<p>Do you think it would be detrimental for me to include a video of me doing a poetry reading (about 6 mins long, not my poem) as a supplemental? My poetry interpretation has won numerous awards at poetry competitions. Finally, if yes, would it be more impressive if I did a poetry interpretation of one of my own poems?</p>
<p>I could be well off, but I don’t think it would help. If I was an admissions officer and someone sent me a video of them reading a poem I’d be thinking “riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.”</p>
<p>[Supplementary</a> Materials | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/supplementary]Supplementary”>Supplementary Materials | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>“Online videos will be judged on substance rather than production value and should be brief.”</p>
<p>Given that ad coms spend about 15-20 minutes reading an application, a 6 minute video of anything is way too long. (The standard length for a recruited athlete’s video is about 2 minutes; ditto with a musician’s video.)</p>
<p>It seems to me that your application will already list the prizes you’ve won for this activity. I’m not sure what the video adds–it’s not like a music supplement, where there might be a place for the musician in an ensemble.</p>
<p>You will be judged on your judgment of what you consider important enough to send as a supplement to your application. This is true of all supplements- whether you are sending a video of yourself reading poetry, or juggling, or doing stand-up comedy, or an audio recording of your musical performance.</p>