Should Students include video with their applications?
By TAMAR LEWIN
Published: February 22, 2010
Lee Coffin, the dean of undergraduate admissions, said the idea came to him last spring as he watched a YouTube video someone had sent him. “I thought, ‘If this kid applied to Tufts, I’d admit him in a minute, without anything else,’ ” Mr. Coffin said.
For their videos, some students sat in their bedrooms and talked earnestly into the camera, while others made day-in-the-life montages, featuring buddies, burgers and lacrosse practice. A budding D.J. sent clips from one of his raves, with a suggestion that such parties might be welcome at Tufts.
A few students created elaborate productions.
“We’ve got some who are really good with the technology,” Mr. Coffin said. “There’s a real technical savvy out there in this generation, and this lets them show off their splicing, their stop action, their animation. Some of the engineering applicants show us what they’ve made. One kid is talking, and then all of a sudden, he’s in the water, to show off his underwater camera.”
So, what do students think?
I personally think the idea of colleges encouraging video applications is a good idea; so long as they don't/can't make it a mandatory thing. I think it helps to add another dimension to the college application process, and gives colleges the opportunity to view the applicants doing the things they love to do, as well as giving the students the chance to show their specific talents or hobbies.
Mike S. ‘10
Your thoughts??????
posted by Student View at
9:01 PM
2 Comments:
Sounds like a great idea to include as an option in the admission process!
Christi Leslie
http://www.dormsmart.com
It sounds like a good idea as long as colleges don't make it what they mostly focus on because not everyone has these advantages of having the technology and knowing how to use it. Moreover, it would be unfair to those who don't have the advantages.
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