Apply To Tufts via YouTube

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Tufts University is the first selective college in the U.S. to encourage applicants to submit videos about themselves.  More than one thousand high school seniors included one-minute video essays in their application to the Class of 2014.

According to the Boston Globe, “The videos are judged as one part of a whole picture, with a student’s academic record still weighing the most.  What counts is creativity and wit, something that shows a student’s voice or talent – that can answer, “What spark do they bring to the class?’’

Read more at: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/21/a_fresh_pitch_on_u_tube/

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Lynn Radlauer Lubell is the Publisher of InLikeMe.com, an internationally renowned website for college-bound students, parents and guidance counselors, and the Founder of Admission by Design, an educational consultancy.

A graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School, Lynn completed the IECA's Principles and Practices Institute for Educational Consultants and has broad expertise in college admission strategy and planning.

Lynn served on the MIT Educational Council for ten years interviewing hundreds of undergraduate applicants.

Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Admission by Design, consults with students and families in South Florida and beyond.

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