New Harvard Admissions Video

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>Have you guys seen the updated admissions video? What do you think? Is it an accurate representation of what it is like to be at Harvard?</p>

<p><a href=“https://college.harvard.edu/anything-could-happen-harvard?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=search_video_10282013%20(3[/url])”>https://college.harvard.edu/anything-could-happen-harvard?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=search_video_10282013%20(3)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Too funny. It reminds me of our state’s Lotto ad campaign “Today could be the day!”</p>

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<p>Sweet…my kid is actually in that</p>

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<p>Really? Who is he?</p>

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<p>Love it. Especially because I think I recognized Grimes’ voice the very first seconds of the video.</p>

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<p>“Anything Could Happen at Harvard”–you might even See a Blonde Person!! Or not, if you believe this video. Even the Swedish girl who was featured was dark-brunette.</p>

<p>As was the Canadian farm girl, and the Californian.</p>

<p>So, beware, potential applicants, there are indeed Blondes at Harvard: hiding on the track and soccer teams (see the half-second shots near the video end), lurking in the shadows, but certainly not invited to speak aloud in marketing productions.</p>

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<p>Mas1996, my kid appears briefly after Matt Damon…she’s one of the elusive blondes, so its not a speaking part :)</p>

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<p>Was I the only one who got too emotional watching that video?</p>

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<p>@wowthere: I love Grimes, and I thought the same thing initially. However, I don’t think it was actually Grimes, just the intro to “Anything Could Happen.”</p>

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<p>Yeah, it was the intro to “Anything Could Happen”.</p>

<p>I liked the video. I thought it was cute and sweet. :)</p>

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<p>It was lovely, but I thought some of the decisions were weird.</p>

<p>“What, blonde kids from Boston and New York? No we got none of those.”</p>

<p>“School of engineering! They’re fabulous, so we will show you their equipment but not let them speak, because they are too awkward to have a speaking section, so we will instead set them to music and rapid cuts.”</p>

<p>They are not, in reality, too awkward to speak, but the non-engineer in me chuckled at the potential implication of the video treating them like this.</p>

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<p>I’ve seen many schools’ videos and this is one of the better quality ones. If a student takes advantage of the many offerings at college - that includes most colleges - he will have a rewarding four year experience.</p>