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[quote=Anonymous]Brown wants the videos. They instituted them before a lot of other schools (during COVID), and you don't have to use Glimpse or any other specific platform. My DC edited theirs together in about an hour on their phone.

Not that I have any specific expertise or guidance from AOs, but my recommendation is to treat it somewhat like a supplemental essay in that you should go narrow - not "here is a video about me and everything about me." Pick an angle. Ideally, it's something that hasn't been communicated in an essay, but in reality, that's hard. So, it can also be an opportunity to expand more on an essay (you can even say that - I'd like to use this opportunity to share more about XYZ). Was there an essay question - one of those 100 worders for instance - where it was hard to get everything in your DC wanted to say? Then the video could be that. Think "tour of my room and what its contents say about me." Another idea along these lines is "how to do XYZ" (this could expand upon the "what class would you teach" essay, for instance). The idea is for the AO to get to know about you not by you tell them about you, but them observing you (or others you interact with). Along those lines, you can expand upon the "what's your most meaningful EC" by bringing the viewer along to practice or meeting. You might include clips of some of your teammates talking about things you've worked on together. I don't think it's wrong to reiterate that you are involved in a particular EC. You just need to add to/enhance what the AO has learned from your application/supplemental essays. 
 
Another idea is to base it around setting. Instead of recording it in your room, record it in your favorite place and explain WHY it's your favorite place - maybe it's hiking in the woods, where you clear your head, or walking through a city park to listen to buskers, or your grandma's house because she makes you your favorite foods. Maybe it's your basement. But, make it about YOU not the place - key has to be what this being your favorite place says about YOU. So this is an idea that tons of applicants could use but none would be the same.

Just pick an angle and go with it! A tiny bit of technical work can make it good (edit a few shots together, maybe include some still photos, not just footage).

Because they give no guidance for these, I think kids try to do too much. I think the key is to make up an additional supplemental question, or pick the one you answered the most earnestly. Then, make a video that answers that question. It's okay if it's not a "everything about me" video. In some ways, it's similar to the Common App essay. Go deep, not wide. That's how you get one that doesn't look/sound like everyone else's.[/quote]

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