<p>Video</a> essays are a hot topic in college admissions as more schools allow them</p>
<p>Another impediment to kids from low income homes.</p>
<p>Hopefully a trend that won’t continue. No reason for it. Unnecessary distraction from applicant’s resume and message. Applications should level the playing field so everyone can be reviewed in the same way; adding a video component would totally upset that concept.</p>
<p>Very interesting. Charisma can become a hook.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s a shame the user name “Curmudgeon” is already in use, but I don’t care for it. I realize the article never quite asserts that the application essay is outdated, but until such a time as writing for academic purposes is obsolete, I can’t see why the application essay should be.</p>
<p>This reminds me of a time when my kids were in elementary school, and we were complaining with some neighbors that our kids seemed to be making dioramas constantly , but rarely, if ever, writing a report. We wondered, will their professors be saying, “Well, that’s an excellent question. Let’s just look that up in this diorama over here…”</p>
<p>Seriously, I don’t like it. It just doesn’t seem to fit a college application in my head.</p>
<p>Marketing tool-- to entice a certain demographic. Like someone else said, another barrier to lower income applicants – and therefore won’t be adopted by upper echelon schools.</p>
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LOVE this.</p>