Take a Tour!

No matter how many magazine articles, national rankings, or news reports you see on colleges, nothing truly compares to actually seeing a day in the life of a student through a good old fashioned campus tour. My name is Jared Zack, and I'm a student affairs officer who also supervises the campus tours program at UCLA. Actually, as a junior in high school, it was this very tour that convinced me that UCLA was my best fit, and persuaded me to make, in my opinion, the best choice of my life.

With ski week and spring break right around the corner, there's no better time than now to visit UCLA! I invite you to tour our campus, and want to make you aware of the different options you have.

To book a tour, you have the option of directly contacting our campus tours office at (310) 825-8764. Tours are offered at 10:15am and 2:15pm, Monday through Friday. Saturday tours are offered only at 10:15am. There may, however, be changes in the typical schedule due to holiday closures and finals week for our students.

You can also book a tour yourself! Just go to our campus tours website, www.admissions.ucla.edu/tours, and follow the easy steps to reserve a spot with one of our distinguished tour guides.

Lastly, if you'd like to view the campus at your own leisure, our newest addition is the tours podcast. You have the opportunity to download a tour to your iPod or MP3 player, giving you plenty of time to enjoy all UCLA has to offer! The podcast is narrated by three of our tour guides: Mike Stevenson, Shaiya Rahman, and Jed Levine. You can find the podcast, with all downloading directions, at www.admissions.ucla.edu/podcasts/tour.html.

Look forward to having you all visit over the next few months!