Tufts University looks to YouTube for college applicants

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College applications used to be all about personal essays and letters of recommendation. Now YouTube videos are entering the mix.

Lee Coffin, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Boston’s Tufts University, explains why he thinks the videos are a good way to assess potential candidates.

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