When I was applying to colleges back when dinosaurs were still on Earth, I applied to four colleges and I filled out all of the applications and typed up all of my essays on a typewriter by myself. Call me an underachiever, but I did manage to get accepted into all of the schools I applied to and I also managed to graduate in four years without summer school. When I look back at my four years at the University of Rhode Island, I'm not sure sometimes what I learned or how it prepared me for the working world, but I did have a good time.
The Christian Science Monitor recently reported on a new way to apply to Tufts University that I found really interesting - the YouTube essay. Student applicants are able to create a 1-minute video that demonstrates creativity and shows a little more about a student than the 450-word essay. It doesn't have to be professionally done, just uploaded to the Internet with a URL. About 1,000 of the 15,000 applicants for Tufts sent one in. I've inserted my favorite video below. The rest of the favorites can be found on The Christian Science Monitor site or on YouTube. To date, one video has pulled in over 55,000 hits!
