Officials at Tufts University invited aspiring students to submit one-minute videos along with their admissions essays and transcripts. About 1,000 applicants took them up on the offer.
We had a few thoughts about this:
1. Stop-motion animation is incredibly popular.
2. Is anyone willing to admit not being a geek?
3. Tufts admissions officials must be wondering why they didn’t take a cue from the Super Bowl and ask for 15-second spots.
4. Next up: video teaching statements.
5. Two things should never be videotaped. One of them is an application for college admission. —Don Troop
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3 Responses to The Tufts U. Admissions Film Fest
performance_expert - March 1, 2010 at 7:38 pm
check- where not to go to school.
performance_expert - March 1, 2010 at 7:40 pm
PS There is a reason for separation of business and government, separation of YouTube and university.
performance_expert - March 1, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Unrelated, as my local R1 university is about to be smashed by a huge cut in state funding resulting in cutting positions and more increase in tuition, is everyone still thinking it is such a swell idea to stop taxing the 10% of the polis that receives 90% of the earnings?PS They already raised the tuition 45% in a two year period. This is not a guestimate. This is from the receipt book and caluculator. 45%. It is not even discussed in the local paper or media. I guess it is “football” and “congratualtions” local news reality. But it is all sort of a joke since all of the local media is sold out to distant corporate ownership. Any serious question is met with “we can’t do anything about that.” The station manager has a lot of nerve doing editorials. What a clown. He sold out. He’s a Big Loud Zero, a noisy nobody.45% and counting.