O get a 36 on your acts, have to take subject tests, have to do well on your ap tests, you have to have a lot of extracurriculars, you have to be super involved in every single extracurricular youre participating in, along with attending, you know, three hours of sports practice after school. Basically, youre not a human. Wow. Little wonder that we look at getting into college as a combination of running a marathon and being a contestant on the voice. But that doesnt mean the college you are also in the drivers seat. And it starts with weighing the pros and cons of each school youre considering. Back with us again is rob franek. Hes a College Prep Expert from the Princeton Review. Hi, rob. Hey, good to be here. Whats the best way to learn about a college . What we tell our students is that the easiestickest way to learn about a school and the qu is to get on to campus to take a tour, to spend the day at that school, because it allows you to answer this question. Campus culture fit, Fin
Trucks, its also the prefect place for the National Road Safety Foundation to debut its very first teen Driver Safety day. We found a great way to have kids interact with the Different Things that are going on here. Theyre getting the education and the awareness about how to be a safe driver and make safe decisions on the road. This is the new York State Police rollover simulation. It demonstrates the importance of wearing seatbelt use. In this demonstration, it simulates what a 25mileperhour crash with a pickup truck or suvtype vehicle would look like. People who dont wear seat belts are 30 times more likely to die in a car crash. Luckily this is only a dummy. All right. Here we go as part of the save a life tour, there are two simulators teens can drive. This one shows how alcohol or drugs affect your reaction time. Oh, man, you crashed right into the wall. Turned too much, crashed the vehicle. Thats why you cant drink and drive. And if you think its safe to text while you drive, wat
[ dramatic music plays ] lets call him steve. He agreed to talk with teen kids news about the supplements he uses to beef up. I started taking supplements when i was a senior in high school 12th grade. Hes not unusual. Its estimated that more than 12 million middle and Highschool Students are buying what are called supplements. Over several years of bodybuilding, steve has developed a regular regimen of several powders that he feels gives his body a boost. After i add the protein, ill add about a tablespoon of lglutamine, which is supposed to increase muscle endurance. You can buy these things in stores, but that doesnt mean theyre safe. Sadly, thats not the case. And why . Because these drugs are or at least these supplements are unregulated. Well, what do i mean by that . Theres no agency like the food and Drug Administration thats checking to see that whats on the label of the container is actually whats in the container. Experts say that puts people like steve at the mercy of manuf
In a dangerous situation . There was a giant truck blocking me, and i couldnt see anything, and when i turned the corner, i stopped short and almost hit a child. Yeah, it was scary. Ill bet. And thats why the National Road Safety Foundation produced a new video called line of sight path of travel. It alerts Young Drivers to the dangers of blind curves and blind hills. [ tires screech ] no matter what, you have to be careful of whats in front of you, because you never know whats around that bend, you never know whats gonna be over that hill. To help get that message across, students and teachers at new jerseys old Bridge High School are taking part in a video. Okay, so, guys, what were gonna do here is the first scene. So here are our storyboards. The director explains that rather than having cars crash, the video uses common situations in school to illustrate the dangers of poor line of sight. And were gonna do it a couple of times. Action timecode is 13 18 13. In this scene, a teacher
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