By: Jordan Hill

Rigorous studying for the SAT, writing your life away and sweating over your grades are the beautiful things high school students do to prepare to apply to college, but not anymore!

Goucher College, located in Maryland, allows students to apply to the college by recording a video of themselves explaining how they see themselves at Goucher. They then submit two projects from high school, one graded writing assignment and a short application.

It is great that Goucher wants students to feel like ‘more than just a number,’ but that’s just what college is. It is a focus on learning. Is Goucher willing to let a student into its program who couldn’t make a 1000 on his/her SAT? That is setting a student up for failure.

Numbers are used to tell if a student is prepared for college and how he or she will succeed during and after college. While everyone tests differently and it’s more about learning than grades, grades are what tell admissions if students can handle the pressure, information and work of a college course.

Perhaps a better idea is a video admission along with SAT scores. While it is important that your university understands who you are and what you want out of your education and life, it is also important to understand your intelligence level and if you’re fully prepared for college.