Once you submit your application you will have the option to submit an impromptu, candid video response: https://www.bowdoin.edu/admissions/our-process/video-response/index.html
Does anyone have any insight or idea of how to approach this?
There’s an article in the Bowdoin newspaper that says that you can delete and choose not to submit a response. Do es anyone know if that’s accurate?
@maggy1 Yes, it is. You record it the first time and have a choice to submit it or record a second time. If you chose to do a second video they give you a new prompt (so not the same question) and they delete your first response so you have no option to pick your first recording if you like it better after your second attempt. After the record attempt either you submit it or you don’t. No more chances.
Thank you
I am curious as to what the prompts actually are. Anyone who went through the process, would you be willing to give some insight? Thanks!
@citivas Are you sure you can choose not to submit the video once you’ve recorded it? I know of someone who had a different experience. Did you record a video and were able to successfully choose not to submit or delete it? Has anyone had any experience with this scenario?
You cannot choose to delete the video or remove the video once you’ve used your second chance.
My friend experienced this the hard way, and even emailed admissions about it.
I recorded the video successfully and never had to find out whether I could get rid of it, thank god.
Interested. I also was successful on my first go, but I read somewhere (A2C, maybe?) that someone called Bowdoin and had them delete their second try because it was bad.
Okay thank you.
How important is this video response?
@OwlOfAthena I did it, thought it didn’t go well, and got in.