Distinguished and Distinctive

The clock is ticking on making themselves both distinguished and distinctive for college admissions officers. Given the thousands of highly qualified applicants vying for a finite number of acceptances at any given college or university, we ask the critical question:

How can a distinguished applicant capture the attention and spark the interest of overworked admissions officers benumbed by SAT & AP scores, academic transcripts and litanies of extracurricular activities?

ANSWER: Submit a customized video with the application package.

Consider this: Lee Coffin, Dean of undergraduate admissions at Tufts, after watching a YouTube video someone had sent him, declared, “If this kid applied to Tufts, I’d admit him in a minute, without anything else.”

Family Tribute Film doesn’t promise that the videos we create will guarantee acceptance letters from every admissions officer who views them.  What we do promise is analogous to what Andrew Flagel, George Mason’s Dean of admissions, stated was the role that videos should play in the admissions process: they give students an opportunity to add personality to their application. “What we are really looking for is energy, enthusiasm, and leadership.”

Your student’s standardized test scores and GPA are only numbers, documenting years of study and hard work. Their extracurriculars bear witness to their passion and creativity. The essay provides an opportunity for eloquence and self-expression.

Let your child be seen and heard by College Admissions.

Our videos, created by award-winning documentary filmmakers, will capture and highlight in one-to-three minutes what written documents simply don’t do as well: your student’s unique personality, energy and enthusiasm; their passions, talents and accomplishments… what distinguishes them from all other applicants.

With few colleges offering on-campus interviews, our videos show admissions officers who and what your distinguished student is beyond the numbers.  So let’s talk about helping your child be distinctive. Colleges will see a face, hear a voice and discover a unique and special individual.