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<p>But they already reject USABO, science competition winners and NSBee winners for students who do other things that may not be as “intellectual” but show evidence of what used to be called vim and vigor or putting yourself out there in an unusual and captivating way. Not speaking of this student specifically.</p>
<p>I enjoyed her video and wish her well. I doubt it will have much effect on her ultimate admission, but being deferred is better than a rejection.</p>
<p>Maybe this says what I mean better than I did.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Applicant | Winning the College Admissions Game | The Ivy Coach Blog](<a href=“http://www.theivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/early-decision-early-action/yale-applicant/]Yale”>http://www.theivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/early-decision-early-action/yale-applicant/)</p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with being upper middle class and obviously Yale doesn’t think so because it admits many people who are. But…</p>
<p>First, as I said previously, IMO, it would have been better to send this ONLY to Yale admissions. Second, if the idea is to showcase her talent, then IMO, the song should have been recorded without adding other instruments, especially another guitar. I’m sure that many other Yale applicants who are vocally talented submit recordings directly to Yale instead of posting them to youtube—or post them to youtube without saying this is what I am submitting to Yale. </p>
<p>Her sister is a college junior who is a film major at Bennington. So, to the extent that anyone likes the video itself—the whipping off all the shirts and putting them on the sofa with shots of each, etc.—kudos to her sister, but not to the candidate. (In an interview, she said her SISTER spent a month making the film.) I don’t</p>
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<p>and I see no basis whatsoever to assume that she “scouted locations” or organized a “production team.” </p>
<p>I am an alumni interviewer for a different college. I often ask interviewees something along the lines of "You know that there are way more applicants who could do well at [my alma mater] than there are spaces. If I were the admissions rep for your area and asked you what I should tell the adcom about you to convince it to admit you instead of all the other qualified applicants, what would you want me to say? and the answer was “My dad went to [my alma mater] and I went to a summer program there,” I wouldn’t be impressed. </p>
<p>So, IMO, if she was going to go to the trouble of making such a video and submitting it to Yale (and not youtube), it ought to have focused on what she offers Yale, not how badly she wants to go to Yale and how her DAD saved his T-shirts from the Class of 1977. </p>
<p>But, again, I’m not on the admissions committee.</p>
<p>I don’t know her at all and as I said before, she might be a perfectly nice young woman. It’s just not the impression I get from the video.Obviously, others feel differently.</p>
<p>The only ‘vote’ that matters is that of the Yale admissions committee.</p>
<p>I like this girl! enjoyed the video and thought Conan helped her out with that Yale admissions committee composed of mean old ugly men lol</p>
<p>I hope her family is finding as much humor in the situation as the video displays. It is wonderful that her sister is involved imo. It seems better to me than what a lot of us do after a disappointing deferral. (Like at my house :() I just laugh thinking about it as a family project.</p>
<p>Don’t you just bet she has a great video already dreamed up if she doesn’t get into Yale?</p>
<p>Good Luck Jackie! But you will be great anywhere!!!</p>
<p>Do you make a lot of videos yourself, jonri? I am not being arch; I’m really wondering. In my very, very, very limited experience, I’ve learned it’s not so easy to create something that looks decent and hangs together. I got a “driver” credit a couple of years ago on a short video one of my D’s friends made. These kids worked HARD to pull together a 9-minute production. (“All” I did was drive them to the beach before sunrise three or four times and give up my living room for a couple of afternoons. And pay for a few breakfasts. And listen to loud rock ‘n’ roll music driving home after a shoot at 7 a.m. Wow! I’m Awesome Mom!) Based on that and watching my staff pull together the occasional short video to support my workplace’s social media effort, I’m not in the least inclined to dismiss the effort involved in creating the video. Was it was the best tactic for her admission plan? I have no idea. But she has a product she can be proud of, wherever she goes to school.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if she got accepted?</p>
<p>She posted on her youtube page that unfortunately, she did not get in, but was glad that she gave it her best shot. While she’ll never know if the video helped, hurt or did nothing for her cause, I’m sure she will be successful wherever she goes.</p>
<p>Ah that sucks but I’m sure she’ll have gotten into a great school.</p>