It was in person last Feb before the pandemic hit. Their website definitely said before you even schedule a tour look at your scores and grades and compare them to our averages…yikes!
UCB just looked a bit unkempt in places. The town was fine, it looked as I would expect a college town to look, but the campus was pretty in parts and run-down in others. Our tour guide and speakers were not very dynamic which didn’t help. We wanted to like it- I know it’s an EXCELLENT school - but all walked away with the same impression.
I had to remind my son that the days we toured campuses made a difference. Like we went to Stanford on a holiday and Pomona on a Friday and they were sleepy. USC we saw on a regular weekday and the spirit was high.