo Yes! Sorry in advance for how long this is, I just finished writing it and I didn’t expect to have this much to say lol
The official title of the major is “Film and Media Studies” and I definitely feel like it was the perfect fit for me. Quick backstory: I entered without a major and thought that I would end up doing some sort of marine bio or psych type of major. I tried a variety of classes and ultimately decided that those majors just weren’t for me. Don’t get wrong, the science behind it all really fascinates me but I just wasn’t passionate enough about it all to put myself through grueling lectures and labs and studying. So after a year at UCSB I took a moment to reflect on what I was passionate about growing up, what my hobbies were when I was younger (and what I still am passionate about) and one of those things happened to be film. If this UA-cam video and all the footage I took isn’t an example of how much I use cameras on a daily basis then I don’t know what is lol. So I looked into being a film major and it was the best decision for me.
Here are some quick pros and cons of the major at UCSB specifically: PRO, you get to watch a LOT of movies and that counts as a class. CON, they’re not always going to be movies you want to see but you’ll still have to sit through them and takes notes for the papers you’ll have to write later. PRO, there are some great hands on classes where you get to work with all types of film equipment and create your own works of art. CON, overall it’s not a very hands on program and there will be a ton of writing and analysis and history and theory taught in lectures. A lot of students work on projects outside of class, often with other students. PRO, if you’re seriously interested in film it is a great way to meet very talented people with a similar interest, a lot of which are heading to LA after graduating and could be a great network to have. CON, and this is my own experience, I didn’t click very well with a lot of the students in the film department. I guess we just had very different types of personalities or ways of approaching things but there were a few that I got along great with (there will always be those few! And quality over quantity anyway amiright) Lastly, a big CON for me was that if you enter the major knowing almost nothing about film like I did you might feel very behind, incompetent or unqualified or whatever you want to call it because you’ll be surrounded by many students who live and breathe film. I felt like a fraud the entire time, like I had nothing to offer, or like I skipped a few grades and had to try and catch up. However, I realized later on that a lot of people actually felt that way and hid it like I did so they wouldn’t feel stupid in front of the students and professors that already seemed to know everything. But a big PRO that I discovered about myself not already being well versed in film was that I brought a different approach and perspective to the table that some students didn’t - the ones who stuck with what they already knew and the film “rules” and norms that have been in place for forever. I had a professor tell me once that one of the papers I wrote was unlike anything she has ever read and that I was able to analyze things in such a unique way. Getting that feedback was the affirmation I needed to make me feel like I was in the right place even if I felt out of place. Also, fun fact, she now uses that paper of mine in her current lesson plan so even though I felt unqualified almost my entire time there, I guess I did have something to offer after all 😊
I hope this helped!!
Because the major is heavily writing and analysis based, would you say it’s a pretty difficult course or does the project and movie time ease it out a bit? Also, I’m not super into movies and similar to you not much of a film junkie already, but my goal is to make music videos. Do you remember practicing anything related to music videos or having the opportunity to make one? :)
Lindsay Skrabo It honestly depends on the classes. Some are like essay writing boot camps and it’s actual torture whereas others are all project based and you’re making short films every week. There are also different paths you can take within the major. For example, if you wanted to be a screenwriter there are multiple courses specifically for that. I was never aware of any courses related to music videos though but I took a sound engineering class at one point and you learn a lot about effects and scores and all that good stuff. It was a crazy hard class but the professor was very understanding. Ultimately, there are going to be certain classes that everyone in the major is required to take and those are all very writing based but once you pass those you can start customizing your schedule more toward your particular interest. If you get a chance to browse through all the FAMST (film and media studies) course options it might help you figure out if UCSB offers anything related to your interests
my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/CollegesDepartments/ls-intro/flmst.aspx?DeptTab=Courses
Thank you❣️helps a ton
Lindsay Skrabo anytime! 😊
Video was really amazing!! What are internship opportunities in UCSB
I’m not too familiar with all the available opportunities but this page may give you some more information! career.ucsb.edu/gain-experience/internships/search-for-internships/
Hey, I'm going to UCSB as an exchange student for my junior year, do you have any like housing/dorms you could recommend? I'm looking for somewhere that's still social but with more upperclassmen. Ty!!!
Hi! If you’re looking for off campus housing I lived in San Clemente Villages one summer and loved it. I also had some friends who lived in the Santa Ynez Apartments and they loved it there. If you’re looking for on campus housing that has a variety of students I’d recommended Manzanita Village (I lived there all 4 years except summers) but it’s more of a dorm type situation so if you’re looking for more of an apartment type of situation I’d recommend the first two! The one thing I loved about Manzanita Village though is that it’s right at the edge of campus so you’re technically on campus but can walk into isla vista within a couple of minutes. Also, even though the bathrooms are shared they have locks so you can have one to yourself if need be!
@@annika_helmer tysm! that's super helpful!
@@mathildastack2410 you’re welcome! Lmk if you have any more questions ☺️
tell Cam that Freie Universität is fun lmao
I got accepted to UCSB as a film and media studies as a transfer. How did you like the major? Would you recommend going there for film? How was the classes? Thanks!
OMG Congrats!! 🎉😍 I loved the major, it was definitely the right decision for me. I entered undecided and bounced around between marine bio, psych, and sociology for a bit before landing on film & media. It took a little soul searching to realize that something I love to do as a hobby could actually be my major and career one day lol. As for the classes I do have to say that some are brutal and some are easy (same goes for almost every major) but for film some of the most brutal classes are the ones where you have to write a lot. UCSB’s film & media major is a “critical studies” type major so there will be a lot of movie watching and analyzing and you will learn a lot about film history and techniques. There are a good amount of hands on classes as well but you kind of have to get through the writing ones first. I remember one class had us write a new essay every other week. It was something like 8-10 pages and she would assign the prompt on Mondays and expect the completed essay on Fridays (wouldn’t even give us the weekend to prepare or anything - like how rude 😂. I swear some teachers really think we don’t have other classes/assignments). Anyway, to sum it all up I guess I’d say it’s not the most hands on school for film but you do get a lot of opportunities to work on projects both related and unrelated to class. There will be a lot of writing and even though you will watch a lot of movies it’s not an easy major. Also, there are some really incredible guest speakers that pop over from LA that make it so worth it.
Little anecdote: I remember in one of my very first film classes we had one of the writers from modern family come speak to us and tell us all about his experience working on the show. At the end we had to take a quiz and he was still sitting on the stage when we had to turn our quizzes in. There were different piles at the edge of the stage for the quizzes based on who your TA was but I’d forgotten my TA’s name and had no idea what I was doing. I was a few feet away from him and I guess he noticed that I looked kind of lost and stressed so when I glanced up for a moment he gave me one of the most reassuring smiles and whispered in my direction, “don’t worry, you’re doing just fine.” For some reason that worked like a charm and even though it was a very overwhelming 2nd or 3rd day in class my stress just disappeared. It could have been what he said or maybe I just didn’t have the mental capacity to stress anymore because I was so shocked that a famous writer decided to comfort me. Either way, I left Pollack Theater that day and was like “he’s right, I got this” 😂 To this day that moment still means so much to me 🥰
Sorry that was a lot lol but I hope it answered your questions! Let me know if you have any others ☺️
Thank you so much for responding back and the great information that you provided! I have three other questions about the students and professors in film. Did it feel like there was a competition between the students? That’s one thing I’m afraid of and how are the professors? Are they nice, and equal between men and women and are helpful? Do students go to grad school for film production such as UCLA, NYU, or USC and if yes, do you know how helpful the department are?
@@sissirivas4880 You’re welcome! Honestly, speaking from my experience, there was a feeling of competition among students but it was kind of subtle. It was never verbalized, meaning I never heard people talking about how much better they or their projects were than others. It was the kind of competition that you get when you have hundreds of creative people in a major that are just trying to impress others with their work. In most of the classes where you’re watching movies and analyzing them, learning the history and writing essays, there isn’t a feeling of competition. It’s in the hands-on classes where you might be creating short films (or something like that) that the feeling of competition becomes more apparent. However, like I said it’s a subtle feeling and part of the reason why I felt it could be because of my own insecurities. My entire time in that major I felt pretty incompetent. 😅 Have you ever heard of the imposter syndrome? That’s what it was like for me lol. In the analysis classes I actually felt pretty good about my work. In office hours I had a professor tell me that my approach when writing about a particular film was brilliant. She’d been showing the same film every year to every class she taught and said she’d never seen anyone analyze the way I had and found it very refreshing. So like I said, I never felt too bad about my work when it came to writing. However, when it came to actually making things like short films or sound editing projects I felt like a fish out of water. There is a lot of diversity among the film students in regards to skill set. When I entered UCSB my knowledge of equipment and editing was as basic as it could get. On the other hand, there were students who lived and breathed filmmaking and had been working on projects for years. Some had even interned at places in LA back in high school where they learned a good amount about film before coming to UCSB. When I watched their finished projects and compared them to mine it felt like comparing an academy award winning film to a home movie that a five-year-old accidentally filmed. 😂 Even though there are moments like that you are not alone if you feel like you know nothing about film. A majority of the students in the major are all in the same boat. Also, I got to know one of the guys who created one of the “academy award winning worthy” films (we’re actually really good friends now) and I came to learn that even he felt a lot of the same insecurities I did. That’s actually one of the biggest lessons I took away from there - that no matter how skilled you may be there’s always someone who’s less skilled and someone who’s more skilled than you. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses and no matter what competition you may feel in the major a lot of the students come together to help each other out.
As for the professors I’d say they’re pretty equal and helpful. Of course, there will be some that you don’t click with and you’ll think they are mean or annoying. For the most part though I had no problems with mine! One thing I do want to note about professors and the differing skill levels of students is that, yes, professors will be impressed by projects that look really professional and well done. However, they seem to love watching students who come in with almost no skills learn and improve and even if their projects still look like a 5 year old made them they look for the progress and they love it!
I actually don’t know too much about grad school for film majors. I didn’t go to grad school and the few friends I made in my major didn’t either. I do know that it’s an option though! After getting a degree in film from USCB I’m sure that you’d qualify to go to any of those places. For this question I feel like it may be best if you contact the Film department at UCSB for more info!
@@annika_helmer wow honestly thank you so much! Just yesterday I accepted the offer to attend there for fall. I’m scared lol but I hope everything goes well. The information you provided will be so helpful, I really appreciate you responding back with long paragraphs when you didn’t have to. I’m sure your projects was amazing, if I was there I would’ve told you so! Best of luck to you and I wish you nothing but happiness and success! ☺️
@@sissirivas4880 Awww yay!!! I’m so excited for you 😍 No problem! I always try to respond to comments as best as I can.
I was scared too, especially because I didn’t have any friends who were also going to UCSB. The first few weeks were pretty lonely and overwhelming but once you settle in a bit, get your own routines going, and meet new people it should be a lot less scary ☺️
Thank you! You’re so sweet 🥰 honestly though my first few projects were not great 😂
Best of luck to you too!!! ❤️ I hope you have a wonderful time there! 🌴🌊☀️💕
Thanks for showing around this area. Why didnt you catched this lizzard at 6:30 he asked for it 😅 never been to isla Vista Santa Barbara just heard of it when this Shooting happened years ago. greetings from germany.
Honestly, I don’t know lol I used to catch lizards all the time when I was younger! I guess I thought I’d just let him try and catch some rays ☀️ You should visit if you get a chance! Isla vista is a really unique place. Greetings from a half German! ☺️
@@annika_helmer Yes, the animals surely also want their rest 😅
where from Germany do your relatives come from? Here in Bavaria there are only very very rarely lizards, sometimes snakes but I'm personally rather afraid of them, almost get a heart attack when they are suddenly in front of me :D
Yes I will definitely visit the Los Angeles area in the next few years, if Corona is finally at least halfway under control, looks really beautiful there, in Europe probably most comparable with Croatia which is only a few hours drive from me but now all borders are closed more or less...
@@snappysilencer4574 I totally understand that lol anything that moves on the ground in front of me gives me a little shock for a second. I’m not really afraid of them though, but I do try to be careful of snakes. Croatia?? As a Californian I don’t know if I agree that LA is comparable to Croatia 😂 Croatia looks GORGEOUS from what I’ve seen and although LA does have it’s beautiful moments I’m sure it doesn’t hold a candle to Croatia 😍
My relatives come from Hamburg, Germany!
@@annika_helmer Really 😅you still scare when what crawls in front of you after you have already caught so many, has never bitten you a lizard or are they different from snakes?
Yeah I don't know exactly why snakes scare me so much maybe because a good friend of mine was bitten when we were only about 8(only by a grass snake but still that probably just stays in your head, she didn't let go of his foot that fast either 😅)
Yesss :D hm I thought more about the nature and wildlife, not what people have built there... In that field Croatia can not quite keep up I think 😂 is just smaller, much smaller, the whole country got almost the same population than LA, i was there with Approx 30 students and the company who payed for everything for that trip chartered a private Yacht and we shipped from Porec to limski fjord was a really nice Holiday.
I think LA or the whole metropolitan area there would be too big or densely populated for me to live there i think i would feel too anonymous, unless I would be very very rich like Markus Persson (notch of Minecraft) for example 😂😂
Doesn't hold a candle means ist nicht überlegen / is not superior am i right, sorry never heard that before lol
Ah Hamburg exactly the other side of Germany where I live, have been there actually a few times really nice city.
damn kim clean up that room
😂 it was move out weekend so everything was a bit of a mess lmao
how did you get a single room? especially your first year
I don’t know if the room applications have changed in the last 5 years but when I was a freshman you had to fill out your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd room choices with the options being a single room, a double room, or a triple. I heard that people often get placed in their second or third choices so I wrote “single” for all 3 😂
@@annika_helmer lmfao I never knew this.
@@AndrewRKenny 😂 now you do 😏
@@annika_helmer does it cost more for a single room? Also how likely it is that you can get one?
@@gurleenb. yes it does cost more but I believe it’s also combined with whichever meal plan you choose. Also, I don’t know about the likelihood but like I said in my comment above I just made sure to put “single room” for all the options!
Wow... Cam not real big on housekeeping.
lol cut her some slack, it was moving day 😂
I sent this to a friend who's curious about UCSB. Hope life's treating you well!
Oh good! I hope it helps them out ☺️ life’s been decent for the most part lol I hope you’re doing well too 💕
Do you make your own thumbnails?
Partyboy Danny I do!
I need to marry this woman & move us to Maui! Wow! * Cav *
can you take me surfing? I'm transferring in the fall lol
they said you're allergic to santa barbara cuz you're blonde and they knew you would believe it lmao