Can I be speechless, amused, horrified and captivated all at the same time?
It is Yale’s latest admissions video, and the answer is yes.
One blog reaction is here.
The [Yale Daily News] says that of 60 students attending a premiere Thursday night, 13 had “overwhelmingly positive responses.”
I assume the other 47 were unavailable for comment, having strangled themselves with a belt, slit their wrist with the broken shards of an iPod Touch, or otherwise acted out the first scene from “The Happening.”
I actually like camp. And the video, if nothing else, accurately captures a certain earnestness.
Thank goodness I wasn’t asked to sing and dance…
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No, Princeton did.
I’m sorry – did Harvard make the video?
i hope someone got fired for that
I don’t have 16 minutes to be brainwashed today but based on what I just saw this could be the most amazing production I have ever seen.
As camp and as cheesy as it was, I also think it was kind of a little bit awesome…
I think the intention was to reduce the number of applicants, no?
So Harvard totally wins with this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnNk2Al2yF8
And, for economics graduate students, this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=271ooLBXJb8
Was there really a problem attracting applicants?