university of south florida campus tour (caitlin's version)

Hi you guys, it's Caitlin and welcome or welcome back to my channel. Today I am doing a campus tour of the University of South Florida on the Tampa campus. I'm a senior here, I study environmental science and policy with a minor in biology and I'm about to graduate August 9th so I thought perfect time to show you all my favorite spots on campus so let's go. Okay so this is the John and Grace Allen building. This is actually the old USF like honors and also dilapidated building but my favorite study spot. Now we're gonna go to my secret most precious spot ever because this is basically central campus and so this is my favorite study spot. I used to like sit here because it was perfect because the view, look at the view. I just felt like it was my own mini oasis and when the weather is really nice in the fall and the spring months it gets really nice to just like sit here and it's usually really quiet because this building is kind of being like vacated and I think the nostalgia of like that old USF vibe is really cute. So the John Grace and Allen building leads you right out to the main heart of campus which is the walkway to the MSC, the Marshall Student Center which is where everybody is on campus at 12 p.m. so it's a place to avoid if you don't like heavy crowds but I love this beautiful archway. We're gonna walk through it just to show you how beautiful this campus is and we're gonna head to the MSC now. Alright so the little break between the walkways is obviously it's gorgeous all the palm trees but we call this the MLK Plaza so over there is the reflection pond of sorts. Nine times out of ten it's not really working but today it is because of all the orientations going on they want USF to look its best. This is what we call the running of the bulls on campus obviously because of the running water. Usually people will stand on this bull statue right here to take their grad photos just as an FYI but this leads up to the wonderful beautiful Marshall Student Center which was built in 2017 and then next to that is the bookstore with Cabo coffee roasters the lecture halls. I've had many lectures in here. I don't know if it's actually open. No it's not open. Silly. That just makes you guys have to watch my other videos to see what it looks like inside. And this is more of the same building but these are the lecture halls that are actually separate to it so 1051 and 1061 which is probably where you'll have like biology, chemistry, physics and maybe Orgo. And then in here is where a lot of the labs are. They also have a lot of offices in here and on the seventh floor is a really beautiful overview of the campus but let's try and go in. Okay unfortunately the whole area was under construction so no view for you guys. I'm sorry. Some honorable mentions are the chem building and the natural science building. A lot of the chem labs are in the bottom of the natural science building and then there's like a lot of like smaller courses in the chem building. In here is also my favorite study spot which is right next to this big geology rock and it gives you a nice look of campus while being in the AC. So this is actually where my microphone started to die but I was telling you guys this is one of my favorite areas. I call this kind of like the quad. It's very quaint and there are a lot of little places where you can sit down and eat in the nature. Sometimes though I don't recommend eating outside because the squirrels will really come up to you and take a bite of your food and they are not to be messed with around USF. So yeah sorry about the microphone but I'm gonna be voicing over it. So behind me are the theater buildings. There used to be a theater one but apparently that's under construction right now so next to that is theater two which I guess is just another extension of that. And then we have a lot of the fine arts buildings further down. Everything like that, all of the arts performance and stuff like that can be found over here. And now we're going to head back over to the village. So now we're at the village. This is by Pinnacle. This is where the Starbucks and the BurgerFi are which the Starbucks has seen me plenty of times before. Pinnacle is actually where they'll take you for a dorm tour because the village is the newest USF campus housing built in 2017 and it's actually where I lived for two years both in Beacon and in Summit Hall. So what I loved the most about the village was the fact that it had a dining hall central but also that it had the Fit right across from me. Fit is one of my favorite gyms ever. I loved it so much and I cannot thank USF enough for having the Fit. The village was just such a hub for a lot of exciting things happening on campus and I feel really grateful that I got to live here. So I highly recommend living in the village area especially if you want something new, exciting, filled with lots of freshmen. It's definitely the place to be. The parking isn't as good as some of the other options on campus but as I mentioned before it obviously is a newer location. It has the hub which is arguably one of the worst dining halls on campus but it'll get you by. And just the dorms are unbeatable with how clean, new, and refreshed that they are. Same with the Fit being so close it's nice to just be in walking distance to such an incredible gym. I also want to mention that I talk a lot in my freshman guide about all of the housing options and living on campus. So that includes a Holly, all the apartments itself, as we make our way over to the Argos complex. So that is Argos dining hall which is a really good dining hall on campus. It has flip kitchen, smoothie options, and then it also has like a rotating station as well as a little coffee area which you can use one meal site a day at Argos and boy should you use it. Argos is also home to the oldest dorms on campus. This is Kosov which has like suite style and small kitchenettes in here and then there is Castor across the way which is the oldest most traditional style of living on campus here built in like the 60s I believe. So she's still kicking it and then there is also Beda which Beda is behind Argos here. This is the little market at Argos where you can get little things that you need as well as coffee. I know you can't hear me as well that's because my microphone broke. I apologize. Or didn't break it just died. This is Castor Beach, more like Castor Pond. Okay, lots of ducks over here and then again Castor Hall is right there why it's Castor Pond. Hello. Hello. This is a beautiful walk to a lot of the, I guess, what would you call it? Classes? Your classes on campus? What would you call this thing? Howdy. Okay guys my sweat level was a thousand at this point it was just so blistery hot outside but I wanted to show you guys that behind me was the Moomin College of Business. I haven't really been here other than one class but it's basically considered the bunker. There's a few restaurants to know to eat as well and then you have Cooper Hall which is the fine arts building as well as the College of Arts and Sciences and it has a subway location as well which has probably seen me way too much this semester and back. So next to me is the new Honors College building. This is the newest building on UF's campus and if you are an honor student you can utilize all floors and if you're not an honor student you can only utilize the first and second floor and the first floor houses a buddy brew coffee location which is pretty good. Guys I failed you. I'm sorry but it is so hot outside I can't function. But on a real note I'm sorry I really tried the whole microphone thing. I did the best that I could and I hope that you at least got a little bit of something out of it. I obviously encourage you guys to get the campus tour but I felt like it was nice to kind of show you guys my favorite more secluded spots on campus and I know I didn't show you guys any of the engineering buildings but I've never really been over there because engineers go over there. Not me. My nose was starting to itch me the whole time as well. Oh my gosh and it was just hot carrying all of our bags and stuff so I apologize but I hope you guys liked this video. Feel free to watch my ultimate freshman guide video where I talk in detail about all the housing and stuff like that. How to prepare for your first year at USF. And then I also encourage you guys to watch my vlogs because my last one is coming up which is going to be my move out video. Yeah bye guys.