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Real Life 101: Goes To College, Part 1

18 minutes 37 seconds

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Crowd of people walks along a partially shaded campus path with large trees and a flag along the side. A building appears in the background. Caption. Around about 35,000 of those students are undergraduate students.

Consults with a student ambassador to find out about student life at the University of Florida. Visits a dorm room and see what life is like living away from home. An admissions counselor discusses what needs to be done now to get into college later. Finally, the student body president provides an overview of the operations of the student government and how it serves the needs of the school. Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) description, (2) English subtitles in a black box.

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Runtime: 18 minutes 37 seconds

Topic: Careers, Education
Subtopic: Job Skills, Occupations, Postsecondary
Grade/Interest Level: 6 - 12
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Release Year: 2008
Producer/Distributor: Landmark Media
Series: Real Life 101
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Blonde woman in a black blazer stands in front of a diploma on a white wall talking to someone off screen. Caption. For persons with disabilities.

Surgeon wearing glasses, a white coat, a blue medical cap, and a medical mask around his neck sits next to an ultrasound machine. Caption. And then one or two years of vascular training.

Man and teenage boy sit behind a table with large white papers in front of them while they talk to each other. A woman sits at the table in the background. Caption. In our electrical engineering group as well.

Man with short gray hair wears a red necktie and gray sport coat and sits in a black chair in front of windows with blinds. Caption. Mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers.

Closeup of man with longer black hair and a white hard hat talking in front of a large orange construction truck. Caption. Or the way the plans tell them to build it, quality control.

Aerial view of 2 hands holding a fish restaurant menu open. The menu shows appetizers and main dishes featuring crab, with 5 images of different dishes. Caption. And it helps them to decide what they should eat.

Police officer with a dog on a leash walks around the front of a silver sedan in a parking lot. Caption. To go in the car and search the car for narcotics.

Close up of a young girl with blonde hair holding her mouth open and sticking her tongue out while a hand shines a light into her mouth. Caption. Oh, look at all those teeth, and say, 'Ah.'

Man with dark hair looks at woman in a blue shirt with her hands in her pockets as she talks. They stand in a pen holding goats, sheep, and llamas. People stand around the fence petting the animals. Caption. And let them know about the animals.

Closeup of bald man in a black polo shirt sitting in front of a beige wall, window, and plant. Caption. I think of my job as just communicating with people.