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Description of the video:

[Inspiring music plays.]

[Video: An aerial view of the Sample Gates on the Indiana University campus is shown. Large limestone buildings sit on either side of the gates. A brick pathway runs through and beyond the gates, with flower beds on the path. More limestone buildings are in the background and a dense forest is to the right of the pathway.]

Narrator: Our world has changed

[Video: A student walks past the Sample Gates while looking at a phone. Then two students are seen walking on campus and laughing.]

Narrator: and this new era requires a college experience designed to fit the times.

[Video: Another student is shown sitting on the edge of a raise flowerbed, writing in a notebook. Other students walk past in the background, with limestone buildings behind them.]

Narrator: This is IU.

[Video: A view of the arboretum is shown, with the Metz Carillon in the middle and sidewalks crisscrossing the large grassy area that features trees and plants throughout. Then an aerial view shows the IU campus, featuring many limestone buildings and lush trees among them. The sun is setting on the horizon. Next is a view of Franklin Hall, a decorative limestone building with a red tile roof. An American flag and Indiana state flag wave in the foreground. Then an aerial view shows students walking on campus. Next, a class of students is shown with a professor speaking in the foreground. Another classroom view is shown with a student speaking and gesturing in class discussion. Next, three students are shown working together at a small table.]

Narrator: You'll be part of a community with 200 years of academic excellence and innovation.

[Video: A group of students in hardhats get instruction at a construction site, then start working on the building project.]

Narrator: Flexible learning prepares you for what comes next.

[Video: Another classroom is shown, with two students working on laptops at a table while their professor instructs. Next, the same professor is in discussion with another student and points out work on the student’s computer screen. Then a student is shown using a laser etching machine.]

Narrator: Professors who inspire will conspire with you on your dreams, even if they change.

[Video: Football players are shown running onto the field at Memorial Stadium, touching a large rock labeled Hep’s Rock as they run past it. Then, IU cheerleaders are shown on the field at Memorial Stadium, waving crimson poms and cheering. Next, students ride bicycles on a track in the Little five hundred race as fans look on. Students are seen cheering in the stands.]

Narrator: Hoosier traditions two centuries in the making endure in this bold future.

[Video: An aerial view of campus shows the grassy arboretum with the Wells Library and the Hamilton Lugar School of International and Global Studies just beyond it. Next, a close up of a limestone owl perched on the peak of a building is shown, with orange leaves from a tree in the foreground.]

Narrator: This beautiful campus has always moved us.

[Video: A large event is shown, with people gathering in front of a stage to watch a choral group perform.]

Narrator: Now, more than ever, it brings us together.

[Video: Two students are shown walking through the Sample Gates, talking and smiling. Next, a dance group is shown performing on an outdoor stage. Then students are shown clapping and smiling. Next, the Women’s basketball team is shown playing at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Then IU cheerleaders are shown on the court, holding signs with the IU trident and cheering while fans look on.]

Narrator: Here, you'll find meaningful connections that last a lifetime and experiences that change your life.

[Video: A group of students in graduation caps and gowns stand together at the Sample Gates for a photograph.]

Narrator: You're ready to move ahead and IU is the path forward.

[Video: An aerial view shows the graduates standing at the Sample Gates while someone takes their photo.]

Narrator: We're with you every step of the way.

[Words appear: hashtag I U Bound.]

[Video: The screen goes black.

[Words appear: Your IU journey is waiting reserve your space. go dot I U dot e d u slash belong.]

[Video: The words fade away and the IU trident logo appears with the website address admissions dot Indiana dot e d u below.]

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