Many colleges and universities are providing an option for applicants to submit a video admissions essay aka application essay videos or college application videos with their admission applications. These colleges/universities include: Goucher College, Tufts University and George Mason University.

In this blog, we will discuss Brown’s video option, since we recommend that all of our clients who are applying to Brown (and specifically Brown PLME) create amazing videos.

Brown University Admissions states this on its website: ” [Brown] encourages applicants to submit a two-minute personal video introduction as an additional component of their application…The video introduction gives you an opportunity to tell us more about yourself, in your voice, beyond the information you provided in your application. Sharing a two-minute personal video is a helpful way to show us who you are and why you are interested in attending Brown…..As with any aspect of the admission process, there is no specific topic or format we are hoping to see in your video introduction….anything else that will allow us to get to know you better. No two Brown students have the same story, and we don’t expect that any two video introductions will either.”

Dr. Lowe, through weekly Skype sessions, continually prepares his clients through interview prep, including etiquette, manners and non-verbal cues, as they plan for successful college application videos!

Here are elements to consider for your college video production:

• Marketing Tool: Your video is a marketing tool. It’s a form of media-messaging. As an effective marketing tool, your video increases your brand recognition, helps you effectively reach and connect with your target audience – admissions officers. It can provide an admissions edge over your competitors.
• Script Development: The essential part of every video presentation is the script. An excellent script will make your video more concise. It gets your message across succinctly and tells your unique story. You should, therefore, develop the best narrative for your video so that you can describe your character and personality effectively from beginning to end to your target audience – Admissions Officers!
• Video Takes: All videos are reviewed by the collective effort of: Dr. Lowe and his team elocutionists, actors, writers, musicians, ethnomusicologists, musicians, marketing and advertising professionals, public relations and personal brand professionals, short film directors and producers, scriptwriting and screenwriting professionals, makeup artists, psychologists, linguists, image consultants, anthropologists, admissions professionals, student-interns and librarians.
• Brown PLME Acceptance: If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a successful two-minute video is worth an acceptance letter.

How much is a successful two-minute production worth to you?

With our track record, we must be doing something RIGHT! Specifically for Brown PLME, last year, 12 of my clients applied.  Of the 12, 8 were accepted to PLME.  The remaining 4: One accepted to Brown undergrad, 1 accepted to Harvard (also accepted to RPI/AMC), 1 accepted to Yale, and one accepted to Dartmouth (also accepted to GW and NJIT BSMD programs) 

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Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group network.  He and his team of admissions advisors, through the admissions affiliate, BS/MD Admissions Advisors, help high school students get accepted to BS/MD programs. As a result of his continuous clients’ acceptances into BS/MD programs, his clients have considered him: BS/MD Admissions Guru.

Our BS/MD Admissions practice is specialized: Dr. Lowe and his team ONLY work with parents who understand that the BS/MD admissions process is highly competitive and thus desire help from an admissions expert. They appreciate the value and investment in paying for expert advice consisting of a detailed and ongoing comprehensive admissions advisory service for their child’s dream of becoming a doctor.  He also specializes in helping international students in the BS/MD process. Parents who chose to use our services want to call their son or daughter – “Doctor” when they are seniors in high school.