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Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:04 pm
by Chris Manifesto
Hey guys, I'm curious to see if anyone else got a similar experience with other law schools. I just received a text message from NSU with a link to a locked YouTube video congratulating me on my acceptance to their program.
Since this is the first response I get from any schools, I was wondering if other schools are doing the same thing. My brother was accepted by NSU 3 years ago and he says he never got the text/youtube treatment for his acceptance.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:05 pm
by yomisterd
Chris Manifesto wrote:Hey guys, I'm curious to see if anyone else got a similar experience with other law schools. I just received a text message from NSU with a link to a locked YouTube video congratulating me on my acceptance to their program.
Since this is the first response I get from any schools, I was wondering if other schools are doing the same thing. My brother was accepted by NSU 3 years ago and he says he never got the text/youtube treatment for his acceptance.
i'm unfamiliar with that acronym and that admittance technique.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:07 pm
by OhBoyOhBortles
norfolk state? Nova southeastern?

Whatever it is, don't go.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:10 pm
by Chris Manifesto
Nova Southeastern. Not sure if its some sort of tactic or whatnot but I was shocked to see that's how they notified acceptance.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:37 pm
by Westofeden
I would reconsider going to yale if they accepted me through a youtube video

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:40 pm
by FSK

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:48 pm
by MarkfromWI
Chris Manifesto wrote:Nova Southeastern. Not sure if its some sort of tactic or whatnot but I was shocked to see that's how they notified acceptance.
Definitely a gimmick.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:51 pm
by Skool
Maybe those schools know from experience that their students are more engaged with their mobile devices and youtube than email/status checkers.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:54 pm
by White Dwarf
Skool wrote:Maybe those schools know from experience that their students are more engaged with their mobile devices and youtube than email/status checkers.
Maybe their target students are...


/elitistdouchebag

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:56 pm
by Chris Manifesto
Literally LOL'd

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:54 am
by RomanRebel
I thought it was pretty weird as well. Same YouTube video was sent to me like a month ago. You got in. Now it's time for them to bombard you with hundreds of emails sf

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:09 am
by Clearly
I mean the school is terrible, but I actually like the idea, it's memorable.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:31 am
by tacocat
It would be memorable if it worked the other way, too.

Text Msg: "Hi, tacocat! This is NSU Law. We've reached a decision on your application! Check out this link for your personalized decision video! http://youtu.be/XBMxskyDk9o"

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:16 pm
by mehiguess
Clearly wrote:I mean the school is terrible, but I actually like the idea, it's memorable.
LOL, haven't visited this elitist website since for a couple years. Oh how I miss the snobbery. #novagrad #greatjob

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:58 pm
by jfiaff
My undergrad university admitted me via text message. I didn't get a youtube video though. :|

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:01 pm
by benwyatt
The idea is fine but personalized videos are really uncomfortable. Cornblatt at GULC recorded videos for admits this year and they were low quality and super weird.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:39 pm
by OutOfTheQuestion
mehiguess wrote:
Clearly wrote:I mean the school is terrible, but I actually like the idea, it's memorable.
LOL, haven't visited this elitist website since for a couple years. Oh how I miss the snobbery. #novagrad #greatjob
lol @ digging up a thread from a year ago for this.

Re: Admitted VIA text message/ YouTube video?!

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:03 am
by Clearly
OutOfTheQuestion wrote:
mehiguess wrote:
Clearly wrote:I mean the school is terrible, but I actually like the idea, it's memorable.
LOL, haven't visited this elitist website since for a couple years. Oh how I miss the snobbery. #novagrad #greatjob
lol @ digging up a thread from a year ago for this.
A year later, I remain unapologetic. Calling Georgetown terrible is elitist. Calling a school with half the class unemployed terrible is just accurate. Your #greatjob isn't dispositive of it being terrible and doesn't mean anything to me or your dozens of classmates buried in debt and unemployed.