Mr. Aubin, from Oak Lawn, Ill., was then a high school senior hoping to attend Yale. The following prompt caught his eye: “A community to which you belong and the footprint you have left.” He submitted a short video documenting his Eagle Scout project, for which he oversaw the construction of a monument honoring veterans. Even a well-written essay, he figured, couldn’t capture his experience as well as four minutes of footage, shot by his older brother.
来自伊利诺伊州奥克朗的奥宾当时是一名想上耶鲁的高三学生。下面这段提示引起了他的注意:“你所在的社区和你留下的足迹。”他提交了一段短视频,记录了他的鹰级童子军(Eagle Scout)项目——他监督建造了一个纪念退伍老兵的纪念碑。他认为,哪怕是一篇写得很好的文章,也不可能像他哥哥拍摄的这个四分钟视频那样展示他的经历。
The content of the video impressed Yale’s admissions committee. “People sat up in their chairs,” Mr. Quinlan said. “You could see how he handled his leadership role, and we felt like we got a good sense of him in a way that we didn’t get from recommendations.”
这段视频的内容打动了耶鲁大学的招生委员会。“人们从椅子上坐直了身体,”昆兰说。“你能看到他如何发挥自己的领导作用,我们觉得我们对他的了解是难以从推荐信上获得的。”
Mr. Aubin is now a freshman at Yale.
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